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Monty Don demonstrates how to lift garlic without damaging the bulbs, offering tips for drying and storing.summerMore advice on growing alliumsRead Lila Das Gupta's blog on growing garlicGrowing garlic practical projectMonth's advice on Growing

Follow Monty Don's guide to planting onions, shallots and garlic, with tips on soil preparation, drainage and compost.springMore advice on growing alliumsRead Lila Das Gupta's blog on growing garlicHarvesting garlicPlanting out leeks

Having recently moved to the South of England from the North, where I used to grow good leeks over winter, I was surprised to find my first crop here devastated by allium leaf miner. I have checked the RHS and other websites and can confirm

Hi, My allims are growing but the leaves are going brown at the tips. Am I doing something wrong? This is happening to mine too. Any suggestions why? Anyone?.....Where is Monty when you need him!  Hi All, Mine do this too. Apparently its very

and they last for ages but I have no luck growing allium I have the purple ball ones but the heads just wither at the neck and drop over. my alliums flowered great but i now need the pots how do i store them till next spring hi whats all this i.m.v.u on gw Jimmy

Not sure where my orginal post went! Just after a bit of advice on planting my allium bulbs. I was given some for Christmas, didn't get a chance to plant them, and am wondering whether I could get them in the ground now? Or would I be better

for mould growing on them, sprinkle a bit of Sulphur on them . The shops seem to store them in wood shavings, but a paper bag somewhere dry and cool should be good. yet i have had a better year with all my alliums, big globes purple and the smaller ones cant

in pots, depending upon how they handle the driest months. Good luck with yours I grow several alliums with no problems despite the extreme cold so they are among my faves.    I shall be planting more every autumn for the foreseeable. Tulips, on the other

.Nectaroscordum grows from a bulb, and is part of the allium (or onion) family. In fact it used to be called Allium bulgaricum until the nomenclaturists stepped in a few years ago. While I'm always smitten by the spherical flowers of most alliums (for example the tennis

Hi there, I have something which has taken over one of my garden beds. It looks like grass, however, it appears to grow a lot quicker. When I dig it up there are countless numbers of clumps of bulbs. I tried clearing the area last year, however