In message , Paul Taylor
writes
When my book says plant at 1-2 inches does it mean 1-2 inches down to the
tip of the clove or to the base of the clove - as a clove is about an
inch long this makes a big difference!

So that's be 1 inch to the top and 2 inches to the bottom.

Will I get garlic with the cloves being covered by 1 to 2 inches of soil?
They have already sprouted about 1 inch shoots above the soil.

Plants are on the whole fairly easy going, esp. something like garlic,
you are worrying much to much about this. The normal recommendation is
to plant them as you describe, a couple of inches down. I don't think
the precise distance matters, just under the soil, or a few inches they
will probably do just as well.

I just use a trowel, make a little hole, pop the clove in 'a bit under
the ground' and cover over.

We normally get decent bulbs from each clove, I'm sure you will as well.

We do have a lot more top growth on ours, but then they went in last
autumn, so that's to be expected.
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Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds
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