garlic

[loulou]

sorry this has probably been asked b4 but i cant see if it has
iv got solent wight garlic and i don't know when is the best time to plant it  :-[
i cant find the note that came with it telling me what to do with it if any one would help me i would be very very gratefull  ;D ;D
thanks from loulou

[loulou]

[christine]

Hi, loulou.  Any time from October (it says in D T Brown's catalogue) so, if the ground's not frozen, a.s.a.p. would be about right!

[supersprout]

hi loulou, snap - plant as soon as the ground will let you! 2-3 inches deep, are the girlies old enough to get dibbing and planting whilst you dig? If you do a search on 'garlic' there's been lots of discussion in Nov/Dec (planting, spacing) which I found really useful as I am growing garlic for the first time this year  ;D

[tim]

This might be of interest - & surprising??

[christine]

That's exactly what I got with my Albigensian Wight, Tim, but after a bit of dithering, Googling, and consulting Joy Larkcom, I ignored it. 

Planted cloves in 3" pots in the cold greenhouse at the end of November; when the roots started coming out of the bottom planted them out on a mild-ish day and they're doing well now.

No point in waiting until March, is there?

[tim]

Maybe it only applies to the seed that they send out in the new year?
It would be difficult to plant them in November!!

[loulou]

thanks very much the girls have been diigging anything thay can i went to my dads yesterday and hes now got a hole in his garden and thay have managed to move some of his stonne of his drive so i think thay should of had enough practice to help on the plot im going to put them in pots in my gardern and when i get my plot done ( hope fully sat and sun ) i can move them thank you for all you hellp very much apreshiated ( sorry my spelling not up to much keep pressing thr wrong keys to  :()