Should I plant out my solent wight (garlic) from their tubs?

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vineweevil1

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I planted most of my garlic in autumn but the solent wight instructions said they were best planted in spring so I put them in plastic tubs in my garden. 

They have sprouted well and are looking really healthy.  I was wondering if they would be better in the ground rather than pots, or if moving them would annoy them???

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wighty

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Re: Should I plant out my solent wight (garlic) from their tubs?
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2009, 19:57 »
I always start mine in the greenhouse and when they have a good root system and have sprouted a bit of 'green' plant them out.  Never had any problems. Put a bit of net over them because the Pigeons are usually very interested.  I live about five minutes from the Garlic Farm here on the Island and they are very busy in the garlic field.

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Re: Should I plant out my solent wight (garlic) from their tubs?
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2009, 20:34 »
Hi, if you have well drained soil try planting them in late autumn they get a good cold spell and shoot up in early spring.

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Re: Should I plant out my solent wight (garlic) from their tubs?
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2009, 21:47 »
I planted mine out last month as it does say on them that they're for spring planting. I think Feb would have been better though as they do need a period of really cold weather for them to split into their individual cloves


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