Moving Garlic.

Old Tom · « **on:** May 06, 2011, 08:29 »

I put some garlic in the back garden last November and it is doing well but now I`ve got my allotment "The Lady of the House" want`s a "Nice Lawn" out back and is demanding that I shift the garlic. Will it survive the move? It will only be out of the ground for about an hour.

I would put my foot down but I`m not that brave.

arugula · « **Reply #1 on:** May 06, 2011, 08:39 »

Oh dear Tom!

I wouldn't like to jeopardise your whole crop by saying yes they'll be fine, but my OH found some unidentified bulbs* when he was preparing an area of ground and turfed them out where they lay around for a while before he bunged them (literally as he thought they might be the bluebell bane of his life

) in elsewhere. They have recently identified themselves as garlic growing and developing very happily.

*They were obviously some of the autumn planted bulbs which were excess to the main bed and didn't get marked where they were put.

mumofstig · « **Reply #2 on:** May 06, 2011, 08:42 »

all you can do is dig them up with a spadeful of root with soil attached if poss.
Water in well and keep your fingers crossed

JayG · « **Reply #3 on:** May 06, 2011, 08:47 »

I agree with Mum! (Not the best thing to have to do but better than divorce)

mumofstig · « **Reply #4 on:** May 06, 2011, 08:54 »

Quote from: JayG on May 06, 2011, 08:47

I agree with Mum! (Not the best thing to have to do but better than divorce)

sorry that agreeing with me is a problem for you jay

Old Tom · « **Reply #5 on:** May 06, 2011, 10:22 »

Thanks for the advice. I`ll get me fork.

Nikkithefoot · « **Reply #6 on:** May 06, 2011, 13:09 »

Sorry to be devils advocate but.........................

Can't you leave them for another couple of months? Then they will be out the ground for good. Trying to get a lawn to grow in this hot dry weather will be an uphill struggle, you'd be better waiting until the autumn I would have thought to give the 'Nice Lawn' the best possible chance in life.

arugula · « **Reply #7 on:** May 06, 2011, 13:15 »

Quote from: Nikkithefoot on May 06, 2011, 13:09

Sorry to be devils advocate but.........................

That's my job!

It is a good point although it doesn't sound like an option for Tom.

sazhig · « **Reply #8 on:** May 06, 2011, 13:21 »

Quote from: Nikkithefoot on May 06, 2011, 13:09

Sorry to be devils advocate but.........................

Can't you leave them for another couple of months? Then they will be out the ground for good. Trying to get a lawn to grow in this hot dry weather will be an uphill struggle, you'd be better waiting until the autumn I would have thought to give the 'Nice Lawn' the best possible chance in life.

^^This would be my first thought. Are you on a water meter? I can't imagine how much extra it would cost to keep a new lawn (turf or seed) alive during the current dry spell :blink:

Trillium · « **Reply #9 on:** May 06, 2011, 15:45 »

She Who Must Be Obeyed has spoken and Tom has no choice

Yes, the garlic will move okay at this point as I've just moved some I missed last summer. Water well and it will quickly recover. I even send off growing garlic to friends and relatives and it always recovers. Not surprising garlic has been around for thousands of years, it's that tough.

Old Tom · « **Reply #10 on:** May 07, 2011, 09:25 »

Hi all,

Thanks for the feedback. I`ve moved the garlic and given it a really good watering as we`ve still had no rain to speak of.
We`re not on a water meter and in the 15 years I`ve lived here we`ve never had a hose pipe ban. Keilder water was built to supply water for a massive industrial boom that never happened on Teesside so we are very lucky in our water supply.

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