Hi,

Im after a bit of help.

I want to grow some garlic and I want to grow it in a pot (as Im obssesed with growing things in pots due to my rubbish clay soil).

Now from what Ive read so far you can plant the cloves from a shop in march but for better results plant now (autumn) using "nursery" stock.

What do you reckon, my pot is a 12" deep trough which I very successfully grew peas in last year? (the peas are now going into my new veggie patch, once ive added a significant amount of organic material)

Cheers.

Garlic is a root vegetable so, 12 inches should suffice. I would purchase the garlic from a nursery as garlic in supermarkets in generally treated such that it will not develop rootlets.

Anyway, divide the head into cloves and plant one clove per pot (maybe two). The garlic doesn't have to be that deep. Store the pots in a sheltered area over the winter such that they do not freeze solid.