Bob Hobden wrote:
:: "Rhiannon Macfie Miller" wrote after Bob Hobden wrote:
::
:::: Garlic should be planted outside in September/October and if so will
:::: now be hanging in the shed as mine are. They are as tough as it gets
:::: and are probably the hardiest veg crop there is. This year has been
:::: our best Garlic crop ever.
::::
:::
::: I planted spring planting garlic in April, and I wouldn't have thought
::: it would be ready yet. The tips are just turning yellow now.
:::
:: Garlic should be planted in Sept/Oct not the spring and will grow
:: throughout the winter if the weather is above freezing. Some old books
:: (and indeed old gardeners) still say plant in the spring but they are
:: wrong if you want good heads. They probably didn't know how hardy it is.
:: If you plant it in the spring then you will only get small heads with
:: small cloves as it will stop growing about the same time anyway, i.e.
:: now.
:: You've seen, or will see, what spring planted is like so later this year
:: try planting it in September and you will then see the difference.


Thanks to all who replied WRT the onions, I've left them as they are and
they appear to be doing well, even though the seeds were 5+ years out of
date (so were the tomatoes and they are now 6ft tall with 5 trusses of a
dozen fruits on each!)the sprouts are also 2ft high...sadly the same cannot
be said of: beetroot (2 from 25 grew), lettuce, 0 grew, none of the flowers
and none of the courgettes...I guess some seeds are indestructable and some
are a bit flimsy!

The garlic are in a GH and don't seem to be doing much...I don't use much of
it so I can just leave it in for now, until I need it, but I'll definately
plant some new ones in September

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