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All the garlic that we've seen here in 'how's it doing' has been very yellow.
Presumably Autumn planted?

Yet this January planted lot is not. Is it frost or what??

I planted mine in January and it looks very similar - certainly not going yellow (touch wood!)  ::)

Well mine was winter planted, and after I weeded around it today I thought how green and straight and strong it all looked! (A miracle for my rotten plot!)  Every single clove I planted has grown.  I wonder rather than frost if it is sitting in cold wet ground that yellows things up?

Mine came through the worst of the winter and looks fine. I have one plant of elephant garlic that looks yellow, that's all.

planted mine at the end of December and they've all appeared and look quite strong and healthy, but a couple are turning yellow at the tips - assumed it was because we've not had much rain (in Sheffield)

Mine were planted at the end of last year too, and look green and promising today.(In a sheltered spot,mind)  :D :D

Quote from: mc55 on April 21, 2006, 21:28:00
we've not had much rain (in Sheffield)

GOOD GRIEF ... THAT'S A 1ST FOR SHEFFIELD!!!! (I'm from there originally!)

My garlic's gone yellow as well (planted in December) but the elephant stuff is doing ok.

Standard garlic was planted mid October? and has yellowing tips (not excessively mind you), whereas the elephant garlic was planted about 4 weeks later and is very verdant. Sorry no pictures ...

My garlic has slightly yellow tips Tim maybe we need lots of rain SOON.

Our allotments show exactly the same response.   January planted garlic is noticably  free from the yellowing tips that is present on that which was  planted in the autumn, though the latter is naturally more robust.   I wonder if this is always the case!

The problem on our allotments is certainly not due to lack of rain.   I was actually wondering if it was due to having had far too much.   The ground has been sodden for nearly a month.   (West Lancs.)

my garlic put in in november - looking about as good as tims. some very slight yellowing on a few leaf tips - i fancied they are starting to get ready..only two months to go to the longest day....

kittys is strong sturdy and very very green..planted november...

I have to same differences between my Autumn and late winter plasted Garlic.  Same difference is true between my overwintering and maincrop onions.  Chucked some chicken manure pellets on them yesterday.

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here's my autumn garlic... planted 29th october into modules (when I got the plot) and planted out on allotment late november when I had cleared, dug, marked up the relelvant bed.  is it too yellow?

mat

Planted mine in January. All growing strong and green. Yellowing is a sign of deficiency and occurs due to a lack of nutrients in the soil or waterlogging.

with the elephant garlic, is everyone growing it for the full 2 years or has anyone harvested after just one?

  Im unsure whether mine will succumb to white rot if left in over winter, especially if its a wet winter.

Two years? I presumed it bulbed up in its first year just as normal garlic does?

There's nothing in the information I had from the Garlic Farm to suggest that it needs more than one year. I'll be lifting mine as soon as it starts dying back.