Aaaaargh, snow! Advice please

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Countrygal

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Aaaaargh, snow! Advice please
« on: March 11, 2013, 16:36 »
Hi,

Please can I have some advice from you experienced veg growers. 
I planted my shallots and garlic 2 weeks ago and covered them with fleece the last couple of nights with the cold forecast. Is there anything else I can do to protect them during this cold snap?

Any advice welcome.
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Re: Aaaaargh, snow! Advice please
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2013, 16:37 »
There's no need they are hardy  ;)

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Totty

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Re: Aaaaargh, snow! Advice please
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2013, 16:49 »
If they have been out a couple of weeks they will be fine. Was going to put ours out on the weekend but the forecast was for lots of frost this week which I find lifts the sets so I'll wait a while.

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Re: Aaaaargh, snow! Advice please
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2013, 16:51 »
The frost does them good as it's required to make them split into individual cloves

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Countrygal

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Re: Aaaaargh, snow! Advice please
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2013, 16:53 »
Aha, does that mean I should remove the fleece then?

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Re: Aaaaargh, snow! Advice please
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2013, 17:05 »
Yes.
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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Countrygal

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Re: Aaaaargh, snow! Advice please
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2013, 18:17 »
Righto, will do that tonight. Thanks for all your advice.

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Trillium

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Re: Aaaaargh, snow! Advice please
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2013, 18:22 »
If anything, I depend on a good cold winter with lots of snow to get my garlic going.

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Re: Aaaaargh, snow! Advice please
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2013, 18:32 »
Hi,

I've got some planted and some in the coldframe (waiting for the allotment to be ready) - should I put them all into the garden or is it too late now?

Thanks,

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Trillium

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Re: Aaaaargh, snow! Advice please
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2013, 18:35 »
You can plant them anytime now.

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herbiegrowsbananas

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Re: Aaaaargh, snow! Advice please
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2013, 16:30 »
I planted my garlic in the snow yesterday  :D
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allot2learn

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Re: Aaaaargh, snow! Advice please
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2013, 16:36 »
I planted my garlic in the snow yesterday  :D

They'll be allwhite then.  ::)

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Re: Aaaaargh, snow! Advice please
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2013, 16:38 »
I planted my garlic in the snow yesterday  :D

They'll be allwhite then.  ::)

I disagree - they should have been planted in the soil!  ::)  :lol:
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