[bigben]

I planted lots of garlic late Oct early Nov and it seemed to be doing really well. The soil had a fair bit of home produced compost added before I planted and a couple of handfulls of chicken pellets for good measure. However the snow we had recently covered it all and now the snow has melted a lot of the garlic have yellow ends to the leaves. I have thrown a bit of chicken pellets into the bed in case it is lack of nitrogen. Is the yellowness just caused by the long covering of snow or is it a problem with the soil?; Any ideas - anyone else with slightly yellow garlic after the snow?

[Trillium]

Not to worry. The snow cover has simply temporarily blanched the growing tips. Now that there's more light they'll green up again. Don't overdo the pellets as this isn't a soil deficiency.

[robinsnest]

My shallots were the same, but they will green up in the next few weeks.

[bigben]

Thanks for the reasurrance - I was worried after they had made such a good start.