[Kleftiwallah]

Good afternoon gardeners. Sorry if the word 'cloching' is miss spelt but would it help our garlic to make it through the winter?

Cheers,  Tony.

[wighty]

Mine are still in pots in the greenhouse as it's been too wet ( and cold) to plant them out.  I've never covered mine, even the year it snowed.  The Garlic Farm don't either so I can't see that it is necessary.

[Snow]

It'll be fine with any cold, but I imagine it will do better if the ground is drier than a typical uk winter. I always get some attrition outside which i put down to the wet, this year I have a load of backups in modules in the greenhouse

You can still plant them up to March, some varieties can do better with a february planting like silverskins that typically are the last to mature, so they have more of the summer to bulk up

[Hampshire Hog]

I don’t cover garlic as I read they like a cool period over the winter.

[Kleftiwallah]

Many thanks for all your opinions.
I wasn't so much worried about the cold, it is the constantly sodden ground
Cheers,  Tony.