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Growing => Herbs => Topic started by: chairmanphil on April 18, 2012, 11:48:58 pm

Title: wild garlic?
Post by: chairmanphil on April 18, 2012, 11:48:58 pm: does anyone know what wild garlic likes? i have a beech avenue with shade and shelter and was wondering if it would like it there?
Title: Re: wild garlic?
Post by: Mammyshaz on April 18, 2012, 11:55:22 pm: Probably not much help but all the wild garlic around here is a thick carpet in the heaviest canopy of mixed wooded areas. The main trees are silver birch.
Title: Re: wild garlic?
Post by: chairmanphil on April 18, 2012, 11:58:16 pm: Quote from: Mammyshaz on April 18, 2012, 11:55:22 pm
Probably not much help but all the wild garlic around here is a thick carpet in the heaviest canopy of mixed wooded areas. The main trees are silver birch.

that is promising news! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: wild garlic?
Post by: FiB on April 19, 2012, 07:47:35 am: Also dont know the proper answer!!!..... but I recently lifted a couple of bulbs from a friends mixed native woodland (under the canopy)and have transplanted into the same. It seems to do really well in hedgrows, so I'm suspecting it likes dappled sun. My experience of beech woods is that not a lot grows in the understory as the canopy gets so dense, but as garlic is so early, it might be OK? If youve got some, might be worth putting more in the margins/edge of wood. Mine is not looking comletely happy but is flowering - possibly I was a bit late transplanting. Good luck
Title: Re: wild garlic?
Post by: Bert on April 19, 2012, 08:18:28 am: Your wild garlic should be quite happy under beech trees :) The best time to transplant is Autumn when the plant is dormant . Then your only problem is remembering where the bulbs are so you can dig them up ;D I used to work in a wild flower nursery, used to spend at least a week every Autumn digging ransom (wild garlic) & blue bell bulbs. You really get to dislike the smell after a while ;D ( in fact if you have blue bells your wild garlic will be happy next to them, they are often found hand in hand)
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Post by: deepinthewoods on April 19, 2012, 08:50:34 am: and in poor soil as well i should imagine
Title: Re: wild garlic?
Post by: chairmanphil on April 19, 2012, 09:33:28 am: Quote from: Bert on April 19, 2012, 08:18:28 am
Your wild garlic should be quite happy under beech trees :) The best time to transplant is Autumn when the plant is dormant . Then your only problem is remembering where the bulbs are so you can dig them up ;D I used to work in a wild flower nursery, used to spend at least a week every Autumn digging ransom (wild garlic) & blue bell bulbs. You really get to dislike the smell after a while ;D ( in fact if you have blue bells your wild garlic will be happy next to them, they are often found hand in hand)

thanx Bert, much appreciated mate!
Title: Re: wild garlic?
Post by: Lesley Silvester on April 27, 2012, 06:14:39 pm: Somebody has promise me some wild garlic plants so I will try to find a fairly shady place for them.