Garlic bulbs – time to buy and plant
by Sarah - September 7th, 2010.Filed under: Suttons Seeds. Tagged as: garlic, growing garlic.
Garlic bulbs at Suttons Seeds.
It is apparently traditional to plant garlic on the shortest day of the year!
It needs a sunny well drained area in your garden. Each clove produces a bulb. When your garlic bulbs arrive break them gently into cloves. Do not get confused and plant the whole bulbs!
Plant them an inch deep, 4 inches apart and in rows of 18 inches apart. This ensures you’ve got plenty of room for hoeing in between the rows. Keep the rows weed free as you would for onions. The weeds take up the water which the plants need.
When harvesting it needs to be dried properly to prevent it rotting during storage.
Garlic Lover’s Collection Pack of 8 Bulbs (2 of each variety) – SAVE £3.00! – Special Offers £13.40
If you love garlic, why not grow a selection of bulbs so that you can savour the different flavours? This collection comprises 4 varieties of garlic (that’s 8 bulbs, 2 of each variety) which will give you dozens of tasty garlic cloves SAVING £3.00! Garlic from the ground tends to be much sweeter and tasty than the dried garlic you buy in the shop. The secret to growing garlic is to plant it now – an autumn sowing for a harvest next summer will result in better sized bulbs! As essential part of many kitchen gardens with excellent health benefits, garlic couldn’t be easier to grow; just divide each bulb into cloves and plant – each clove will give you a bulb next year. The Garlic Lover’s collection consists of both hardneck and softneck garlic:Purple Wight – Hardneck variety with an attractive purple striped skin.Solent White – Softneck variety that’s well adapted to the British climate.Plus two virus-free French varieties:Illico – A superb, very early-maturing variety. Jolimont – Deliciously flavoured!. Pack of 8 Bulbs (2 of each variety) – SAVE £3.00!. Full growing instructions included.. . . .
Garlic, Onion and Shallot Collection 200g Onion Sets, 400g Shallots, 2 Garlic Bulbs – SAVE £2.50! – Special Offers £9.95
SAVE £2.50 on this Collection comprising of:Onion Senshyu Yellow – An extremely popular Japanese over-wintering variety, reliably producing a heavy crop of semi-globe-shaped, straw-coloured bulbs of excellent quality, which should be ready to harvest in early July. 200g pack.Shallot Griselle – In its native France Griselle is considered the finest tasting of all and we’re sure that its robust spicy taste will not disappoint. Best planted in the autumn, it multiplies well to give a good crop of longish grey skinned bulbs in June, a week or so before spring planted kinds. Use straight from the garden or dried for storage. Strong skins and solid flesh ensure bulbs keep in good condition well into winter. 400g pack.Garlic Solent White – A popular selection that is well adapted to the British climate and gives a good crop of large bulbs with plump tasty cloves. Expect to start harvesting in July from a November planting. (Softneck type). 2 Bulbs (12-14 cloves per bulb).. 200g Onion Sets, 400g Shallots, 2 Garlic Bulbs – SAVE £2.50!. Full growing instructions included.. . . .
Elephant Garlic Approximately 6 Cloves – Vegetable Seeds £6.95
Not a true garlic and most closely related to the leek (with a swollen stem base). Elephant Garlic, as the name suggests produces jumbo sized bulbs with relatively few very large cloves – around four times the size of others – which are milder tasting and less pungent than true garlic. Very versatile in the kitchen – use it as a vegetable sliced and grilled, or sauteed in butter or olive oil, as a flavouring for casseroles or sliced raw in salads. Approximately 6 cloves.. Approximately 6 Cloves. The sections, or cloves of each bulb should be separated and planted just below the soil surface from early November to late December. Space rows 15-20cm (6-8″) apart and allow 10cm (4″) between cloves. Lift and dry the plants, as with onions, once the foliage turns yellow in July. Full growing instructions included.. . . . Now an essential part of so many kitchen gardens, with excellent health benefits (lowering blood pressure, fat and cholesterol levels and combating infections).
Garlic Solent Wight Bulbs 2 Bulbs – Vegetable Seeds £4.25
A popular selection that is well adapted to the British climate and gives a good crop of large bulbs with plump tasty cloves. Expect to start harvesting in July from a November planting – once the foliage starts to turn yellow and dry. 2 Bulbs (12-14 cloves per bulb). Softneck type.. 2 Bulbs. The sections, or cloves of each bulb should be separated and planted just below the soil surface from early November to late December. Space rows 15-20cm (6-8″) apart and allow 10cm (4″) between cloves. Lift and dry the plants, as with onions, once the foliage turns yellow in July. Full growing instructions included.. . . . Now an essential part of so many kitchen gardens, with excellent health benefits (lowering blood pressure, fat and cholesterol levels and combating infections).
Garlic Sicilian Red 2 Bulbs – Vegetable Seeds £4.25
A superb red hardneck variety, producing a good crop of bulbs with a warm and spicy flavour. Very popular in Sicily in traditional dishes and roasted on barbecues. 2 bulbs (12-14 cloves per bulb). Hardneck type.. 2 Bulbs. Plant October to January and harvest early June onwards. Full growing instructions included.. . . . Now an essential part of so many kitchen gardens, with excellent health benefits (lowering blood pressure, fat and cholesterol levels and combating infections).
Garlic Purple Wight 2 Bulbs – Vegetable Seeds £4.25
A good garlic that is earlier than Solent Wight being ready to lift from mid June. Has an attractive purple striped skin containing strong tasting cloves. Stores well until the end of the year. 2 Bulbs (5-8 cloves per bulb). Semi-hardneck type.. 2 Bulbs. The sections, or cloves of each bulb should be separated and planted just below the soil surface from early November to late December. Space rows 15-20cm (6-8″) apart and allow 10cm (4″) between cloves. Lift and dry the plants, as with onions, once the foliage turns yellow in July. Full growing instructions included.. . . . Now an essential part of so many kitchen gardens, with excellent health benefits (lowering blood pressure, fat and cholesterol levels and combating infections).
Garlic Jolimont 2 Bulbs – Vegetable Seeds £3.95
High quality, deliciously flavoured, white-skinned garlic bulbs that store well right through to January. Softneck type. 2 Bulbs (11 clover per bulb).. 2 Bulbs. Full growing instructions included.. . . . These bulbs come from virus-free stock, ensuring it will grow into healthier plants and produce larger harvests! Has the added bonus that it’s particularly suitable for harvesting in May as ‘green garlic’ – a delicious, sweet, mildly garlic-flavoured vegetable that is popular in the restaurant trade.
Garlic Illico 2 Bulbs – Vegetable Seeds £3.95
A very early-maturing hardneck variety, producing bulbs that are mainly white with some pale purple colouring. Can be harvested in May as ‘green garlic’ – a delicious, sweet, mildly garlic-flavoured vegetable that is popular in the restaurant trade. 2 Bulbs (9-10 cloves per bulb).Plant our ‘hardneck’ garlics and you will get a delicious free bonus! Pick the mild garlic-flavoured scapes (flower stalks) when young and tender, and enjoy them as a gourmet vegetable in stir-fries, sauces and other dishes.. 2 Bulbs. Full growing instructions included.. . . . Now an essential part of so many kitchen gardens, with excellent health benefits (lowering blood pressure, fat and cholesterol levels and combating infections).