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Roger Tonkin[_2_] · 28-04-2012, 05:05 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

In article ,
says...

Is it worth it? Will they grow and clove up?
My aunt has an Indian gardener and he prefers to plant hers in November. My
local Indian shopkeeper says the same, that garlic does not like hot
weather.
The packet of three I just got said "can be planted in autumn or spring"
I did plant some once in my garden, in spring. They did grow but only into
bulbs, like a large spring onion and didn't split into cloves.

Tina

SWMBO sent me out to the garage a couple of weeks ago for some garlic,
stored from last year. One bublb was fine, in another all the cloves had
sprouted about 2 inches of green shoot. I took these and just planted
them next to the October/November planting and they seem to be groeing
on fine, despite the cold wet weather.

I've read several article that state you should not plant shop (as in
Supermarket/Greengrocer) bought garlic, as there is no guarantee where
it comes from and whether it will survive, so I was intrigued by Baz's
post!

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Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales