[mumofstig]

Mine are not through yet, either. It's pretty normal, so I'm not worried either 

[Paul Plots]

And mine are going to be so delighted to be out on the plot thet are going to rush (slowly) into action a catch up with those planted earlier.   

Well......... I can live in hope!! 

[digalotty]

will anything else pull up garlic apart from birds, i have netted over the top of mine and still something has pulled it up

[peapod]

And mine are going to be so delighted to be out on the plot thet are going to rush (slowly) into action a catch up with those planted earlier.   

Well......... I can live in hope!! 

Snap! 

[Munchkin]

how tall do they grow?
and how wide?
Is it ok to re-pot or does it kill them? (they're about 5cm now)

questions questions lol

[peapod]

About a foot or so
Not very - 6" or so
 Yes you can repot them, but put them in a large enough pot in the first place and you can bung them straight out next year. They do like to build up a good root system as you can see from the posts above.

[Munchkin]

The 3 I've planted are in one long container, 4" apart. The tub isn't that deep...maybe 3" so I'm thinking I should re-pot to save their lives.

[peapod]

I agree 

[shokkyy]

I planted mine a few weeks ago. Every single clove of Marco has shot up, now about 5 or 6" tall and looking very strong. But the Iberian White is looking a bit pathetic. Only about half of the cloves have shown at all, and even those are tiny. I've never grown either variety before. Does anyone know if Marco is always so much more vigorous than Iberian White, or have I just got a duff bulb of IW?

[Trillium]

It's like any other plant - some varieties just do better at fast growth than others. And, some garlic varieties simply aren't as large as others so you'll see smaller or even little top growth until spring. Check at harvest time next year and see if the smaller variety lived up to your hopes. Sometimes they'll surprise you.

[Paul Plots]

Naughty old me just saves some of the cloves from the year before - they did well last year so I'm hoping for the same result...

As for type.... just something I spotted at our local garden centre (I think it was).... and I've kept them going for about three years now.

Probably done it all wrong but the crop was good and it keeps costs down.

Tomorrow... all being well... is the big "plant them day" as I really do want to escape to my plot for a couple of hours in the afternoon...

[Comfortably Numb]

I planted mine a few weeks ago. Every single clove of Marco has shot up, now about 5 or 6" tall and looking very strong. But the Iberian White is looking a bit pathetic. Only about half of the cloves have shown at all, and even those are tiny. I've never grown either variety before. Does anyone know if Marco is always so much more vigorous than Iberian White, or have I just got a duff bulb of IW?

I've planted Marco this year for the first time. I planted on the 26th October and they are racing away, although not as high as yours yet 

[shokkyy]

[quote author=Comfortably Numb link=topic=67711.msg775647#msg775647 I've planted Marco this year for the first time. I planted on the 26th October and they are racing away, although not as high as yours yet 
[/quote]

Oddly, more cloves of Marco have come up than I planted. Now, that's keen

[Munchkin]

Is there any need to stake them?

[mumofstig]

no they grow up straight like leeks