10-01-2013, 12:55 PM
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Re: Garlic 2013 .
Originally Posted by The Dog Lover
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So what month do you usually plant it.
10-01-2013, 02:35 PM
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Re: Garlic 2013 .
I plant the same time as Meg, Val. I had to take a mix of soft neck and hard neck last year but this year we have all soft neck.I resent having to buy them at the supermarket
Yes Meg, I think we have it a little warmer here
and there is no shade at all where they are planted.
09-04-2013, 09:37 PM
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Re: Garlic 2013 .
I left my runner bean roots in as usual - just cut the plants down, it's said to add the nitrogen back to the soil.I decided to grow my garlic there and although they started off well, they are looking dismal now
I don't know if it's the winter we've had, or the nitrogen in the soil.
I am so disappointed.
This autumns planting will go back to the original spot.
09-04-2013, 10:42 PM
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Re: Garlic 2013 .
Originally Posted by Janela
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I left my runner bean roots in as usual - just cut the plants down, it's said to add the nitrogen back to the soil. I decided to grow my garlic there and although they started off well, they are looking dismal now
I don't know if it's the winter we've had, or the nitrogen in the soil.
I am so disappointed.
This autumns planting will go back to the original spot.
my garlic looks 'ok' but is nothing like the size it was this time last year.It looks like long grass.
10-04-2013, 12:40 AM
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Re: Garlic 2013 .
Yes lots of garlic and onions up, I have also planted some in Feb which are now peeking out as well hoping to stagger my crop.No sign of any of my potatoes yet , but my leek crop are about 6inch high.
Here is a great place to buy garlic sets. I have tried lots of different types. The elephant garlic is very good for roasting,
http://www.thegarlicfarm.co.uk/TSeed...ht-Garlic.aspx
Val were are you moving to ?
24-06-2013, 01:36 PM
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My garlic is almost all brown already
We have dug up about half of them, they are a fair size but I should think about a quarter of the amount we planted have simply disappeared.A disappointment this year, so back to the original planting bed for next year.
Our daughter showed us the plait we gave her last year, she has two little bits left (I think she'll be unlucky this year)
24-06-2013, 03:52 PM
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Re: Garlic 2013 .
Originally Posted by Janela
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My garlic is almost all brown already We have dug up about half of them, they are a fair size but I should think about a quarter of the amount we planted have simply disappeared.A disappointment this year, so back to the original planting bed for next year.
Our daughter showed us the plait we gave her last year, she has two little bits left (I think she'll be unlucky this year)
I haven't tried mine yet, the tops are still green and it looks as though some of the bulbs are quite small. I am not lifting mine until the end of July but might try one.
Two bits left
mine were gone very quickly, I was eating one a week I think the variety I grew last year Jolimont was bigger but Dobies sent me a different variety last autumn..
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