Topic: Onions and garlic

[woodypecks]

O.K. So my Autumn planted onions and garlic look as if they are ready to be harvested ....what is the best thing to plant after them please ?

[strawberry1]

I have just put in a quick green manure crop of phacelia and will start off spring cabbage and a few overwintered caulies in root trainers. The phacelia will be dug in probably early september and soon after the your brassicas will go in under net

[gavinjconway]

I'm planting cabbages that I have in pots after my winter onions are finished.. We will eat the last ones tonight so will plant out tomorrow. Garlic has still got more growing to do  - far too early for pulling it yet..

[manicscousers]

Ours will be followed with purple sprouting broccoli, romanesco and turnips and kohl rabi as a catch crop 

[woodypecks]

Thankyou so much for sharing your ideas and plans ....  I have pulled up the onions and one garlic , yes , not ready yet , and weeded and trimmed the long grass growing through the chicken wire and put it all back to keep the rabbits out. Time for a cup of tea , put up feet , watch Gardeners World time in a bit  ...phew ! Thanks again .   

[Number Six]

I'm planning to grow Swedes after the onions, shallots and garlic - seems to have worked ok in the past but who knows what will work this year?! Might also try growing some more maincrop carrots.

[gavinjconway]

#6 - it's far too late to follow the onions with garlic and shallots now...

[cornykev]

Read again.   

[gavinjconway]

Read again.   

Oooops.... I read it as doing sweedes ++++ the rest!!

[antipodes]

I will be following the garlic probably with probably late carrots, the last sowing of beetroot and probably something salady; I'll give it a good dressing of compost and some organic fertilizer first; The calabrese and co will go in after the onions come out.