I would like to establish a biggish area of wild garlic, what would be the
best thing to do, use plants or bulbs

kate

Kate Morgan writes
I would like to establish a biggish area of wild garlic, what would be
the best thing to do, use plants or bulbs

Do you mean, plant while they're growing or plant while they're dormant?

I've never tried planting them, though I have tried moving a few plants.
My observations are a) they grow very deep, from memory more than 6
inches down b) they're keen self-seeders, so you wouldn't need to plant
them very densely.
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Kay

"K" wrote in message
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Kate Morgan writes
I would like to establish a biggish area of wild garlic, what would be the
best thing to do, use plants or bulbs

Do you mean, plant while they're growing or plant while they're dormant?

I've never tried planting them, though I have tried moving a few plants.
My observations are a) they grow very deep, from memory more than 6 inches
down b) they're keen self-seeders, so you wouldn't need to plant them very
densely.
--
Kay

Allium Ursinum (wild garlic) certainly spreads like mad and soon we'll be
able to detect it'ss distinctive scent especially alongside waterways, river
banks and the like. I don't know about propagating it, but I would have
thought bulbs would be the answer.

Does anyone have any recipes in which wild garlic can be used to advantage:
I dod oncespoke to a chef, asking what I could put wild garlic in - he said
"The compost heap" .

Bill

Kate Morgan wrote:
I would like to establish a biggish area of wild garlic, what would be
the best thing to do, use plants or bulbs

Eiher, but remember that slugs and snails *LOVE* ramsons.

Plant a few bulbs and assuming you can keep the mollusca off them as the
seeds ripen, they'll be everywhere in no time at all.

--
Rusty

Bill Grey wrote:
"K" wrote in message
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Kate Morgan writes
I would like to establish a biggish area of wild garlic, what would be the
best thing to do, use plants or bulbs

Do you mean, plant while they're growing or plant while they're dormant?

I've never tried planting them, though I have tried moving a few plants.
My observations are a) they grow very deep, from memory more than 6 inches
down b) they're keen self-seeders, so you wouldn't need to plant them very
densely.
--
Kay

Allium Ursinum (wild garlic) certainly spreads like mad and soon we'll be
able to detect it'ss distinctive scent especially alongside waterways, river
banks and the like. I don't know about propagating it, but I would have
thought bulbs would be the answer.

Does anyone have any recipes in which wild garlic can be used to advantage:
I dod oncespoke to a chef, asking what I could put wild garlic in - he said
"The compost heap" .

He wasn't a chef, then.

Whatever you'd use chives for, but more so. Casseroles, adding leaves
and/or bulbs (sparingly) to stir-fry, placing inside an onion inside a
chicken when you roast it - the uses are endless, and IMO, much nicer
than garlic.

(Not really wild garlic - a different species.)

--
Rusty

:
I would like to establish a biggish area of wild garlic, what would be
the best thing to do, use plants or bulbs

Eiher, but remember that slugs and snails *LOVE* ramsons.

Plant a few bulbs and assuming you can keep the mollusca off them as the
seeds ripen, they'll be everywhere in no time at all.

--
Rusty

Thank you everyone, I already use Comfrey as ground cover and thought that
Wild Garlic would be as quick, from what I am told that would be right.

kate

Rusty Hinge writes
Kate Morgan wrote:
I would like to establish a biggish area of wild garlic, what would
be the best thing to do, use plants or bulbs

Eiher, but remember that slugs and snails *LOVE* ramsons.

My entire gardening is based around avoiding plants which are slug food.
But I have no problem at all with snails on wild garlic.


--
Kay

Sacha writes
On 2010-01-24 10:47:11 +0000, K said:

Rusty Hinge writes
Kate Morgan wrote:
I would like to establish a biggish area of wild garlic, what would
the best thing to do, use plants or bulbs
Eiher, but remember that slugs and snails *LOVE* ramsons.
My entire gardening is based around avoiding plants which are slug
food. But I have no problem at all with snails on wild garlic.

Saves time in the kitchen, eh Kay?? ;-))

You know I didn't mean that!

I just have never found wild garlic to be damaged by snails or slugs.
--
Kay

"K" wrote in message
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Kate Morgan writes
I would like to establish a biggish area of wild garlic, what would be the
best thing to do, use plants or bulbs

Do you mean, plant while they're growing or plant while they're dormant?

I've never tried planting them, though I have tried moving a few plants.
My observations are a) they grow very deep, from memory more than 6 inches
down b) they're keen self-seeders, so you wouldn't need to plant them very
densely.
--

I desperately want some for what I call "my wood"
It's not exactly that, but a 50 yard patch at the bottom of my garden
colonised by trees. I've planted it with snowdrops, violets, primroses and
sweet cecily and stuff but I'd love some ramsons, where do you get them
from?
Tina

Sacha writes
On 2010-01-24 11:59:13 +0000, K said:

Sacha writes
On 2010-01-24 10:47:11 +0000, K said:

Rusty Hinge writes
Kate Morgan wrote:
I would like to establish a biggish area of wild garlic, what
would the best thing to do, use plants or bulbs
Eiher, but remember that slugs and snails *LOVE* ramsons.
My entire gardening is based around avoiding plants which are slug
food. But I have no problem at all with snails on wild garlic.
Saves time in the kitchen, eh Kay?? ;-))
You know I didn't mean that!
I just have never found wild garlic to be damaged by snails or
slugs.

Well, I've tried snails and couldn't stand 'em, so I'm surprised rather
than not, when other people do.

So far we've had one person who hasn't had a problem and one person who
has, I think. I'm surprised that Rusty reports a problem, given that the
ramsons in our nature reserve are in beautiful condition, and also in my
own garden, which in other respects has a very severe snail and slug
problem.
--
Kay

"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message
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Bill Grey wrote:
"K" wrote in message
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Kate Morgan writes
I would like to establish a biggish area of wild garlic, what would be
the best thing to do, use plants or bulbs

Do you mean, plant while they're growing or plant while they're dormant?

I've never tried planting them, though I have tried moving a few plants.
My observations are a) they grow very deep, from memory more than 6
inches down b) they're keen self-seeders, so you wouldn't need to plant
them very densely.
--
Kay

Allium Ursinum (wild garlic) certainly spreads like mad and soon we'll be
able to detect it'ss distinctive scent especially alongside waterways,
river banks and the like. I don't know about propagating it, but I would
have thought bulbs would be the answer.

Does anyone have any recipes in which wild garlic can be used to
advantage: I dod oncespoke to a chef, asking what I could put wild garlic
in - he said "The compost heap" .

He wasn't a chef, then.

Well a sarcastic one not wanting to give away his secrets :-)

Whatever you'd use chives for, but more so. Casseroles, adding leaves
and/or bulbs (sparingly) to stir-fry, placing inside an onion inside a
chicken when you roast it - the uses are endless, and IMO, much nicer than
garlic.

I like a leaf or two with ham in a sandwich.

Bill

"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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I don't know who wrote

Does anyone have any recipes in which wild garlic can be used to
advantage:

Someone gave me an excellent soup made with young nettles, ramsons
and potato.

Janet

On my server your post follows mine. so it was I.

Bill

Christina Websell wrote:
"K" wrote in message
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Kate Morgan writes
I would like to establish a biggish area of wild garlic, what would be the
best thing to do, use plants or bulbs

Do you mean, plant while they're growing or plant while they're dormant?

I've never tried planting them, though I have tried moving a few plants.
My observations are a) they grow very deep, from memory more than 6 inches
down b) they're keen self-seeders, so you wouldn't need to plant them very
densely.
--

I desperately want some for what I call "my wood"
It's not exactly that, but a 50 yard patch at the bottom of my garden
colonised by trees. I've planted it with snowdrops, violets, primroses and
sweet cecily and stuff but I'd love some ramsons, where do you get them
from?

I've saved some seeds, but I also saved some chive seeds and I don't
know which is which, but I've looked, and I'm not sure where either
packet is.

I'll have some more this summer, otherwise, try Chiltern Seeds.

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Rusty

K wrote:
Sacha writes
On 2010-01-24 10:47:11 +0000, K sai

My entire gardening is based around avoiding plants which are slug
food. But I have no problem at all with snails on wild garlic.

Saves time in the kitchen, eh Kay?? ;-))

You know I didn't mean that!

I just have never found wild garlic to be damaged by snails or slugs.

And they ate all the ones planted in the ground - didn't find the ones
in the planter, though.

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Rusty