'Solent Wight' Garlic Plants
The original Isle of Wight garlic!
Grown by Josh
South Downs National Park
Pre-order for delivery Mid April
Pre-order for delivery Mid April
Pre-order for delivery Mid April
Pre-order for delivery Mid April
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The highlights
- Reliable softstalk garlic, perfect for the UK climate
- Exceptional flavour and bouquet, keeps for months
- Grow in raised beds, pots or borders
- Harvest from July to August
Description
- A superb all rounder softneck garlic, bred on the Isle of Wight and widely considered the best for the UK climate
- Super reliable with an exceptional flavour and aroma - perfect for all cooking purposes, drying or preserving. It keeps for months
- Grow in rows in raised beds, borders or deep pots
- An excellent source of vitamin B6
- Plant out after the first frosts and harvest from July to August
- Premium garden ready plants grown by vegetable experts on a family run farm in Lancashire and sent to you at the best possible time for planting
- Growing your own gives you healthy, fresh produce with a lower carbon plantprint than anything you can buy from a shop
- Easy to grow and care for - plant in a sunny raised bed or border and wait for the crops to roll in. You should see your first garlic within 4-5 months
What To Expect
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How To Grow
Excellent pest and disease resistance
Our vegetable plug plants are bred for good pest and disease resistance, but may still be susceptible to common problems. Although garlic is usually trouble-free, it can be affected by leek rust, onion white rot, allium leaf-mining fly and leek moth. To prevent disease, space plants well and don't grow onions, leeks or garlic in the same space for more than three years.
Water regularly
Water garlic regularly in spring and early summer until you see the foliage turning yellow this is a sign that the bulbs are nearly ready to harvest.
Full sun to partial shade
Garlic does best in full sun but can deal with a little light shade in the afternoons.
Any fertile, well-draining soil except acid
Garlic likes a well-drained, fertile soil. It doesnt thrive in acid soil but you can reduce acidity by applying lime in autumn and winter.
Feed regularly
Start feeding when you see strong spring growth, using a high nitrogen feed such as dried chicken manure pellets, and stop when the foliage starts to turn yellow.
Planting Calendar
- Best time to plant
- Harvest
- Flower
South Downs National Park
Meet Josh
Slow grown veg from the sunny South Downs
Our vegetable plants are sown on a family farm in Lancashire, then nurtured into strong young plants by Josh in the sunny South Downs before they rock up in your garden. By selecting only the strongest and tastiest varieties, Josh makes sure you get a headstart on your plot, with impressive crops and no waste.
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Our plants are grown in the UK
Specialist UK growers we know and trust grow your plants the traditional way, with organic fertiliser and biological pest control. They pick only the healthiest plants for you, professionally pruning them so that they’ll grow strong and well shaped.
Our plants are delivered overnight
Your plants are sent to you fresh from the field in our plastic free box that’s specially designed to hold them tight, then securely delivered by specialist plant couriers - straight from the grower to your garden within 24 hours.
We're here to help at every step
We want your plants to have a long and healthy life. Expect easy-to-follow grow guides and videos devised by our team of experts.
Perfect plants, guaranteed
We’re confident that you’ll be delighted with your new plants. Need help? Alice and her team are here to guarantee you’re perfectly happy.
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When will I get my plants?
The delivery timescale for each plant is on the web page (near the 'add to basket's button). You'll receive a dispatch email with an exact delivery date once your plants are on their way, so you can get the garden ready.
How will my plants be packed and delivered?
We send all of our orders through a courier network designed to handle plants. Specialist equipment ensures that no plants will be damaged during the packing process and every order is carefully finished and checked by plant-loving humans. Your plants will arrive in the most sustainable packaging possible with minimal to no plastic used.
Where do you deliver?
We deliver to anywhere in Mainland UK for our standard delivery cost. We are able to deliver most plants to Highlands and non UK mainland however this will be at an additional cost. This will be calculated at the checkout. Please note, deliveries to these locations will take longer. Unfortunately, we are not able to deliver to Northern Ireland at present.
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