Buying garlic

http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/best-garlic-to-buy.45289/#post-576526

This was the opinion early August

 

I bought some from Aldi back in March. Never did get around to planting it (weather and other stuff). I'm going to try and plant it this autumn and see what happens.

 

I have just ordered Solent Wight on Ebay. Hope they will perform a little better than my Wilkos one last year , tasty but very small .
It seems very difficult to get a concensus on the best garlics for UK growing............

 

Garlic Farm have "Mixed packs" of 2 bulbs of each variety. However, if you want to buy specific varieties their packs are 4 bulbs per variety.

Depends how much Garlic you eat, of course, but I only plant about 4-6 bulbs total, so to try several varieties I would need to buy singles, or a pair, of each variety only.

T&M sell specific varieties in 2-bulb packs, and they have mixed packs with just a single bulb of each. So might be more "right sized" for anyone wanting to try several varieties perhaps?

 

I wanted to try planting some messydrome garlic this autumn, but T&M want £8.94 (£3.99 + £4.95 P&P) for one bulb!

The ebay supplier Loofah posted sells two bulbs for £4.10 incl P&P, less than a quarter of the cost/bulb of getting them from T&M.

So unless the garden centre I have a 10% discount card for has any when I go there on Wednesday (£2 for two after discount would be nice), ebay is where I'll get those garlic from.

 

Learned from experience....... Garlic needs a free draining soil, mine are going into a raised bed this autumn, learned my lesson this year!

 

Just had mine arrive from
http://www.reallygarlicky.co.uk/garlic
80p per head plus £3.75 postage

Arrived quickly and looks good is a Hardneck Porcelain Seed Garlic called Music

 

They're what I normally grow, normally going for a big order to avoid paying P&P, but after being wiped out by white rot last year, then rust this year, I'll only be getting a few this autumn.

My 'normal' order:



And 'normal' bulb size:



EDIT:Photobucket's playing up with that pic, but I've uploaded it a few posts down

 

Ordered 9 bulbs of Music from Really Garlicky Co yesterday.

Bought three packs of Taylors Germidour Garlic, each containing 3 bulbs (1 packet had 3 1/2 in ! I do search the packs for things like that) @ £2.99 each, but I get 10% off plants, seeds & bulbs with my discount card, so £7.99 for 9.5 bulbs, so 84p each (£3 each + P&P at T&M)