Author Topic: wild garlic (Read 3465 times)

reddyreddy · « **on:** February 03, 2010, 09:59:52 »

this may be a really obvious question but what is wild garlic and can you grow it? :-\

Robert_Brenchley · « **Reply #1 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:01:59 »

There are several wild garlics, but the common British one is Ramsons. You can grow it easily, but it's said to seed everywhere so it may not be a good bet for a small garden.

reddyreddy · « **Reply #2 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:06:53 »

Thanks Robert, I have an allotment so will create a corner for it! Many thanks.

Duke Ellington · « **Reply #3 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:09:34 »

What time of the year do you harvest wild garlic...if you can find it ? I would love to grow some too!

Duke

poohs tao · « **Reply #4 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:20:25 »

is wild garlic the same as mountain garlic?

grawrc · « **Reply #5 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:21:36 »

http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Allium+ursinum

tonybloke · « **Reply #6 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:24:08 »

why bother? it self-seeds everywhere, needs damp shade, and ain't as strong in flavour as 'normal' garlic!! ;)

Duke Ellington · « **Reply #7 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:29:50 »

Why? Why not !! sometimes its just nice to try something !!

Duke :P

reddyreddy · « **Reply #8 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:31:53 »

Quote from: Duke Ellington on February 03, 2010, 10:29:50

Why? Why not !! sometimes its just nice to try something !!

Duke :P

exactly :-*

grawrc · « **Reply #9 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:32:50 »

Logically enough for "wild" garlic, it grows "wild" in my "shrubbery". I've never eaten it though since I have splendid "proper" garlic from my plot.

tonybloke · « **Reply #10 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:40:49 »

Quote from: Duke Ellington on February 03, 2010, 10:29:50

Why? Why not !! sometimes its just nice to try something !!

Duke :P

you obviously ain't seen the size of the cloves!! (very small and fiddley to peel)

grawrc · « **Reply #11 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:49:55 »

I think the leaves and flowers are used more often than the bulbs.

reddyreddy · « **Reply #12 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:55:43 »

Yes, I'm sure it's the leaves and flowers I've seen mentioned in recipes. Oh well, nothing ventured...

tonybloke · « **Reply #13 on:** February 03, 2010, 11:03:41 »

Quote from: reddyreddy on February 03, 2010, 10:55:43

Yes, I'm sure it's the leaves and flowers I've seen mentioned in recipes. Oh well, nothing ventured...

be sure to let us know how you get on!! (with photo's) ;)

GodfreyRob · « **Reply #14 on:** February 03, 2010, 11:04:19 »

If you use it for just the leaves they are a great fresh taste in the spring when all else is dead!

Duke Ellington · « **Reply #15 on:** February 03, 2010, 11:09:48 »

I have been reading up on it and its the leaves and the flowers that are used. Sometimes a mild taste can be nice and its good if you like to use flowers in a salad.

Duke

Pesky Wabbit · « **Reply #16 on:** February 03, 2010, 12:52:48 »

I grow Wild garlic, although not for eating.

I plant it with blue bells, they flower at the same time and the white and blue are a good combination.

My gardens is just stuffed with blue bells (Spanish, not English :() and the park down the road has a stream running through it with more garlic growing on the banks than you can shake a stick at.

It works out as a very cheap addition for all the gardens I work in, and the clients like it as they get something stunning (and strongly fragrant) for free.

The cloves can grow upto about 2 inches long but not much more than pencil thickness, a bit like the size of a large bullet, but most are the size of a small bullet.

If anyone wants some, I can go down the park with a fork and get some (under the cover of darkness - obviously :o)

phlips66 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 03, 2010, 13:26:52 »

a friend has it growing quiet freely in her garden, it gets very little attension and gives a lovely show each year,i have also heard it is quiet favoured by some chefs in their dishes

manicscousers · « **Reply #18 on:** February 03, 2010, 14:00:13 »

we grow garlic chives, they make a nice addition to salads, plus the flowers are lovely and attract hoverflies ;D

JoeCocker · « **Reply #19 on:** February 03, 2010, 14:12:42 »

I grow it in my flower beds and also pick it in the park, its great in the spring in omelette's

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