garlic availability

[Sarah-b]

Hi everyone,
Sorry if this has already been covered - but I am trying to get some garlic to plant now. Thompson and Morgan say they haven't got any this year!! and Seeds of Italy - haven't sent my order which I put with them ages ago - just said "to follow". What has happened to the garlic this year - and can anyone suggest which seed company will get some to me ASAP?

Thanks,
Sarah

[Sarah-b]

[tim]

No rush - you can plant up until  February.

Dobies have just sent ours - Garlic Farm should have plenty.

[Svea]

i ordered from http://www.mammothonion.co.uk/

[colleenemp]

Plenty in our dreaded local Wyvale garden center...

[dingerbell]

I bought mine from the Isle of Wight Garlic Farm They aren't the cheapest but the bulbs are enormous and in beautiful condition. I tried a clove in a stir fry dish and it was delish ;D

[djbrenton]

We bought Marco from Taylors bulbs and they sprouted and had good roots within 3 days!!

[Merlins Mum]

Yes there are still loads in garden centres
MM

[moonbells]

Hi Sarah - long time no see!

I just got a load from South Heath garden centre, as they're the nearest place that sells Marco (my favourite).

I think they've got Thermidrome too.

moonbells

[Derekthefox]

Just one clove Dingerbell? I work on one clove per person, plus one for the pot ...

Derekthefox :D

[karrot]

Hi sarah.
Got mine from wendover, still there last i saw,
Haha beat you mine are in already

[vaca]

Thompson and Morgan say they haven't got any this year!! and Seeds of Italy - haven't sent my order which I put with them ages ago - just said "to follow".

Sarah, I ordered purple garlic from Seeds of Italy about 3 months ago and got them delivered around 1 month ago. If you've still not received them I'd give them a call to 'remind' them.

vaca

[moonbells]

Sarah - if you need stuff from Seeds of Italy they're only in Harrow and easy for me to get to in lunch break if need be.

moonbells

[Sarah-b]

Hey  MB - that's really handy. I think there stuff is very good value for money. Do they have a shop then?

Have ordered 2 types from Suttons as I figured that they would be reasonably quick to deliver.

Karrot - can't believe you are ahead of me!
By the way - where are you going to get your manure delivered to? - cos it will be hard to get it onto your plot - are you getting it dumped on georgina's?


Vaca - that's interesting - sounds like they have forgotten mine - which I won't want anyway now!! - will phone and check what's going on...

SB

[PakChoi]

Tuckers have garlic, just got this year's, used them last year and were very good for this novice.

http://www.edwintucker.com/

[jennym]

I bought mine from the Isle of Wight Garlic Farm They aren't the cheapest but the bulbs are enormous and in beautiful condition. I tried a clove in a stir fry dish and it was delish ;D

I have a catalogue which an allotment neighbour gave me from this company, but haven't ordered yet. Will have to try them now!

[the_snail]

I am doing something which you are not supposed to do  :o

I am planting the cloves that I dug up this summer to see if I can get them any bigger than they where this year. I know you are not really supposed to do this but hey its only an experiment. Anyway they are not really large enough to eat so I have got nothing to loose.

The_Snail

[sussexcliff]

Try Tuckers. I got some of their first batch, planted them 23rd Sept, shoots now upto eight inches.

The  weather is very worrying, broad beans are through, strawberries are in flower and setting fruit, sedum is showing new growth, flowers are coming on Chaenomeles, daffodils showing their shoots, lettuce doing well and it's the middle of ...... November.

We got given some King Edwards from the supermarket and they're all chitting, so I'm going to plant them ( and cover with plastic mulch) just to see what happens!!

[karrot]

Hi,
yep dumping it on Georgina's, not messing up my little plot.
Planted my garlic a while back now and hav'nt seen a peep, bet iv'e planted upsidedown or something ;)
or its not garlic at all ;D

[supersprout]

Hey sexy_snail, I read somewheres that garlic gradually adapt to your home conditions e.g. if you keep planting what you grow your garlics will become localised, so you might even be doing something right! Do let me know how that feels, won't you, I'd love to know ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

I've tried planting what I saved as well, and the result was that I got crap results several years running. So I'm starting again this year, and I'll only save cloves if I get really good bulbs.