[240173paul]

Hi all,

I usually plant my garlic on thw 31st October - Halloween to keep the allotment evils at bay   However with this warm spell we are having might put a row in this weekend - what are you thoughts and have you put any it yet or earlier??

[radiohead]

Mines been in nearly 2 weeks!...along with onion sets and shallots.........I have been told I'm a bit early,I guess I'll find out next spring.

[arugula]

I feel that hardneck garlic prefers cooler and not warmer weather. 

[sunshineband]

I like the thinking of planting it on 31st October  

On a more serious note, planted later will catch up, planted sooner slows down in the cold anyway.... garlic's tough stuff  

[radiohead]

Cant really see that a few weeks early will make a lot of difference,it's going to be there all winter regardless.

[DD.]

I plant at the same time as my winter onions. With the weather having been warmer, I'm more inclined to plant later than usual, rather than earlier, as I don't want things bolting.

[Willie_Eckerslike]

I put 24 cloves in 10 days ago and they're already 6" high. I think I went too early.
I'll leave them to see what happens but I'll plant some more next month just to be on the safe side. Can't be without garlic next year.

[marimba]

I found some garlic sprouting yesterday.....I had missed it when harvesting.....so moved it to between rows of strawberries and hope it survives. Anyone else moved sprouting garlic?

[sunshineband]

As long as the roots were fairly intact it should grow alright

[Nobbie]

I had selected my garlic bulbs for planting, split them up and put them in a little plastic container. When I checked on them a week later they had started growing roots as It must have been humid in there so I planted them. I figure if they were left in the ground, then they've have started sprouting by now, so no worries about early planting, they'll sort themselves out.

[emptydraw]

Ours havent even arrived (they are due late october)! I wouldnt plant them just yet anyway, I did our in december last year, which was too late so I'll be aiming for early November.

[DD.]

Mine didn't make it until March and they were fine.