How's everyones Garlic coming on ?

[sweet-pea]

I planted mine back in November I think, and it's only just coming up now. I planted some broad beans at the same time and there's no sign of them so I'm wondering if I might have planted them too deep.. I was guessing at depth!

[sweet-pea]

[Dirkdigger]

Hi sweet-pea, mine also went in November last year, I had shoots appearing within 2 weeks. Cant remember how deep I planted mine but think it would have only been 1- 1.5 inches down. Did feed bed with growmore about 10 days before planting. I'm sure all will catch up in the end now Summer is coming.
DD

[Robert_Brenchley]

If you planted your beans by normal methods, I think they're highly unlikely to have been too deep.

Everyone seems to be fascinated by garlic here; maybe it's a secret fear of vampires.

[Obelixx]

I planted 4 cloves of elephant garlic in November and despite a hard winter with lots of snow and regular temps of -15C I now have 4 green shoots about 3" high.  Very excited.  Never grown it before.   I didn't have room for ordinary garlic too after planting out so many Japanese onions.

[grawrc]

Get another plot Obbelix! Robert maybe it's the fascination with the taste and the health benefits too?

[Robert_Brenchley]

I haven't seen many other plants gathering this degree of enthusiasm; there certainly has to be something behind it.

[Obelixx]

Haven't got an allotment Grawc.  Just a veggie patch in the garden and it's big enough for our current needs.  I can also buy very good fresh pink garlic in the markets here for silly money when in season so no need to take up space growing masses of my own.  I'd rather plant veggies I can't buy here - yellow courgettes, curly kale, Swiss chard etc and those which can be expensive - fancy salad leaves, rocket, fennel.........

I grow the winter Japanese onions as a gap filler between seasons and to have cheap onions for a big fund-raising thing we do every summer at the beginning of August - pavement seafood retsaurant for the local twinning association.

[John_H]

Today its happy but with a touch of windburn.

[grawrc]

Yes Obbelix how silly of me! I knew you didn't have an allotment: you have le paradis terrestre non?

I can't wait to get to my 2 plots: been under the weather for the last couple of weeks and can't wait to see what's happening. + get some more stuff planted.

[busy_lizzie]

We planted our garlic in early January, and they are all up and doing well.  Japanese onions also flourishing, but nothing happening to my shallots.  I had them covered in fleece for a while but have taken it off, so I hope the current bout of bad weather doesn't affect them. This is my first go at growing shallots so it will be a learning experience. busy_lizzie

[grawrc]

At risk of being OT BL: me too. I haven't even planted mine yet and it's currently snowing outside!!

[supersprout]

The white garlic (at the back) is finally through :D after nearly four months sat doing nowt, hope it will catch up with the red garlic in front!

[amphibian]

My garlic has shot up again, slow to start but now upto about 8", my broadbeans are about 5".

[tim]

Just a reminder - if you still have garlic to plant, put all the piddling little cloves in a patch (pot?) close together to use as wet garlic?

[Roy Bham UK]

 ??? Pardon my higgerence Tim but what's wet garlic ???

[tim]

Immature green stuff - really delicate. Like spring onions, only better. Means you can start on it now, if it was so small that it wouldn't have made a worthwhile bulb anyway>

[tim]

Although it's too early for white rot to be showing, I have been worried about the yellowing of leaves on the garlic in these photos. So - interfering as usual -  I sought the advice of a grower.
His reply - "certainly showing stress - too lush to stand severe frosts".

His commercial stuff, planted at the same time,  is like this - much like ours.

[supersprout]

Some time ago I saw pix of a commercial grower covering their garlic beds with a deep duvet of (unshredded, autumn) leaves - it looked like 4-6", presumably to protect the sprouts whilst there's a danger of frost.

[tim]

Should you want to see what the whole field looks like -

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/photo04/glen1.jpg

[Zippy Seale]

There is more chance of discovery Life on Mars than in my Garlic rows.
I say,  >:( Don't sit there and read this and laugh,  >:( yes you, stop laughing.
It is  not funny :'(

Still the same...lol I will give it another 3 weeks due to the current cold spell, then forget it this year.