nic's Garlic 'Early Wight' x 4

Plant: Garlic (Allium sativum) | Variety: Early Wight | 3 | Neutral

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Planted from a bulb from a place called The Garlic Farm that had a stall at the British Cheese Festival (of all places). With the bulb came some really good detailed instructions on how to grow the various types of garlic that they sell:

“Early Wight: A purple, hard necked, ophioscorodon type garlic, originating from Chinese stock. This will be ready to harvest in May in the South, early June further north. Harvest and consume as soon as it is ready. Keeps well for 2-3 months after harvest.
Garlic will grow on most fertile soils. It will not grow well in acid soils, so if you know your ground is acid, ensure your soil is limed. Soil pH should be above 6.7. Lighter soils will usually produce brighter, whiter bulbs. Heavier soils grow good garlic but there may be some staining of the outer skins which should not effect the keeping quality.”

I ended up planting 4 cloves in a container and set it out on the bedroom windowsill – that sill gets some nice afternoon sunshine at the moment.

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Planting Data

Plant: Garlic (464)
Variety: Early Wight (2)

Source

Purchased from The Garlic Farm on 04 Nov 07

Milestones

	Day 0 04 Nov 07 Sown
	Day 41 15 Dec 07 Sprouting
	Day 224 15 Jun 08 Harvesting
	Other 17 Jan 09

Comments

dee wrote:
Iv heard some good things about the garlic farm! Supposedly the best bulbs you can get… Looking forward to their progress :)

Posted on 19 Dec 07 (about 1 years ago) | delete
charmon wrote:
I’m excited to see how your garlic plants come along – I just started a few today and have no idea what I’m doing :P

Posted on 26 Dec 07 (about 1 years ago) | delete
scotay wrote:
ooh, I ordered some of these on your recommendations. I’ve potted several cloves now and crossing fingers and toes on some fabby results :)

Posted on 07 Feb 08 (about 1 years ago) | delete