hello everyone

carrot top · « **on:** January 08, 2008, 18:15 »

had quite a good first year was going to try some garlic this year some books say put in now some say march april whats best you guys and girls

Sally A · « **Reply #1 on:** January 08, 2008, 18:21 »

Ooh, you've best wait for WG to come along, but find any of his posts and ther is a handy link

Welcome to the site.

babe · « **Reply #2 on:** January 08, 2008, 18:29 »

crowndale · « **Reply #3 on:** January 08, 2008, 18:52 »

Last year I put mine in in march and they were ok but didn't grow t the size of bulb I was expecting them too. Planted them all in November this year, time will tell if they do better. They certainly have had a head start and the frosts I believe are supposed to be good for them too (I think).

DD. · « **Reply #4 on:** January 08, 2008, 19:07 »

Hi CT, welcome, I also will leave it to the expert, but mine went in in the Autumn.

Rob the rake · « **Reply #5 on:** January 08, 2008, 19:19 »

Hello and welcome CT.

As long as your soil is friable you can put your garlic in now and it will start making roots, ready to shoot when Spring arrives.
You can wait until March, but as Crowndale has intimated, your finished bulbs will probably be smaller. Either way, you'll still get a crop.

gobs · « **Reply #6 on:** January 08, 2008, 22:15 »

or not. I'm not sure on this, but so I think, rightly or wrongly, that late planting(like March) as after frosty weather can contribute to no clove formation, you might just end up with tiny pickling onion like things.

The maistro is busy talking flowers, methinks.

Stevens706 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 09, 2008, 12:52 »

Welcome carrot top
I didn’t put mine in until Spring last year and they did OK small but perfectly usable.

SkipRat · « **Reply #8 on:** January 09, 2008, 19:41 »

Autumn planting for me.

DD. · « **Reply #9 on:** January 09, 2008, 19:42 »

Quote from: "SkipRat"

Autumn planting for me.

Yup!

SnooziSuzi · « **Reply #10 on:** January 09, 2008, 19:49 »

Hi CT and welcome! BTW, usually everyone on here ends up with a shortened version of their names, whether they want it or not!!

WG started out as Whiskey Golf, Munty is Muntjac, Wellies is Wellingtons... the list goes on!

You'll like it here

Su

gobs · « **Reply #11 on:** January 09, 2008, 20:32 »

My name never got shortened.

Aidy · « **Reply #12 on:** January 09, 2008, 20:54 »

Guess I am still Aidy

and welcome and yes without a doubt, Autumn, I believe they need a good cold spell to split, I sometimes put some in late in spring so they grow to be big cloves, dry them and replant them in Autumn so I get big bulbs the following year.

Edit: Actually thinking about it old long haired hippie type Munty calls me allsorts

ditchdigger · « **Reply #13 on:** January 09, 2008, 20:55 »

Quote from: "gobs"

My name never got shortened.

are you sure about that G.

WG. · « **Reply #14 on:** January 09, 2008, 20:57 »

As soon after September as you can. Now-ish would be fine. PM me if you have trouble finding seed.

Or look for garlic in the Veg section on the WYSIWYGGY link in my signature

hello everyone

Sally A

WG.