Growing garlic and onions

Growing Garlic and onions

How many will I grow and space needed


Garlic and onions must be one of the easiest things that I have grown on the allotment. They also use up the allotment space when I don't have a lot growing on the allotment. 

Garlic

We as a family don't use huge amounts of garlic each year, a couple of whole garlic will be enough for the year. I brought and split 3 bulbs last year and planted them and pretty must left them to grow. There was also a few cloves of elephant garlic left which have also been planted which will provide plenty for the year.

The cloves were planted about 8inches apart and about 1.5 inches into the ground this has taken up a couple of beds but they will be harvested and beetroot, radish, spring onion and late lettuces put in late summer. These beds will be used twice as will the onion beds to maximise growing.




Onions

Onions are a great favourite of my husband and I, we use quite a lot between us and I also use them in soups and chutneys. The more onions I can grow the better it will be but I would guess 150 would be enough to last the year. I buy the cheap opinion sets that can be found in Poundland etc and plant them in a few beds around the allotment and again leave them alone with occasional weeding. Like the garlic I space them about 8 inches apart and leave the top just sticking out of the mud.

Hopefully I can get a good harvest I have noticed that home grown onions are a lot stronger than shop brought ones.

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