Garlic

I have had some garlic in the lottie since the back end of last year and it's coming along fine but I just wondered if I should give them a bit of a boost by applying some general fertilizer. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I would tend to leave them to it, as they have been in the ground so long.

Yes, they won't be ready until around June.

Now's the time they start to put on weight as the weather warms up. Winter was just getting them ready for the sprint.

It depends on the variety.  If it's an autumn sown variety, it needs to be in the ground over the winter in order to split into cloves.  But you can get spring-sown varieties if you prefer to sow at that time of year.

Sulphate of Amonia....I believe this gives a really good boost to onions and garlics

Onions need some nitrogen in the Spring to get them going and then a high potash feed feed later on to help them ripen.

Nitrogen can either be part of a base soil dressing such as Gromore or applied as a top dressing as sulphate of ammonia, ammoniun nitrate, chicken pellets etc.

High potash fertilisers such as those used for tomatoes, i.e. tomatorite are OK for later.