"Gopher" wrote
after Bob Hobden
replied to Christina Websell" wrote...
My aunt has an Indian gardener. She invited me to dig up some garlic
he'd
planted, as she thought she had far too much.
I dug up 4. I was expecting it to be in cloves but it isn't. It's like
a
small onion.
Should I cut in quarters, squash it in my garlic press, freeze it in ice
cubes trays or what?

That is a sign it didn't get it's cold spell it needs to clove up, so did
he
plant it this spring? Should be planted September or early October.
Any of those is OK, whatever way you will use it.

On this subject, for the first time I tried Garlic Blanak this year
(planted last Nov.). I usually have good success with garlic. They grew
beautifully until about a week ago when they all started bolting with very
strange curly piggy tails with the bud on the end. Attractive and unusual
but unplanned. I broke off the flower buds and deposited them in the
compost heap. However, I have now read in a BBC GW blog that the flowers
should be left on until the whole plant dies back after which they should
be lifted (late August). I don't recall ever doing this before. Any
guidance or suggestions would be welcome.

Just a different strain of Garlic.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London