Planting Garlic.. NOW !! 2009

[Riz]

Salaam, everyone.

I had some garlic cloves a.k.a Allium sativum at home and i really wanted to start them off.. the best time to plant garlic is October but up to mid april is fine

Latin Name
Allium sativum
Type
Hardy perennial of onion family
Site and Soil
Well-drained, well-dug fertile soil; full sun
Plant to Harvest Time
10 months.

i had some garlic cloves for a while so i cleaned out some seedling pots and still had some potting soil left over....

Plant each of the cloves in an upright position 2cm (1in) below the soil surface. Looking at the clove in the picture to the right, the bottom blunt end of the clove should be lowest in the ground with the pointed end just below the soil surface.Space each clove about 10cm (4in) apart. If you are planting rows, space each row 45cm (18in) apart.
http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/images/garlic-plant.jpg

[Riz]

so i germinated 3 garlic cloves all together today, and the rest i did 4 days a go..

push the garlic into the pot ( leaving the outer skin on) cover the top half inch with soil and water carefully... garlic cloves need cold temperatures at the beginning to initialize flowering so after you have watered them leave them in the coldest room in the house you have, they like temps between 1c to 10c, and in 4 days the stem should inshallah pop out...

here are the ones i started of 4 days ago, i could see growth the very next day, Now you need to keep them indoors until mid march or mid April and then you can plant them in the ground or pot on into bigger containers outdoors

[Riz]

Garlic is normally ready for harvesting when most of the foliage has turned yellowy-brown - this will be around mid-august time.from june onwards feed with a general purpose plant food every two weeks( more details to follow)

The absolutely best garlic is fresh from the ground (known as wet garlic) - this garlic is sweeter, lees pungent and far more digestible than dried garlic. So make sure you use some cloves as soon as possible. The majority though should be be washed and dried and then placed in a warm dry place in the garden (bring indoors if rain threatens) to dry out - these bulbs should keep in good condition for 3 months or more.

[Tania]

Can be left to the room light ? Can i plant 2 garlic cloves in the same pot?

[Riz]

Can be left to the room light ? Can i plant 2 garlic cloves in the same pot?

yes light is good, so is the windowsill, it just needs cold temps to initiate flowering.

go ahead plant 2 cloves in one pot or in ROWS, its up to you ( 4 inch apart is the general rule)... the easiest thing to germinate is the garlic clove look at the growth in 4 days..

[Tania]

4 inch would be 8 cm? I have noticed how big they grew only in 4 days :)

[Riz]

4 inch would be 8 cm? I have noticed how big they grew only in 4 days :)

i think its 10.2 cm ( 4 inches)

http://www.manuelsweb.com/in_cm.htm

[~Obsidian~]

:D SO gonna do this :D noticed I had some growing the other day (it just sprouted from the shop bought stuff when I left it out) so I'm going to do that again! Was meaning to ask, so thanks!!

[Kirsten]

This is fun to do :) I've gotten loads of growth but no actual garlic bulbs to develop. The stems are yummy too...

[Riz]

This is fun to do :) I've gotten loads of growth but no actual garlic bulbs to develop.

weird..

how come !!?

[Foz]

thanks for the info!! im gonna have a go at that too!

[Kirsten]

I have no idea, sadly :( Some plants just don't like me, I guess... I'm putting garlic in that pile along with mangoes.

[globalart4u]

wild garlic is really nice and great folliage also for the garden - grows every season about spring early summer and nice in salads and cooking - you only eat the folliage

[Riz]

just a quick update, these are growing so fast, roots are coming out of the bottom of the pots..

[Riz]

the garlic cloves are really shooting up rapidly,, really impressed by them.... so i planted some more in pots :)

[Foz]

mashAllah they doing well!!

i just planted 2...and ones growing yay!

[Riz]

^ its a buzz when you see them germinate huh !! :)

mine are looking really great mashallah.. i have started several more in small pots as well. they don't need looking after either, just leave them in a cold room, and just water on a regular basis ( not too much water though)

[Foz]

^ its a buzz when you see them germinate huh !! :)


yeah definately... was getting abit over excited and hubby was thinking id lost it again lol

[Kirsten]

I opened my fridge today to find that a lot of my garlic had germinated, but I really needed it for a recipe so I just cooked it, sprouts and all...

[Riz]

germinated more garlic cloves this time around 4 in each pot.. some are breaking through the soil.

[farah]

garlic cloves need cold temperatures at the beginning to initialize flowering

how long does that take?

[Riz]

hey farah...

well outdoors gardeners usually plant in December but up to mid april is fine.. they just need the initial cold phase, once the shoot has grown you are good to go..

leave them in the pots indoors at the windowsill and then plant out in bigger pots in spring

[farah]

cool, my garlic plants indoor atm on the window sill seriously can't believe how fast they shoot up!

[Riz]

cool, my garlic plants indoor atm on the window sill seriously can't believe how fast they shoot up!

spoke to a gentleman who knows about garlic, and he said leave them outdoors as soon as they sprout, they will love the cold weather outside right now!! just make sure they are sheltered from windy conditions and you'll be fine.. so that is what i will do from tomorrow leave them outside and once they have outgrown the containers they are in now, i shall re pot them in bigger containers..

i think if they don't get this coldness they don't flower in September

just like tulips they need 3 months of cold period before they initialize flowering, so leaving them outside as soon as they sprout is the way to go..

maybe kirsten that's why your garlic cloves just grew a stem instead of the cloves because maybe you did not give them enough "cold time"in the begining ?

[Riz]

garlic bulbs are quite cheap eh, i got this 35 pence :)

i planted the whole bulb in a bigger pot

[Kirsten]

I think you're probably right about the cold period, Riz. I never put them in any cold - just babied them like I do all my other seedlings ;) and kept them nice and warm all the time - I got lots of roots and a nice stem before the greenness just dried up and there was nothing left.

[farah]

Hmmm I took your advice Riz and left Garlico to the elements... was a little unsure at first as he has minimal shelter from the wind because of the way the garden is built but hes braved the storms and seems to be doing well so there's hope for the future... think I may take a leaf outta ur book and start planting more :)

[Riz]

aww little garlico will love the company :sunny:

here are mine outdoors

[farah]

hows the bulb that you planted doing?

[Riz]

they are doing great farah...

already popped out of the soil...

[Riz]

the ones outdoors for the past 4 to 5 days are doing really well.. the roots are poking through the base of the small seedling pots..

[Foz]

oh gosh i just remembered i put mine outside after i read your bit about them needing the cold......and i havent checked on them since!!!

by the way yours are doing great riz mashAllah

[farah]

does this mean we will all have our own garlic bulbs come autumn?

[Riz]

^ oh yeah of course :)

[Riz]

the full collection of garlic seedlings outdoors :) I dont think it was a great idea planting the whole bulb lol.. i may have to separate the cloves. all the roots will be tangled up...

[edibles]

i may have to separate the cloves. all the roots will be tangled up...

Yeah, also there wont be much space planting them together because each clove becomes the center of a new bulb

[farah]

yours are doing well mash'Allah

[Riz]

^ how are yours farah !!?

so i planted them all individually today, only took 5 minutes to do it... i trimmed the roots as well using a pair of scissors. the bulb i planted whole is going to be separated individually also

now they are all outside enjoying the cold weather...

[Riz]

gave them a good watering... and left them outdoors, now ill just wait a while so they grow big and strong than i will plant them in bigger containers and leave them till autumn

[~Obsidian~]

Riz how big are those pots that you have them in? (The small ones) are they 3 inch pots? Was gonna buy some today, but they're £2.49 for a pack of five, thought I'd better check if that was reasonable first, is it?

Gonna plant some garlic soon inshaAllah :D:tree-huggin:

[Riz]

Riz how big are those pots that you have them in? (The small ones) are they 3 inch pots? Was gonna buy some today, but they're £2.49 for a pack of five,


Yeah they are 3 inch deep.. 2.49 for a pack of five seems way too expensive.. you will get lots more pots for that price at B&Q or similar. but as the garlic grows you will have to move them to bigger containers, that's why i bought some green plastic troughs, they are pretty deep and will be ideal for the garlic plants.

[~Obsidian~]

Boo :(

wasn't gonna buy them for the garlic bulbs though, just for the cukes, thats what the packet says I can keep them in until I plant them out

I plan to plant the garlic straight outside

[Tania]

Why are you not planting them outside? I intend to plant them in the garden next week. Its still cold outside so i think they will be fine and like it.

[Riz]

well i wanted to plant them in the troughs at the weekend but it snowed heavily..

[farah]

Ooh I moved my single garlico indoors when the snow came thinking garlic might not be able survive but think its a good idea to create a space and plant them straight out might do that tommoro with a load of bulbs insh'Allah :)

[~Obsidian~]

I'm gonna plant my garlic now :D

In pots first, shall stick the pots out in the garden, then shall put them in the ground when I know what is gonna go where!

[Riz]

^ good idea...

went out in the garden today.. dug the garlic seedlings out from the snow,the soil was solid frozen... they have grown even submerged by the snow lol..

i hear we have severe snowy and windy conditions on monday and tuesday

[~Obsidian~]

You've still got snow in your garden? All melted here.

I done it :D I'll post up pics later tonight inshaAllah :D

And I discovered that the onions that I had given up on and chucked on the compost heap had attempted to grow...:eek:

[~Obsidian~]

Pics from phone.

First pic, amongst the broken bits of stone, leaves, old wood (and monkeys nuts apparently) is the onion!!

Second pic: the pots of newly planted garlic. They're in an old milk crate I found, and its on an old desk that was doing to be thrown out, so its elevated in a way :p

[Riz]

so were did you grow the tomatoes last season !?

that onion is coming up really well.. nice when you see random sprouting huh !!! :)

[~Obsidian~]

The tomatoes were in the bright yellow patch, the place with the most light.

Yeah the onion was a nice surprise, won't be picking/eating it though!!

[Riz]

The tomatoes were in the bright yellow patch, the place with the most light.


don't you have a back garden or something, how about container growing, were are you going to finally plant the garlic seedlings !!?

[~Obsidian~]

That is my back garden! Not too sure yet, prolly somewhere more shaded.

[MuslimahBarb]

Assalamu Alaikum

Riz thanks for the info on growing garlic. I need to get mine going soon.

Salaam
Barb

[Riz]

w/salaam sis barb :)

the garlic seedlings are frozen ( rock solid) outdoors.. lol

dropped a garlic clove in a bowl of water and the stem and the roots are growing well...

[~Obsidian~]

I went to check on my garlic pots and wondered whether they were growing or not...wanted to poke about in the soil to check. I couldn't because they were frozen solid!! :eek: I've moved them inside until they sprout.

[Riz]

I went to check on my garlic pots and wondered whether they were growing or not...wanted to poke about in the soil to check. I couldn't because they were frozen solid!! :eek: I've moved them inside until they sprout.

they like temps of between 1c to 10c for germination though.. bear that in mind, so the coldest place in the house will be fine for them..

i left mine outdoors.... ( i like living on the edge) :stormy:

[Foz]

ah....so leaving them outside in the snow was not a good idea?? mine are still out there.... :eek:

[Riz]

gardeners sow the garlic cloves outdoors in October/November in uk.. mine are outdoors and apart from the soil being hard, they seem ok , i poured some luke warm water over them just to thaw them out a bit. How many did you germinate fozia ? i started some more of today, you can still sow garlic cloves up to early April when its still mildly cold.. Its my first time growing them, i will try some in pots and containers and in the ground...

[Foz]

i only did 2 as an experiment.... seem to be doing ok

im planning on doing a vegetable patch right at the back of the garden...but im not sure it will work as ive got a huge poplar (sp) tree growing behind my garden so i think all its roots will probably be there.

so thats why im not growing tooo much this year..... when the weathers a bit better going to get hubby to dig up the soil at the back to see and may plant some there....

[Riz]

i only did 2 as an experiment.... seem to be doing ok

im planning on doing a vegetable patch right at the back of the garden...but im not sure it will work as ive got a huge poplar (sp) tree growing behind my garden so i think all its roots will probably be there.


yep i have the same problem, but the tree is actually in a neighbours garden, the roots have spread into my garden... have you considered "container gardening". i do both some in the ground and some in containers, really works out well for me anyway :)

[Foz]

yeah i think im going to have to use containers..... the whole road behind us is full of poplar trees! going to check out the soil first.....thinking to kind of raise the area right at the back and just put loads of soil there and then grow things in it that but not sure if it will work

hmm will wait and see inshAllah

[~Obsidian~]

ah....so leaving them outside in the snow was not a good idea?? mine are still out there.... :eek:

Mine have germinated now :D and from the start I subjected them to the outdoor cold (and the pots of compost then froze - they are indoors now), so I think yours will be fine.

[Riz]

mine are fine outside, checked them out today the ice has melted and they are looking ok, just need the weather to pick up a bit... its all good though,

[Foz]

mine seem to be doing ok too!

[Riz]

really wanted to pot on the garlic seedlings into the troughs, but didnt have time to go to the store and get some more soil today, but i had enough to pot one garlic seedling into a pot, so that's what i did...

pic 2 is of the garlic i started in just plain room temperature water, and its looking fine almost ready to pot on :)

[tahir_phoenix]

Some of my garlic is doing really well but as you can see from the last batch (tub kept in very cold porch) some are struggling :(

The 1st pic shows one's I planted into individual pots about a month ago, kept indoors and are doing great! The one's in 2nd pic were also kept indoors and planted about 10 days ago and doing well. Compare the 2nd and 3rd pics (one's in the porch) they were both planted at the same time, just kept in different temperatures.

[Foz]

the ones in the first pic are looking good mashAllah!

[Riz]

Good work T. :)

Just remember though they need temps of 1c to 10c to initialize flowering.. otherwise they will just grow stems all through the summer, all of my garlic seedling have been outdoors since the snow landed.. i have planted some in pots and some in the trough, all outdoors :)

[~Obsidian~]

Mine currently look like the ones in Tahir's (first) trough, they grew REALLY quickly. Think I'll stick them outside now!

[Tania]

Mine are outside in a hole diged by my dogs. I put the cloves straight outside in the hole without to germinate them inside.

[Psypomp]

I planted a few cloves outside my house in the fall (maybe September), and I was surprised that they grew so quickly! For a few weeks, I let them grow out until the stalks were nearly a foot long.. and then I cut them down to about 2 inches.
They're still doing fine! I'm excited about picking them in the spring..

(This is my first post, by the way. Hi, everyone!)

[~Obsidian~]

Welcome Psypomp :D

[Riz]

I planted a few cloves outside my house in the fall (maybe September), and I was surprised that they grew so quickly! For a few weeks, I let them grow out until the stalks were nearly a foot long.. and then I cut them down to about 2 inches.
They're still doing fine! I'm excited about picking them in the spring..

(This is my first post, by the way. Hi, everyone!)

Hi psypomp, nice to meet ya, and hope to see you around the forum :D

so you're garlic cloves have already been in the ground for the past 5 months :)

I was going to try this type of garlic as well its called the elephant garlic.. ( not true garlic)

http://www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/?PAGEID=20670&STK_PROD_CODE=1040-6045&CTL_CAT_CODE=M11008&gclid=CKTYvJek8JgCFcST3wodWiWX0Q

[Tania]

Welcome Psypomp :) You made a good choice with the elephant garlic.

[Psypomp]

I don't know if I used elephant garlic or not. I used garlic that I bought at the store.. do they generally specify if it's elephant garlic? The cloves didn't look too big..

[~Obsidian~]

I don't think you did, probably some confusion occurred with the post above Tania's.

So why did you chop them down? :confused:

[Riz]

yeah i linked the elephant garlic.. apparently it tastes really mild and buttery..

well you can eat the garlic shoots, besides she said she cut them back not chopped them :D

[~Obsidian~]

I finally stashed my plants back outside yesterday, brought them in because the compost froze so they couldn't even break the surface, but now they're growing fine and dandy Alhamdulillah

[Psypomp]

I think I read somewhere that cutting down the "green" would concentrate growth on the clove.. which makes sense! I believe you would do that for root vegetables as well.

Also, I'm sorry about the misunderstanding! I just misread your post, Tania..

[tahir_phoenix]

I think I read somewhere that cutting down the "green" would concentrate growth on the clove.. which makes sense! I believe you would do that for root vegetables as well.


Is this true? I'm new to growing veggies so the more info and helpful tips the better!

By the way Psypomp welcome to Muslimgrower! :)

[Tania]

Sorry for this entire misunderstanding but i was the one which really liked the elephant garlic....and the confusion which followed after that :o

[rainbox]

Is it too late to plant garlic now?

[Riz]

you can sow garlic cloves until April.... they just need temps between 1c and 10c to germinate...... so you can leave them on top of the boat in small seedling pots and they will sprout :)

[Psypomp]

They're really hardy and eager to grow! I stuck a clove in some soil a week ago, and the roots are already quite long.

I don't know if it's already been mentioned, but garlic is also really good for other plants. Just as it's good for humans, garlic prevents fungal infections in neighboring plants, too.

[Riz]

i just re potted some of my garlic seedlings in plastic troughs, only 4 per trough, i have lots more which i will pot in the veg patch...

[rainbox]

I just planted mine, but I think they'll have to share a box with the onions so I only stuck 6 cloves in. If it's successful I'll do lots more next year! :)

[Foz]

heres my 2...only did two as was just experimenting lol

[Foz]

id totally forgot about them but guessing they need to go in a bigger pot now!

[Riz]

hey fozia.

they look big and healthy.. seems like a large pot you could leave them in there :GreenThumbs:

[Foz]

thanks!

its a jaffa cake tub lol....

ok cool will leave them in there for now....

in my case neglecting them has worked lol

[tahir_phoenix]

thanks!

its a jaffa cake tub lol....

Now thats what I call recycling!! Gives me a great excuse for buying Jaffa tubs :D

[Foz]

lol good excuse isnt it!

[Psypomp]

Don't worry, it's smart to reuse old jars and such for growing.. I use old yogurt cups and jam jars, myself.

I had to look up "Jaffa cake" just now because we don't have that in the states.. they sound delicious!

[Riz]

update on the garlic seedlings in the plastic troughs.. not much happening apart from some yellowing lol :)

[Riz]

garlic seedlings in the veg patch..

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC02970.jpg

[rainbox]

My garlic has finally started growing :)

[Tania]

The garlic from the patch its looking really healthy.

[~Obsidian~]

My garlic has finally started growing :)

Yaay!


My garlic is on the verge of looking wild, its got some nice long leaves and looks very healthy Alhamdulillah

[Tania]

They started to grow(the little red spots), after 3 days with sun: - the green leaves its the parsley
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1531/im006720.jpg (http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=im006720.jpg)

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/9792/im006708.jpg (http://img300.imageshack.us/my.php?image=im006708.jpg)

[Psypomp]

Tania: Hmm.. they're hard to see, actually. Why are they red? Is it a different strain?

[Tania]

Tania: Hmm.. they're hard to see, actually. Why are they red? Is it a different strain?

No, i did like Riz, i took from supermarket the cloves, i left them out in a hole covered with soil, and in 7th march i planted them in the garden. From that red thing(i don't know the word :o ) appeared right now the first green leaf. :)-i am very content.

http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/1993/usturoi.jpg - here are the cloves before to plant them.

[farah]

update on the garlic seedlings in the plastic troughs.. not much happening apart from some yellowing lol :)

Even though mines now been composted lol it was at that stage.. is the yellowing something to worry about?

[Riz]

not really, as the weather warms up, they will grow green for sure :)

some of mine in the veg patch

[rainbox]

Here's mine:)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3580/3410888661_a9a433fb0f.jpg

[Riz]

very nice..

you have some nice greenery on the barge... :)

[Foz]

oh wow they look really good rainbox

[edibles]

mine is quite small, but ok (still alive is ok too me)

[~Obsidian~]

mine is quite small, but ok (still alive is ok too me)

Haha :p

[~Obsidian~]

I bought some troughs today, and transplanted the garlic into them. They were beginning to yellow and when I took them out of the pots I saw that the roots had been growing round and round the bottom of the pots!

[Riz]

I bought some troughs today, and transplanted the garlic into them. They were beginning to yellow and when I took them out of the pots I saw that the roots had been growing round and round the bottom of the pots!

did ya trim the roots

huh huh !!

did ya !

:)

[~Obsidian~]

No :o was I meant to? Uh-oh...

[Riz]

not really....

i usually trim the roots when they get root bound, because they are so long they dont even sit in a bigger pot, so i usually trim them first.. It really works really, i have noticed when i trim the rootball of the chili plant they grow back really quicker and has more lush growth,, there is a techincal word for trimming the roots its a well established fact.. i just cant remember the scientific name...

[~Obsidian~]

Oh ok, they weren't that bad. Please let me know what the technique is called when you remember it.

[Psypomp]

Whoa.. wouldn't trimming (pruning?) the roots kill the poor thing?

[Riz]

Whoa.. wouldn't trimming (pruning?) the roots kill the poor thing?

i know you`d think that lol....

but it really works well with chili plants, if you trim the roots they grow back bushy and more lush, in the chili thread i did exactly that and the plant bounced back really quick i was really surprised..

the garlic seems to be doing fine albeit it has some yellowing on the tips of the leaves.. :GreenThumbs:

i think they call it "root training"

[aamirc]

I've heard people say that they prune back their roots just before transplanting it.

[Psypomp]

I guess maybe the plants grow more lush to make up for the lack of roots.. since roots function in absorbing nutrients, the plant must develop more leaves for synthesizing more food.

But I don't really know. Is anyone here in the biology/botany profession?

[edibles]

i think plants do it just in case it happens again, they realize they are in the environment were root loss occurs so they grow more.

think of it like this, you are using your computer(computer=roots/leaves), you get a virus(virus=pruning) to get you computer up and running you lose everything (everything=nutrient to grow back roots/leaves), so next time you beef up your security(security equals excess roots/ leaves)

[edibles]

I killed mine, they were smelly(im not just talking about a garlicky smell either) i did open it up though to find a mini garlic bud, discarded it

[Tania]

The garlic its growing.
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/7151/im006747.jpg (http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=im006747.jpg)

[tahir_phoenix]

Your garlic is growing really well Tania! I have two tubs, one set is doing really well but the other is not looking as good - any ideas why?? They were planted more or less at the same time :confused:

[Tania]

Thank you :)
I don't know what could be wrong but because they are on the ground, i would move them from the tub into the ground. .

[Riz]

- any ideas why?? They were planted more or less at the same time :confused:

Hi T..

it could because the bulb has moulded... some times it happens !!

[rainbox]

My garlic is still doing ok although it's started yellowing a bit. Any idea what causes it?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3610/3518317608_e2d0586842.jpg?v=0

[edibles]

it could be the strangely warm year we are having, or maybe it is getting nearer to ripening

[Psypomp]

Yes, I believe that the leaves start getting yellow as they get riper.

[rainbox]

But surely they take longer to grow than a couple of months? I only planted them in april. When am I supposed to harvest them?

[Riz]

in September sometime martine..

i have some that are yellowing too,, but am cool with it :)

[ze leetle elper]

I've got garlic growing in a pot, just stuck some cloves in the mud and voila! I don't let it grow so much like some if the pics above ^^ though? nor do I let it flower? I keep cutting the leaves and using them in my cooking, they will keep growing back again and again! Then when you finally don't want the plant anymore/ winter is coming etc, dig out the garlic and bob's your aunty's husband! :D

[~Obsidian~]

Squirrels keep digging mine up, if they hadn't I wouldn't have discovered that one was mouldy (althought it looked nice and green on top). Other than that they're doing ok.

[Psypomp]

I've got garlic growing in a pot, just stuck some cloves in the mud and voila! I don't let it grow so much like some if the pics above ^^ though? nor do I let it flower? I keep cutting the leaves and using them in my cooking, they will keep growing back again and again! Then when you finally don't want the plant anymore/ winter is coming etc, dig out the garlic and bob's your aunty's husband! :DHow does using the garlic leaves affect the cooking? I occasionally pick the tops of the leaves off and my fingers immediately stink of garlic :rolleyes:
Do the leaves have the same garlic flavor?

[Riz]

my garlic in plastic troughs.. thick stems and looking good, i am a first time garlic grower so its all new to me :)

[rainbox]

My garlic is looking a bit yellow, but hopefully that's ok?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3407/3615933875_6a0d61b720.jpg?v=0

[Riz]

looking good martine...

here is a pic of mine in a trough.. how are everyone else's garlic doing !?

[digi-girl]

This thread is oh so helpful today. Last night while I was poking through the fridge I noticed something green that shouldn't be there, I though maybe a bit of food had gone bad, but to my surprise our garlic had started growing in our fridge! I'm going to plant it after I get home from work. :)

[Nife180]

This thread is oh so helpful today. Last night while I was poking through the fridge I noticed something green that shouldn't be there, I though maybe a bit of food had gone bad, but to my surprise our garlic had started growing in our fridge! I'm going to plant it after I get home from work. :)
lol, wonderful.

That explains alot, they like cool tempratures and the humidity must have had triggered sprouting. :)

[Riz]

so how is everyone's garlic plants growing !?

the ones in the veg patch are doing great and the ones in the trough equally as good, i have noticed though in the other trough the stalks have disintegrated, anyone else got that !?

[digi-girl]

My garlic's growing great since I planted them last week, they've all nearly trippled in size.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/digi-girl/P6220603.jpg

[Tania]

I can't see the stalks either.

[~Obsidian~]

The stalks have gone all...floppy and weird. Despite being watered. And they totally disappeared from one bulb, pulled it out and it's tiny, dunno whether to use it or not!

[Riz]

did the bulb develop into the garlic cloves !?


in the veg patch they are doing really with thick long stems, but in the trough the stalks have withered away.

[Riz]

i planted mine in the last week of December 2008 so my expected harvest will be in October... that's 10 months...

[Riz]

i planted a single garlic clove in pots, and the stalk was just floppy and laying on the floor..

i had a look... small garlic bulb not fully formed , but the cloves really reaked of garlic,, pungent and strong.. :cool:

[Riz]

the garlic in troughs and in the veg patch are maturing really well, i am really pleased with them.. In one trough though the stems withered away and died i should empty it out really to see what's happening inside :)

[~Obsidian~]

did the bulb develop into the garlic cloves !?


in the veg patch they are doing really with thick long stems, but in the trough the stalks have withered away.
Smallish, well-formed but not quite there. And black :(
i planted a single garlic clove in pots, and the stalk was just floppy and laying on the floor..

i had a look... small garlic bulb not fully formed , but the cloves really reaked of garlic,, pungent and strong.. :cool:
:GreenThumbs:
the garlic in troughs and in the veg patch are maturing really well, i am really pleased with them.. In one trough though the stems withered away and died i should empty it out really to see what's happening inside :)

You should!

[Tania]

I don't have stems but your garlic cloves look good Riz !

[tahir_phoenix]

I don't have stems but your garlic cloves look good Riz !

Neither do I, the strong wind a few weeks ago damaged them and I think my garlic is dead, i will check if there's any activity under the soil :(

Is it too late in the season to plant any more?

[~Obsidian~]

I think it might be, you need a good cold snap to encourage flowering if I remember correctly?

[Riz]

i checked..

,, but cant take of single cloves because the bulb wasn't full formed, they didn't come of in segments like individual garlic,, apart from one bulb which was nearly formed and had some garlic cloves..

the rest of the garlic in the veg patch and in the trough are doing really well, with thick stems, so inshallah they will be ok.. its a long season plant 10 months from start to finish.

[Tania]

After how they look you can cook them :)

[Riz]

i left them to dry for 24 hours,, and yes you can cook with them...

but the rest of them ill harvest in October, they should be bigger in size too

[Tania]

The garlic sowed this spring has stem again. I think next year i will can harvest.

[farah]

has anyone planted garlic again this year? I'm not getting much out of mine atm so going to try again with better soil iA

[Riz]

not me farah...

going to concentrate on onions this season inshallah :)

[Kirsten]

I don't think I could grow garlic, ever - I don't have enough patience to wait 10 months!

[farah]

oh ta guys been meaning to have a read through this, whatever i planted last month didn't take but twas just in some soil from the garden so after i have some supplies, proper pots, soil from b&q, in sha Allah I will try again, btw did anyone get any bulbs at the end of the ten months? It is a long time to wait and probably easy to forget about.

[Riz]

farah..

i got bulbs out of them..

funny thing is i left them in the ground a lot longer than 10 months coz i forgot about them and eventually when i dug them out the garlic bulbs moulded, i kicked myself LOL

I was so disappointed that i forget.. maybe its old age :)

[farah]

No ur not the only one Riz, can't remember what happened to mine either :0001:
think I might have to start writing all these dates down in my diary instead of relying on my memory...

[ze leetle elper]

I stuck a few garlic pieces in a pot a few weeks ago, got some shoots coming up now :GreenThumbs: I tend to only use the leaf in cooking etc, although on the odd occasion I have dug it up eventually to find a tiny bulb lol! But usually they go mouldy, as I don't bother and leave them in! Last years ones are growing back as well lots of green shoots in the pot!

[Riz]

the garlic in the veg patch is growing again from last season :)


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC00851.jpg

[Riz]

i harvested my garlic from the year 2009, i forgot about them last season and all the stems folded over onto the veg patch and i dug them all out today, left them out in the garden to dry out.

first time i have grown garlic, i used the cloves of the garlic bulb i got from the corner shop..


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC02573.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC02568-1.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC02569.jpg

[Riz]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC02568-1.jpg



http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC02571.jpg

[Kirsten]

WOW! That's beautiful!! and you grew these using normal garlic from a grocery store??

[Riz]

hi K..

yep just a bulb from the grocery store :)