can someone recomend a garlic to me

new_2_veg · « **on:** September 09, 2007, 20:27 »

hi all

im stuck and dont know what yo buy

can someone help me out please?

also whats hard neck and soft neck?

nathan

new_2_veg · « **Reply #1 on:** September 09, 2007, 20:34 »

sorry can someone please move this

nathan

DD. · « **Reply #2 on:** September 09, 2007, 20:49 »

Moved as requested to 'Grow Your Own'.

I'm sure whisky_golf will respond in due course!

Digger Dave

new_2_veg · « **Reply #3 on:** September 09, 2007, 20:56 »

thanks for that (i must of hadf a moment)

sorry again

nathan

Trillium · « **Reply #4 on:** September 09, 2007, 21:00 »

Hard necks are a type of garlic that literally forms a hard centre stem. It's best grown in areas where you have 14 hours of daylight in summer, which means, only one growing season. Soft necks are grown in hotter climes in spring and fall where the daylight hours are shorter. I suspect most UKrs grow hardnecks, I know WG does because I know where he gets his seed garlic

You can grow either in the UK but you won't get the best results from softnecks in the UK. As for variety to grow, I don't know the answer to that one. We'll have to wait for WG to pull his head out of the smoker

new_2_veg · « **Reply #5 on:** September 09, 2007, 21:07 »

thanks for that, it was a great help.

i would like to order from suttons as thats where i will be ordering mo other bits from!

nathan

WG. · « **Reply #6 on:** September 09, 2007, 21:09 »

What type of soil have you got please Nathan?

new_2_veg · « **Reply #7 on:** September 09, 2007, 21:30 »

umm thats a good question i have never tested it!

it has lots of worms and will be manured and well mixed in by the time im ready to plant them.

its quite fine and when i dug it over earlyer was damp (moist) and we havent had any rain for a bit here

is that any help? im a bit lost what to tell you realy

nathan

WG. · « **Reply #8 on:** September 09, 2007, 21:31 »

Is it clay? Or does it waterlog in winter?

new_2_veg · « **Reply #9 on:** September 09, 2007, 21:32 »

no caly was a good 3ft down when we done our extention it doesnt waterlog easy no, drains well

nathan

DD. · « **Reply #10 on:** September 09, 2007, 21:36 »

Told you he'd be along. Listen to him!!!!

new_2_veg · « **Reply #11 on:** September 09, 2007, 21:41 »

i sure will!

its my first growing season and im very thankfull for all the help im being given by everyone.

nathan

WG. · « **Reply #12 on:** September 09, 2007, 22:09 »

Garlic doesn't like waterlogged winter conditions.

I mainly plant porcelain garlic - grows to almost 5ft tall. Seed is available from Really Garlicky Company.

See http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?p=82967#82967

I do grow some other hardneck and softneck garlics too - I keep my own seed from varieties (unknown names) which I find to do very well in my garden.

I actually lifted about 50kg of porcelain garlic today (late, I know) & noted that some of it has started to sprout already.

Sadgit · « **Reply #13 on:** September 10, 2007, 09:02 »

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I mainly plant porcelain garlic - grows to almost 5ft tall. Seed is available from Really Garlicky Company.

just bought 20 bulbs from them.. thanks for the tip WG

loubylou29 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 10, 2007, 14:07 »

Would it be a really bad idea to use shop bought garlic??
Is it more prone to rotting or disease?

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can someone recomend a garlic to me

Trillium

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