Garlic

[PJW_Letchworth]

I hope someone can help as you've all been very kind in answering my previous posts.

I have received my garlic bulbs from Mr Fothergills today but have heard garlic needs a frost to get it out of its dormancy.  Is this true?  Should I put the bulbs in the fridge for a couple of days?

I will start asking less questions soon I promise!  :)

Thanks.

[PJW_Letchworth]

[jennym]

I've heard that it needs a cold spell to help them split into separate cloves, and think this may be true because last year I planted the individual cloves quite late, and some did form a group of cloves, but some formed a round soild bulb, just like an onion. All edible though!

[kitten]

hi pjw!  Yes, you're right, garlic does need frost to form the cloves, but i'd say planting it out would do the trick (after all, we do get frosts for another couple of months yet!) rather than putting it in the fridge.  The sooner you plant it out the sooner it'll get frosted & the magic begins  ;)  ;D

[OllieC]

I've been thinking about deliberately planting some late to get a big clove for roasting whole. Anyone tried this?

[Robert_Brenchley]

If you want big cloves which roast well, go for elephant garlic.