Transplanting Garlic

Hi everyone!

Can this be done? I planted garlic last fall in a row near my raspberries. I have since relocated the raspberries, but left the garlic. All was fine, but then my husband mowed it. Since I know he will do it again, I'd like to move the garlic out of the way. Is this possible at this point? I'd like to keep the garlic growing, but it can't grow where it is. Too dangerous!

Can anyone give me an idea on this? Thanks!

Yes, get a new husband.

I'd be tempted to try moving it -if only because that seems like the only way to keep it going. I would keep a lot of soil with each plant though so it retains as much of the root environment as possible. No expert at all, though.


feldon -yer rotten!! lol.

so..littlebrook.. sorry about breaking off subject - i live in ct.. similar weather......your garlic just keeps coming back? right now i just plant some from the grocery strore in a pot and empty it in the fall every year.. is it something i can just keep in the ground all year? in a nutshell - dow do you care for it? i am a DH guess i might have to worry about the DW though.. hee hee

thanks
-joe-

I pulled up a bed of wild garlic from a friends farm and brought it home bare rooted, plunked it in dirt and it took off like gangbusters. I don't think you have to be careful with it at all.

I have a related question: I apparently missed 3 garlic bulbs last year when I harvested, and now I have a little clump of leaves emerging in each of those spots, I'm guessing from several cloves in each bulb. Should I dig them up and separate them, or would it be better to let them grow all together until they can be harvested?

I move onions and turnips when they are bigger if they are too close together, doesn't work for carrots though.. I'd imagine digging the whole clump, and moving the dirt wad and all would do the job...then hubby can mow. no real choice it sounds like.. or you can send them to me.. i'l give them a good home...either way.

Feldon-- I can't. I've invested 10 years in this one already, and he's pretty well broken in. Well, except for the mowing thing. UGH!!

JJ--The garlic was a shot in the dark. I purchased a beautiful head of hardneck garlic at a summer farmer's market, originally to use. However, it was so pretty, I just couldn't use it. So I saved it for a few months in the cabinet, and decided to plant it in the fall. I separated the cloves and planted them in November of last year. They slept all winter and BOOM! They all sprouted in the spring! When the leaves die back, I was going to pull the garlics, use some, and keep others for planting again, this fall. So no, I wouldn't keep it in the ground all year, but I planted them in the fall and let them "sleep" this winter. I had read they are better planted this way, and are happier. I would have to say it's true.

I am happy to report, that though they were mowed, they have bounced back significantly. And my husband's been "corrected". I'm moving them anyway. :) Thanks for the advice, everyone!