[mclarkuk1]

Very early this year ( feb/march ) i sowed some garlic cloves in the hope to get some garlic. I got some very small bulbs when i did harvest them.

However since then I have heard that tradition has it, you sow garlic on the shortest day of the year and harvest on the longest. Is this true?
Ive looked online and the shortest day this year seems to be 21st December and the longest next year is 21st June. Its not actually the shortest and longest day in terms of time but in sunlight hours.

Does it make too much difference if i started to sow some now? Or is it too mild still?
I realise that garlic needs a cold spell or a good frost to help the cloves turn into big bulbs.

Cheers

Matt

[DD.]

Mine's going in tomorrow, all being well.

[mumofstig]

mine went in last week 

[Benandbill]

I put mine in on Sunday.  Cloves in local garden centre, although meant to be organic and therefore more likely to take are way too pricy so we've taken a chance with a few bulbs broken up off the supermarket shelf...  Fingers crossed!

[arugula]

Mine's going in within the next couple of days.

[fatbelly]

Mine went in last week and I will be harvesting some time in mid / late July

[Rampant_Weasel]

mine went in a month ago, i always like to get it in as soon as its in the shops to give it max growing time as in the summer it usually gets rust and stops growing

[bigben]

Most of mine went in Saturday and the rest Monday - 180 all told. My winter onions are going in when I get the chance.

[fatbelly]

mine went in a month ago, i always like to get it in as soon as its in the shops to give it max growing time as in the summer it usually gets rust and stops growing

I agree, good call

[fatbelly]

Most of mine went in Saturday and the rest Monday - 180 all told.

What 180,  thats a lot of Garlic. I sowed 26 cloves.

[jimbeekeeper]

mine went in a month ago, i always like to get it in as soon as its in the shops to give it max growing time as in the summer it usually gets rust and stops growing

Snap, and they have about 6" of growth on them now.

[bigben]

Most of mine went in Saturday and the rest Monday - 180 all told.

What 180,  thats a lot of Garlic. I sowed 26 cloves.

Last year I grew 80 - some were too small to bother with, gave some to family and saved some to plant - I can see me running out of garlic to eat about January. Even my 6 year old is addicted to garlic crutons in soup or to sprinkle on pasta!