Our Autumn planting vegetables this year will include seven different varieties of garlic. Pick up your garlic from our Autumn event on Saturday 21st October from 10am to 1pm at Newsome Scout Hall, Newsome Road South, Newsome, Huddersfield HD4 6JJ.
Garlic needs a month or more in the ground at a temperature of 10C or less, and Autumn planting gives you the best chance for this. So you can get planting yours soon – all you need to do is decide what sort to grow.
To help you choose, here are some notes…
Carcassone Wight
- Exceptional hardneck garlic with pink cloves
- Great strength of flavour
- Good skin cover
- Has great vigour in the UK climate
- Can be planted in autumn or spring
- This variety was probably brought to Carcassonne by pilgrims travelling east
Caulk Wight
- Purple-striped bulbs which resist splitting
- Hardneck variety from Eastern Europe
- Grows well in the UK climate
- Good flavour and easy to peel
- Perfect for autumn planting
- Harvest as early as June
Germidour (organic)
- Fast growing French variety with high yields
- A rich purple head with ivory clove skins – very attractive non-flowering variety
- Can be strung or plaited
- Winner of RHS Award of Gardening Merit
- Plant October or November for harvest in June
- Lift as soon as mature. Should keep until December following harvesting
Maddock Wight
- Excellent all round softneck garlic with large cloves.
- Large fat white bulbs with purple stripes.
- Premium Iberian garlic, from south west Spain.
- Grows well in the UK and was probably grown here by the Romans.
- Purple when grown close to the surface.
- Best planted October to December.
Picardy Wight
- Originally from the fields of Picardy, growing around the battllefields of the Somme
- Hardneck variety which copes really well with cooler and wetter conditions – will grow where other varieties have struggled
- Strong flavoured bulbs which store well
- Plant from October to March
- Harvest July to August
Printanor (organic)
- A French heirloom softneck variety.
- Excellent taste and stores well.
- White bulbs – the cloves have a pink blush.
- Suitable for planting in the autumn.
- Can also be planted from January to March for a July harvest.
Thermidrome (organic)
- A traditional variety producing large white heads with a hint of pink, and large white cloves
- Very hardy so ideal even in harsh conditions
- A non-flowering, softneck variety which can be strung or plaited
- Plant in October or November
- Harvest in July – the bulbs should then keep until the December following harvesting
You can pick up your garlic bulbs from our Autumn event on Saturday 21st October from 10am to 1pm at Newsome Scout Hall.
If you have a small garden or plot, getting your garlic from us means that you don’t need to buy a whole pack. It’s also great if you fancy planting more than one variety and you just want one bulb of each – or if you want lots, but want to save some pennies (and avoid paying for postage).
Although seed costs have increased again considerably for us this year, we’re keeping our prices at just £2 per bulb, to help cover some of our costs whilst supporting local growers.
We’ll have several varieties of onions, some shallots, vegetable seeds and plants available too.
If you can’t make it to our Autumn event, we will offer any remaining stock afterwards. You can Join our email list for updates.
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Germidour (organic)
Mikulov Wight
Printanor (organic)
Red Duke
Thermidrome (organic)
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