GROWING GARLIC
I was told that you should plant garlic on the shortest day - 21st December and havrvest it on the longest day -21st June. Well I was a bit busy 4 days before Christmas to be messing around planting garlic so popped mine in some time in November.
The first year on the allotment I ordered garlic bulbs from the seed catalogue and then saved one to plant last year. They were divided up into individual cloves and planted around the edge of the bed. I
pulled them up as close as I could to mid summers day, and laid them out to dry. I then strung them up and popped them in the shed to keep cool. Must remember to keep one to plant again this year.
The first year on the allotment I ordered garlic bulbs from the seed catalogue and then saved one to plant last year. They were divided up into individual cloves and planted around the edge of the bed. I pulled them up as close as I could to mid summers day, and laid them out to dry. I then strung them up and popped them in the shed to keep cool. Must remember to keep one to plant again this year.
3 comments:
Ah, your lucky! I have had no luck with garlic. The little bulbs never get plump, they just seem to shrivel up!
Have you put them in during the autumn? I have read that they need some cold to get them growing. Apart from that I don't do anything to them!
I actually think I planted them in the spring (oops?) I had some garlic in the pantry that was sprouting so I thought, "what the heck" and planted it. It grew very nice tops and the bulbs divided, but they are so skinny and scrawny. I guess I will try again using your method!
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