Growing garlic is easy and hugely rewarding. You can plant it now or leave it until later on in the autumn or winter - whatever you like, it really doesn't matter.
My garlic bulbs arrived this week. Two bulbs of 'Christo' and two of 'Albigensian Wight', I think, although I'm not sure about the spelling of the last one as they're already in the ground. There are no flies on me this week - I'm a woman possessed! After the disastrous summer we've had I'm relishing the thought of next season; I'm organising the crop rotation and digging the ground. The garlic couldn't have arrived at a better time.
My garlic bulbs arrive by post as I ordered them online from a reputable nursery but your local garden centre will be selling them at this time of year too. It's best to plant these specially-grown garlic bulbs - you can use supermarket bulbs if you're desperate, but they're no cheaper than the 'proper' ones and produce much smaller bulbs. I know, I've tried it!
Growing garlic is easy and hugely rewarding. You can plant it now or leave it until later on in the autumn or winter - whatever you like, it really doesn't matter. All that does matter is that the bulbs get a good, sharp blast of cold weather once they're in the ground, to promote germination.
Last year I planted garlic in both October and February, to see what happened. Both crops yielded bulbs, but those from the October planting were bigger and sturdier. So that's enough experimentation for me - I'm planting mine in autumn from now on!
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