am in central texas, it does get cold here - am planning on starting my garlic bed today! thanks for your video! i do have a bit of cow manure in the bed. i hope it doesn't take away from the growth.
I've got mine growing in a plastic bottle on the window sill right now. It is sprouting shoots and roots. If I transplant that to soil in the next month, will I get a crop in the fall?
My uncle, a successful farmer, told me to always plant garlic under the first full moon of October -- like right now. He always planted it with western Moon exposure amongst the hay stubble.
Your uncle is/was an alchemist I'd presume. If you go by the celestial spheres and plant/harvest things on certain days, or time of lunar cycle, etc. will have a profound effect on your final result
U cant do anything wrong with garlic. Gwyneth Paltrow told women to put it inside them to clean out their areas one lady had to have it surgically removed
I live in the Great North. In Canada. Early on as a gardener, I did make the mistake of planting my garlic in the spring with the rest of the garden. It did nothing! I was so upset with it that I COMPLETELY abandoned it. No weeding. No tending to it at all. I even didn't work it under that year as I was so finished with it! Well, the following spring, guess what I had? The MOST BEAUTIFUL crop of garlic ever! It was in the ground for more than a year but still produced beautifully! I'm not fibbing. This actually happened.
Not sure if you will read this; yet, you should also add a couple key details: 1: once you cut scapes, it’s 2-4 weeks to harvest. 2: count down 6 green leaves as marker for readiness. 3: depending on total browsable leaves, you want 2/3 of them to brown before cutting out water. Once all brownable occur, remove in morning time. 4: immediately get in shaded areas with air circulation for 2-3 weeks for curing of bulbs. 5: Once cured cut 1” above bulb and 1/4” below bulb of roots. 6: carefully wipe remaining dirt and store in mesh bag in cool dark area. It’s also best to stop applying any liquid fertilizer (fish/kelp) by early May. Usually applying 3-4 applications starting in mid March when leaves are at least 3-4” tall and at 2-3 weeks apart best and stopping by early May. Hope this helps.
Thanks for your post👍 When do you think it's best to plant garlic in the Middle East where winters are warmers than the states? October and november are still warm during the day. Thanks
I let one scape grow for every 40-50 plants. Watching the scape is the best indicator of when to harvest the bulbs. As the plant matures the scape will uncurl. When it points straight up the garlic is ready to harvest.
Watched this video a year ago and followed your advice and had the best harvest I've ever had in the 5 years I've been growing it! Simple and straightforward.. back for a refresher before this years planting! :) Thank you!!
This video is comprehensive and probably one of the most informative I have watched. Aimed at all gardening experience levels with generous explanations and insight.
Grew garlic for the first time and largely followed your advice. fabulous results. One tip, the scapes can be eaten. We made pesto sauce out of ours and it was outstanding! Thanks for a nice video refresher. I'll be planting next year's garlic tomorrow.
I always planted my Garlic by the 2nd week of August. By September they are popping up and throwing up fresh greens I may cut for soups. Speaking of Soups, I use the cut Scapes in a wonderful Potato/Garlic Soup. I boil the Scapes with Potatoes once cooked I throw em in the Blender. Reheat them with Salt n Pepper and a bit of Cream…. Just Yummy.
A million trillion garden channels.. I picked yours because i like your info on the few videos ive seen and.. the inflection in your voice makes me smile. hahah ...And sometimes i need a chuckle with this gardening stuff! ( holy hell it can be a lot of work! ..but fun!!💜) Big gardener over here... 🙂 forever eager and started so long ago in the house. I'm going outta my mind waiting for some warm soil outside!!! Thank you for allowing me to focus on something already planted outside.. My beautiful garlic! Tips for next plant and my harvest of it in the next few months!!! Good job and Cheers! 🌻
This is my first time growing garlic. I used a store bought bulb and planted in about November last year. They look like they are almost ready to harvest. I'm waiting til July. It's very exciting
first time to plant garlic . I followed this video exactly and hoping for a good crop. I'm in ohio and just planted them today. thankyou for your videos they really help! 🤗
Im growing garlic in the north and getting slightly bigger harvests each year. Finally planted 80 cloves this year after starting with 25 cloves. I get 3-4 cloves per head. This year I finally got nice size cloves. Cant wait for next year. I made garlic scape salt this year. A tasty bonus!
Oh man, when you tore out the dandelion.. my heart was screaming. So beautiful and lush. Where i live in the high mountains of mexico, our dandelion is very tiny and as a herbalist, i treasure this little guy so much ❤️❤️ thanks for the tips!
Just wanna say, from all the way here in Kea’au, Hawaii that I absolutely LOVE your videos❣️❣️ So perfectly full of excellent information in a calmly beautiful manner. You are the best gardening teacher on RUclips ever!! Mahalo nui loa for your tutorials and never change that excellent manner💚
What’s better after a bad work day? Waking up the next morning watching The Ripe Tomato Farm’s videos!!! Taking a deep breath and get refocused. Fall clean up and garlic planting weekend. Remember everyone garlic is really good for your body. Easy peazy, lemon squeezy!!! 😊 🙏🏻💙🙏🏻
Thanks for this informative and interesting video. I've grown garlic for many years in raised beds. My beds are 4 square feet and I usually devote an entire bed to garlic (about 64 plants). I had always removed scapes from the plants but (as is my habit each season), I decided to try an experiment regarding scape removal. I removed scapes from half the plants and left them on for the other half. At harvest time I weighed each half of the plants and compared the results. There was no significance difference. This somewhat surprised me, because the advice to remove scapes seemed to be based on a reasonable assumption. But, as I've learned with so many of my other experiments, there's often a big difference between a gardening theory and the results.
For sure, it might also be timing. If not removed early enough, then removing the scapes later won't have any appreciable benefit. Also, we sometimes have to think in terms of fringe cases where the plants might not have everything they need to the fullest and one small thing makes a bigger difference. In those cases, the scapes can definitely be a drain on an already-stressed plant. It all adds up and its all connected.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Many thanks for the reply. I think my timing of removing the scapes was okay - I removed them when they first appeared and much earlier than you show the scape removal in your video. I'm kinda confused with your explanation of "fringe" cases and how that can apply to removing scapes or not. As for me, if I can get equal results for no effort, I'll take the lazy route and do nothing. Cheers.
@@priayief I think the reference to fringe cases means in a year where the weather etc. is in the fringe, or the bulbs are planted in less fertile soil, and the garlic is struggling, cutting the scapes may make a bigger difference. If it was a great growing year, cutting them may have less of a noticeable difference.
There is a huge difference between the basic beliefs of organic gardening and actual results. We down in South Texas should get white skin garlic from Mexico in the supermarket, in May and keep it to plant in the fall. Day length adaptation is critical.
Thanks for the thorough guide to growing garlic. I'm glad I watched this video. You covered everything I needed to know, to have success in planting garlic. I'm planning on getting my garlic cloves in the ground this week too, so this video was perfect timing! I liked the simplistic step-by-step instructions you gave, without turning it into a 20+ minute video. Appreciate that greatly.
Very detailed and clearly explained video on growing garlic. It the best on garlic I've ever watched. I'm waiting for last yrs my first and see how they come out. I'll try your technique next time.
Great Video! Garlic is my favorite root vegetable, the key to ALL root vegetables is worms. They fertilize & aerate the soil :) I raise 2 million worms mainly for education and teaching others how to raise worms, but also to produce fertilizer for myself and my neighbors gardens :)
I plant way too much garlic so I let a few scapes flower, just so I can enjoy the blooms. I do cut most of them back though. I so enjoyed your video. I'm on my 14th season, starting with three heads of garlic given to me by my uncle, like you, I plant my biggest cloves. I give most of it away as I grow a ridiculous amount.
thanks for the encouragement, I just planted my garlic today the biggest choices ones! All the best I did remember some of the tips from your video last year! 😀🙌
I have tried to plant up here in the NW bulbs in spring, and I can tell you all it does lead to the very tiny bulbs he shows at the start. Rocambole grows great in Vancouver, Washington when planted right now. That is why I am going to my local nursery to pick out a couple types at 2 dollars each and put into planters. I think next summer is going to be fantastic.
I've been growing garlic for years. Last fall I accidently planted a clove upside down, when I harvested it I saw the stem underground had grow into a full loop! The garlic grew fine. It's cool to see how determined nature can be. I just planted 177 cloves Oct 4 & 5. Majestic, Great Northern, Susan Delafield and the rare heirloom Red Rezan. It's a glazed purple stripe, the first 3 are porcelains.
You are my favorite gardener/farmer now! It's very helpful for a beginner like me and your videos are never boring. Question though, I planted my garlic 10 days ago(19 Aug), is there a possibility that it will not grow as much as it can? I already see a shoot after 10 days. I just watched your video stating that the timing is very important.
This is the guy that does the mystery videos or ghost videos on Facebook lol. Everyone talks about his voice. Lol. However for this kind of stuff his voice fits. Great info.
You do know that I didn't really throw it away right, and that its just for the effect of that part of the video? ruclips.net/video/PSvjAEZka1U/видео.html LOL
It is the beginning of October here in Central Pennsylvania and I am preparing my soil to get ready to plant garluc for next year. I picked up some garlic from a local lady that bought a large amount to sell and I put it in my crisper drawer and a couple of days ago I separated 3 bulbs. I got 26 bulbs to plant and my son is supposed to bring me some more down so I can plant more. I love garlic and onions in everything. Now I have trouble growing onions. I don't know exactly what I am doing wrong so I will be watching videos on it to try again next year for planting them. Every year I just try to do the best I can and then what I can't seem to grow I buy local and either can or store for winter.
I'm vernalizing mine in the fridge. We don't have cold Winters. My July harvest wasn't bad in July. It was my first time trying both hardneck and soft. Mine will go in probably early November
Great video! I do everything wrong and get HUGW harvests by adding fresh sheep shmanure after harvest. My bulbs are heavy with corms that are left in the ground. Sides are heaped back up to 18 inches. Mustards, arugula, assorted squash, and the Summer heat does what it does with whatever rain comes. (I'm in north Texas with 6000 sq feet dedicated) Spring comes, I do it all again.
I use to grow garlic, then one year the dreaded rust appeared. Have not been able to get rid of it, so have stopped for a couple of years to see if that helps. hink il try the container planting though. Thanks
I live in the Netherlands. I moved to my place together with my girlfriend in February and I planted my garlic gloves in February too. The soil is pretty good here and I still have pretty small garlic. I'm gonna plant new garlics next week maybe that will have better results
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I did read on the internet that you could plant garlic in the beginning of the year too. In The Netherlands February is usually the coldest month. We had a lot of snow before I planted the garlic and a little snow after. But yeah most websites did say that planting around Halloween gets better results since we usually have pretty dry late June /early July. None of my garlic harvests failed, but they were all just small.
@@thimovijfschaft3271 yup, you are exactly right. And the small bulbs means the garlic didn't have enough time to develop. Those extra 5 months in winter in a semi dornant state make all the difference. :-)
My girlfriend bought some garlic at Seed Savers Exchange 2 years ago. It was very expensive. I think $30 for 1-2lbs? She gave half to me. I have been planting it out now for going on 3 years this fall. I will have about 100 cloves to plant this year. My goal is to be able to donate a large amount to our library's seed saving program. They want to buy it but it is very expensive. Thanks for the tips. I think I have been doing everything right. I have been planting all cloves even small ones just to get my numbers up but this year I am going just for the big ones. Thanks for the informative video.
Thank you for this reminder! I am waiting a little longer to plant mine this year, because we had a mild fall last year, but I will have them in by November. I have garlic hanging up in the above window area in my laundry room, just waiting to be used or planted.
Loved your tutorial. I think your an absolute natural: - presenter - teacher - at inspiring PLEASE DON'T STOP THE VIDS Now a subscriber. Greetings from England UK
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thank you! I started purging your videos! I’m very interested in figuring out how much I can grow inside…I’ve been prepping 😅. Would also love to find info about affordable heat (indoor) lighting etc. ✌️💕
I'm in Ontario, Canada and found planting 4 inches deep gave me the biggest bulbs. I was also talking to a fellow that sells garlic and he told me garlic needs an inch of water a week.
Our garlic harvest was great last year, we’re trying to keep everything consistent for this year. Like you mentioned, a couple small mistakes can compound. Thanks for sharing!
Great timing! Our garlic is going in this weekend or next. This year (started in fall last year) was our first time growing garlic and we were blown away by the huge bulbs we harvested this summer. All we did was amend with rabbit manure and plant 4 inches deep in the greenhouse. Was going to mulch but never got it done. Still awesome garlic! Thanks for the timely video!
What type of garlic did you plant? I just bought some to plant. And where are you located. I'm in NY but not all the way up. So 3-4 inches should be goodand when did you harvest? I'm looking forward to saying it's a success next year. 😊
@Kimberly Boenig ~ In Maine, we usually plant hardneck just before the frost, which is late October. We have had 100% survival rate, but small cloves because I'm just not good at getting all those "hated neighbors" (weeds) out. Hopefully I'll do better next year when they pop up. I put used hay that my goats waste on top after planting about 3 to 4" deep. Hope this helps.
Should be ok. Its not the freezing that kills the Garlic over winter. Its that the shoots collect and wick down water, rotting out the bulb. That's what usually happens when they don't fair well. But normally sprouting doesn't affect them.
Yeah, clay an be a big one. Its a good base though. Try to build it up over time with more and more organic matter and you'll be groovin' any crop you want in no time!
Few years back I planted Walmart bought garlic. In the Spring, I discovered some where Softneck, some where Hardneck. From there I only replanted the Sofneck. After 3 years, I suspect my Garlic has acclimated to my area (Kentucky), and is producing some very nice cloves. I save the larger cloves to replant and the rest for cooking or braiding as presents.
I have heard that store bought garlic is treated so it won’t sprout. I bet that Walmart garlic is alot less expensive than the seed garlic I purchased. I might try an experiment just to see how it goes.
@@mariemarcum5613 I have had very good luck with the Garlic I bought from Walmart, as well as Ginger from another supermarket. I guess those are not as treated as suggested. The drawback is you don't know the type of Garlic you are getting.
Your presentations are always good. You get right to the point with well organized information. Great graphics, excellent recordings, no rambling stories. Just good advice !!👍 Thanks
In California it can be planted in January or February. If you miss the window for fall planting, ensure that your seed garlic gets 40 days at or below 40°F before planting, or the lack of vernalization will mean the bulbs will not differentiate (divide into separate cloves).
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Softneck, that’s the white bulby one sold in grocery stores ? I’m really new at gardening…. I saw a comment about fish/kelp. Is that the fertilizer you use ? You said nutrient balanced slow release compost; what is that ? I bought miraclegrow….. lol., I’m not familiar with fertilizer types and what things like what ; )
What about cutting the leaves here and there for a dish garnish while the garlic is growing? Does that affect the growth of garlic? Grew garlic in a container this year and we cut the leaves here and there for sautéed dishes and what not and then when it was time to harvest the garlic they were all the size of a ping pong ball.
Wow I planted mine correctly just based on instinct!! Got them in very loose soil and picked the biggest cloves. Your video is so helpful and I've watched a ton! Mine have sprouted already Hope thats not a bad thing.
Right on Heather! Don't worry about early sprouting.....while we don't actively TRY to make them sprout before winter dormancy, it rarely hurts them or the crop. :-)
Thank you for the informative video. Had watched your videos since 2019. I am living in the tropical zone. Have tried growing garlic. It sprouts, growing for about 2 month and it died off. What could be the problem? How often must I water and fertilizer them? I grow them in pots. *By the way I use supermarket bought garlic.
I've brought a hardneck garlic( big bulbs ) 2 years ago from Armenia to grow them in the Netherlands. They grew happily in early october until April the next year, when the leaves began to look rusted in color & then I've got the half-size bulbs when harvested. I didn't know how to heal the plants from that disease. Sadly, most of the crop is rotted.
i've just finished planting 6854 cloves hardneck music zone 3 all big cloves i started growing garlic in 2014 with 1 bulb of 7 cloves last year ive harvest ed 4850 bulbs
Hey good day, just subscribed to your channel, because you are the man! :-) We do some of your mistakes and I believe you to be correct, unfortunately for us that is. :-) But thanks for the great advice. On the average is 3 to 4 cloves of garlic with a dinner meal each day. Occasionally skip a day or two. Consequently, try to keep a distance from people went out in public. Look forward to more of your videos. Keep up the great work.! Stay well have a beautiful day. Jim
Container Garlic and everything you need to know to grow it!: ruclips.net/video/8vDWcku-xRk/видео.html
am in central texas, it does get cold here - am planning on starting my garlic bed today!
thanks for your video! i do have a bit of cow manure in the bed. i hope it doesn't take away from the growth.
@@tony1685 if it's dilute and mixed in, should be fine tony! Best of luck!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms TY!!
will do =D
I've got mine growing in a plastic bottle on the window sill right now. It is sprouting shoots and roots. If I transplant that to soil in the next month, will I get a crop in the fall?
@@alihussain4349 tough to say Ali? Is it a hardneck or softneck kind? If it's hardneck, did you give it a chilling period?
My uncle, a successful farmer, told me to always plant garlic under the first full moon of October -- like right now. He always planted it with western Moon exposure amongst the hay stubble.
Yup, that works too!
Your uncle is/was an alchemist I'd presume.
If you go by the celestial spheres and plant/harvest things on certain days, or time of lunar cycle, etc. will have a profound effect on your final result
U cant do anything wrong with garlic.
Gwyneth Paltrow told women to put it inside them to clean out their areas one lady had to have it surgically removed
@@anotheridiot40I assume garlic powder an option
I live in the Great North. In Canada. Early on as a gardener, I did make the mistake of planting my garlic in the spring with the rest of the garden. It did nothing! I was so upset with it that I COMPLETELY abandoned it. No weeding. No tending to it at all. I even didn't work it under that year as I was so finished with it!
Well, the following spring, guess what I had? The MOST BEAUTIFUL crop of garlic ever! It was in the ground for more than a year but still produced beautifully! I'm not fibbing. This actually happened.
I totally believe it!
I believe u bc I did the same thing on my first try!
Not sure if you will read this; yet, you should also add a couple key details:
1: once you cut scapes, it’s 2-4 weeks to harvest.
2: count down 6 green leaves as marker for readiness.
3: depending on total browsable leaves, you want 2/3 of them to brown before cutting out water. Once all brownable occur, remove in morning time.
4: immediately get in shaded areas with air circulation for 2-3 weeks for curing of bulbs.
5: Once cured cut 1” above bulb and 1/4” below bulb of roots.
6: carefully wipe remaining dirt and store in mesh bag in cool dark area.
It’s also best to stop applying any liquid fertilizer (fish/kelp) by early May. Usually applying 3-4 applications starting in mid March when leaves are at least 3-4” tall and at 2-3 weeks apart best and stopping by early May.
Hope this helps.
Cheers!
Thanks for your post👍 When do you think it's best to plant garlic in the Middle East where winters are warmers than the states? October and november are still warm during the day.
Thanks
@@r.c.3662 You're asking an american a geography question? He probably can't even pick out the usa on a world map let alone the middle east. lol
@@vincentvega5686 my goodness this is a video about garlic. Chill out edgy boi
@@vancedisbetter5139 lol I was thinking the same thing. Always have to be one somewhere I presume.
I let one scape grow for every 40-50 plants. Watching the scape is the best indicator of when to harvest the bulbs. As the plant matures the scape will uncurl. When it points straight up the garlic is ready to harvest.
Nice! I'll give that a try!
Watched this video a year ago and followed your advice and had the best harvest I've ever had in the 5 years I've been growing it! Simple and straightforward.. back for a refresher before this years planting! :) Thank you!!
Hey that is beyond awesome to hear!!! Can't wait to hear the same next season! :-)
This video is comprehensive and probably one of the most informative I have watched. Aimed at all gardening experience levels with generous explanations and insight.
Thanks so much Roisin! 🙂
"Garlic is a loner & it just hates its neighbors".I thought that was really funny.Thanks for the valuable info.
:-)
I guess my plant spirit is garlic cuz I. A loner and hate neighbors also. Hehe
Today I learned I am garlic.
😂
@@enigmasky1680 😂🙌🏻
Grew garlic for the first time and largely followed your advice. fabulous results. One tip, the scapes can be eaten. We made pesto sauce out of ours and it was outstanding!
Thanks for a nice video refresher. I'll be planting next year's garlic tomorrow.
Totally agree.....the scapes are beyond delicious!! :-)
I always planted my Garlic by the 2nd week of August. By September they are popping up and throwing up fresh greens I may cut for soups.
Speaking of Soups, I use the cut Scapes in a wonderful Potato/Garlic Soup. I boil the Scapes with Potatoes once cooked I throw em in the Blender. Reheat them with Salt n Pepper and a bit of Cream…. Just Yummy.
A million trillion garden channels.. I picked yours because i like your info on the few videos ive seen and.. the inflection in your voice makes me smile. hahah
...And sometimes i need a chuckle with this gardening stuff! ( holy hell it can be a lot of work! ..but fun!!💜) Big gardener over here... 🙂 forever eager and started so long ago in the house. I'm going outta my mind waiting for some warm soil outside!!!
Thank you for allowing me to focus on something already planted outside.. My beautiful garlic! Tips for next plant and my harvest of it in the next few months!!!
Good job and Cheers! 🌻
Thanks so much Savina, happy to have you along for the ride!! :-)
In Eastern Europe we have 2 types of garlic. Fall garlic and spring garlic. The first one is planted after the first frost and the other one in march.
I’m planting in my used straw bales, first time growing. Thank you for all your help! Blessings!
Zone 9 soft neck
Right on tammy! Make sure to update us on your success with it! Some of the softnecks can produce insane harvests.
This is my first time growing garlic. I used a store bought bulb and planted in about November last year. They look like they are almost ready to harvest. I'm waiting til July. It's very exciting
first time to plant garlic . I followed this video exactly and hoping for a good crop. I'm in ohio and just planted them today. thankyou for your videos they really help! 🤗
You got this Pamela.....thick layer of mulch and you're gonna be harvesting bucketloads next year! :-)
Thank you for writing it in metric measurements. I hate to convert from inches whenever I watch a video. Appreciate it!
Ha ha me as well! Cheers, and thanks for watching!
Im growing garlic in the north and getting slightly bigger harvests each year. Finally planted 80 cloves this year after starting with 25 cloves. I get 3-4 cloves per head. This year I finally got nice size cloves. Cant wait for next year. I made garlic scape salt this year. A tasty bonus!
That's so awesome Janette! Garlic is tailor-made to grow in the north...love it!
Oh man, when you tore out the dandelion.. my heart was screaming. So beautiful and lush. Where i live in the high mountains of mexico, our dandelion is very tiny and as a herbalist, i treasure this little guy so much ❤️❤️ thanks for the tips!
Ha ha yeah, here, every square inch will be filled with them if you don't take action.
Just wanna say, from all the way here in Kea’au, Hawaii that I absolutely LOVE your videos❣️❣️
So perfectly full of excellent information in a calmly beautiful manner. You are the best gardening teacher on RUclips ever!! Mahalo nui loa for your tutorials and never change that excellent manner💚
What’s better after a bad work day? Waking up the next morning watching The Ripe Tomato Farm’s videos!!! Taking a deep breath and get refocused. Fall clean up and garlic planting weekend. Remember everyone garlic is really good for your body.
Easy peazy, lemon squeezy!!! 😊
🙏🏻💙🙏🏻
Right on Bev!! I hope you get all your Garlic planted AND have the best Thanksgiving! :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms okie dokie Jim (Jeff)… 😝 sorry had to pick on ya
@@brandywvstrong9673 ha ha my phone auto corrected your name! Too funny! You're now a Bev! ;)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms lol happens to me all the time!!!
@@brandywvstrong9673 lol
Thanks for this informative and interesting video.
I've grown garlic for many years in raised beds. My beds are 4 square feet and I usually devote an entire bed to garlic (about 64 plants). I had always removed scapes from the plants but (as is my habit each season), I decided to try an experiment regarding scape removal. I removed scapes from half the plants and left them on for the other half.
At harvest time I weighed each half of the plants and compared the results. There was no significance difference. This somewhat surprised me, because the advice to remove scapes seemed to be based on a reasonable assumption. But, as I've learned with so many of my other experiments, there's often a big difference between a gardening theory and the results.
For sure, it might also be timing. If not removed early enough, then removing the scapes later won't have any appreciable benefit. Also, we sometimes have to think in terms of fringe cases where the plants might not have everything they need to the fullest and one small thing makes a bigger difference. In those cases, the scapes can definitely be a drain on an already-stressed plant. It all adds up and its all connected.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Many thanks for the reply. I think my timing of removing the scapes was okay - I removed them when they first appeared and much earlier than you show the scape removal in your video. I'm kinda confused with your explanation of "fringe" cases and how that can apply to removing scapes or not. As for me, if I can get equal results for no effort, I'll take the lazy route and do nothing. Cheers.
@@priayief I think the reference to fringe cases means in a year where the weather etc. is in the fringe, or the bulbs are planted in less fertile soil, and the garlic is struggling, cutting the scapes may make a bigger difference. If it was a great growing year, cutting them may have less of a noticeable difference.
@@GreginND Interesting theory. Thanks.
There is a huge difference between the basic beliefs of organic gardening and actual results. We down in South Texas should get white skin garlic from Mexico in the supermarket, in May and keep it to plant in the fall. Day length adaptation is critical.
Gonna head out tomorrow and scoop away some soil... think I planted them too deeply.
Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for the thorough guide to growing garlic. I'm glad I watched this video. You covered everything I needed to know, to have success in planting garlic. I'm planning on getting my garlic cloves in the ground this week too, so this video was perfect timing! I liked the simplistic step-by-step instructions you gave, without turning it into a 20+ minute video. Appreciate that greatly.
Thanks Suzanne! Let us know how the planting goes! :-)
Very detailed and clearly explained video on growing garlic. It the best on garlic I've ever watched. I'm waiting for last yrs my first and see how they come out. I'll try your technique next time.
Thanks Benje, much appreciated. Best of luck with your garlic harvests this year! 🙂
Thank you for being just an all around great channel and (to me at least) a pretty cool guy! Your tips are helping a newbie like me tremendously!
Hey thanks, appreciate that! Glad that you're learning and on this growing journey! :-)
Great Video! Garlic is my favorite root vegetable, the key to ALL root vegetables is worms. They fertilize & aerate the soil :) I raise 2 million worms mainly for education and teaching others how to raise worms, but also to produce fertilizer for myself and my neighbors gardens :)
Thanks so much! And you're so right.....worms and the soil biology makes all the difference!
I plant way too much garlic so I let a few scapes flower, just so I can enjoy the blooms. I do cut most of them back though. I so enjoyed your video. I'm on my 14th season, starting with three heads of garlic given to me by my uncle, like you, I plant my biggest cloves. I give most of it away as I grow a ridiculous amount.
Right on! Better to have too much than not enough! :-) Take care
Garlic Scapes....yum......cut to size and sauté or make pesto...they go great in many dishes
thanks for the encouragement, I just planted my garlic today the biggest choices ones! All the best I did remember some of the tips from your video last year! 😀🙌
Right on! You got this! Can't wait to see the results! :-)
Arizona, south central. We plant creole garlic, a hardneck that rarely gets scapes. Small bulbs can be planted whole for garlic scallions.
I have tried to plant up here in the NW bulbs in spring, and I can tell you all it does lead to the very tiny bulbs he shows at the start. Rocambole grows great in Vancouver, Washington when planted right now. That is why I am going to my local nursery to pick out a couple types at 2 dollars each and put into planters. I think next summer is going to be fantastic.
I grow garlic for the scapes as well as for the garlic itself...scape- basil pesto is the best!!!♡♡♡
Scapes are sooooooooo good! Almost better than the bulb harvest itself!
Planting this weekend
I've been growing garlic for years. Last fall I accidently planted a clove upside down, when I harvested it I saw the stem underground had grow into a full loop! The garlic grew fine. It's cool to see how determined nature can be. I just planted 177 cloves Oct 4 & 5. Majestic, Great Northern, Susan Delafield and the rare heirloom Red Rezan. It's a glazed purple stripe, the first 3 are porcelains.
Oh where did you get your Susan Delafield bulbs? Can't find them anywhere !
@@portiasnyder1812 Rasa creek farm in BC, Canada.
You are my favorite gardener/farmer now! It's very helpful for a beginner like me and your videos are never boring.
Question though, I planted my garlic 10 days ago(19 Aug), is there a possibility that it will not grow as much as it can? I already see a shoot after 10 days. I just watched your video stating that the timing is very important.
Thanks so much! As for your garlic, where are you growing?
Why am I so obsessed with your garlic videos?!!! Lmbo 😆
Ha ha because we are fine human beings that are obsessed with garlic in general! LOL!
Thank you from Maine
Cheers Deborah, appreciate the support! :-)
You had me with the Sask tooke! lol. Great clip, thanks.
Ha ha yesssss!
The scapes are the most amazing veggies! To me it is garlic flavored asparagus!
So awesome, agreed!!
This is a video with a comprehensive and probably one of the most informative idea I have watched.
ما شاء الله 😍🙏👌
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we chop up and eat the scapes. sometimes we allow some to flower and eat the flowers as well.
This is the guy that does the mystery videos or ghost videos on Facebook lol. Everyone talks about his voice. Lol. However for this kind of stuff his voice fits. Great info.
I am everywhere.....! J/K.....who?
6:40 that dandelion is edible, delicious tea and food, you throw it roots a way make my heart stop a beat..
You do know that I didn't really throw it away right, and that its just for the effect of that part of the video? ruclips.net/video/PSvjAEZka1U/видео.html LOL
It is the beginning of October here in Central Pennsylvania and I am preparing my soil to get ready to plant garluc for next year. I picked up some garlic from a local lady that bought a large amount to sell and I put it in my crisper drawer and a couple of days ago I separated 3 bulbs. I got 26 bulbs to plant and my son is supposed to bring me some more down so I can plant more. I love garlic and onions in everything. Now I have trouble growing onions. I don't know exactly what I am doing wrong so I will be watching videos on it to try again next year for planting them. Every year I just try to do the best I can and then what I can't seem to grow I buy local and either can or store for winter.
I'm vernalizing mine in the fridge. We don't have cold Winters. My July harvest wasn't bad in July. It was my first time trying both hardneck and soft. Mine will go in probably early November
Yeah, I do that for my indoor Garlic too helen. Works like a charm! :-)
Great video!
I do everything wrong and get HUGW harvests by adding fresh sheep shmanure after harvest. My bulbs are heavy with corms that are left in the ground. Sides are heaped back up to 18 inches. Mustards, arugula, assorted squash, and the Summer heat does what it does with whatever rain comes. (I'm in north Texas with 6000 sq feet dedicated)
Spring comes, I do it all again.
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Thank you for sharing. This information ….very clearly explained.
Cheers!
I never thought cameras need compost fertilizer, too! 😁
Great video!
They sure do! 🙂
This video is so much more informative than those ten tips videos!
Thanks! :-)
Great video. I'm having the hardest time growing garlic in central Alabama. This video will help.
You can do it Damon....its all about timing. :-)
I love watching your videos Because you explain Detailed
Thanks so much, appreciate it! :-)
MY GARLIC HAS MOSTLY ALWAYS BEEN GOOD BUT I LEARNED SOME NEW THINGS TODAY THANKS
One point while you were talking about scapes....they're delicious! By themselves or mixed with other vegetables and/or foods.
Both!!! Stir fried really brings out their flavour!
I use to grow garlic, then one year the dreaded rust appeared. Have not been able to get rid of it, so have stopped for a couple of years to see if that helps. hink il try the container planting though. Thanks
Nice video. I just planted mine, got a new raised bed this year so hoping for loads of garlic next year!
That's awesome Laura, fingers crossed!
This is the best ever garlic movie!
Thanks so much! :-)
Thanks for sharing all this info. We're just about to plant this week for next summer's harvest. Haven't ever really done it before.
Right on Bob, you guys got this! Look forward to hearing about your success next year!
Your videos are awesome. You are single handidly garlic growing enciclopedia. Thank you.
Ha ha thanks for that! I've made enough mistakes with Garlic over the years that I finally just figured it out! LOL. :-)
I live in the Netherlands. I moved to my place together with my girlfriend in February and I planted my garlic gloves in February too. The soil is pretty good here and I still have pretty small garlic. I'm gonna plant new garlics next week maybe that will have better results
Yeah, Garlic is a 9 month crop.....it needs to be planted in the fall, not the spring. Best of luck!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I did read on the internet that you could plant garlic in the beginning of the year too. In The Netherlands February is usually the coldest month. We had a lot of snow before I planted the garlic and a little snow after. But yeah most websites did say that planting around Halloween gets better results since we usually have pretty dry late June /early July.
None of my garlic harvests failed, but they were all just small.
@@thimovijfschaft3271 yup, you are exactly right. And the small bulbs means the garlic didn't have enough time to develop. Those extra 5 months in winter in a semi dornant state make all the difference. :-)
I've had 2 so-so garlic years now, I think next year will be better thanks to you! WOOO!
My girlfriend bought some garlic at Seed Savers Exchange 2 years ago. It was very expensive. I think $30 for 1-2lbs? She gave half to me. I have been planting it out now for going on 3 years this fall. I will have about 100 cloves to plant this year. My goal is to be able to donate a large amount to our library's seed saving program. They want to buy it but it is very expensive. Thanks for the tips. I think I have been doing everything right. I have been planting all cloves even small ones just to get my numbers up but this year I am going just for the big ones. Thanks for the informative video.
Right on! We need more growers like you! :-)
Thank you for this reminder! I am waiting a little longer to plant mine this year, because we had a mild fall last year, but I will have them in by November. I have garlic hanging up in the above window area in my laundry room, just waiting to be used or planted.
Loved your tutorial.
I think your an absolute natural:
- presenter
- teacher
- at inspiring
PLEASE DON'T STOP THE VIDS
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Greetings from England UK
Your garlic video was in my suggested! So glad to find you!
Right on Tammy, thanks for checking it out! :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thank you! I started purging your videos! I’m very interested in figuring out how much I can grow inside…I’ve been prepping 😅. Would also love to find info about affordable heat (indoor) lighting etc. ✌️💕
Thanks for the very useful & fun video - newbies from down under first time growing garlic.
Right on rick, you got this! Let us know the outcome!
I'm in Ontario, Canada and found planting 4 inches deep gave me the biggest bulbs. I was also talking to a fellow that sells garlic and he told me garlic needs an inch of water a week.
thanks fellow Ontarian for the tips! Any others for this zone?
Our garlic harvest was great last year, we’re trying to keep everything consistent for this year. Like you mentioned, a couple small mistakes can compound. Thanks for sharing!
I just got my best crop yet. And it just happened that all your advice is what we followed.
Yesssss...that's music to my ears Donna!
I dont have a garden; but watched the whole video. Great video mate !
Great timing! Our garlic is going in this weekend or next. This year (started in fall last year) was our first time growing garlic and we were blown away by the huge bulbs we harvested this summer. All we did was amend with rabbit manure and plant 4 inches deep in the greenhouse. Was going to mulch but never got it done. Still awesome garlic! Thanks for the timely video!
Right on Kevin! If its not broke, don't fix it man, keep doin' what you're doin'!
What type of garlic did you plant? I just bought some to plant. And where are you located. I'm in NY but not all the way up. So 3-4 inches should be goodand when did you harvest? I'm looking forward to saying it's a success next year. 😊
I'm in zone 3-4 Canada and planted hard neck. Harvested in July.
@Kimberly Boenig ~ In Maine, we usually plant hardneck just before the frost, which is late October. We have had 100% survival rate, but small cloves because I'm just not good at getting all those "hated neighbors" (weeds) out. Hopefully I'll do better next year when they pop up. I put used hay that my goats waste on top after planting about 3 to 4" deep. Hope this helps.
Great video but NOT ONLY FOR GARLIC! Exactly the same can be applied for Alliums (amazing bulb flowers) and onions!
Thanks!
Great Video🧄 You know how it is done. This all looks fantastic. Thank you.
Thanks so much Iris, really appreciate that! 🙂
You give them space and a good soil. I want to be a clove myself, so good look your buckets and pots and beds! :-))
Super informative and concise, not to mention timely! Thank you!
Cheers Sue, thanks for watching!
I planted mine a little early this year and it's been warm. The garlic is sprouting already. Hopefully it will survive the winter.
Should be ok. Its not the freezing that kills the Garlic over winter. Its that the shoots collect and wick down water, rotting out the bulb. That's what usually happens when they don't fair well. But normally sprouting doesn't affect them.
Thanks we are going to try garlic this year
Right on Tina, best of luck!
Thanks for making it simple. Realized my clay soil is one of my problems.
Yeah, clay an be a big one. Its a good base though. Try to build it up over time with more and more organic matter and you'll be groovin' any crop you want in no time!
This was great, I started growing my own food this year and was pretty bummed out on my garlic harvest. Going to plant next years this week!
Right on will, best of luck!
Few years back I planted Walmart bought garlic. In the Spring, I discovered some where Softneck, some where Hardneck. From there I only replanted the Sofneck. After 3 years, I suspect my Garlic has acclimated to my area (Kentucky), and is producing some very nice cloves. I save the larger cloves to replant and the rest for cooking or braiding as presents.
I have heard that store bought garlic is treated so it won’t sprout. I bet that Walmart garlic is alot less expensive than the seed garlic I purchased. I might try an experiment just to see how it goes.
@@mariemarcum5613 I have had very good luck with the Garlic I bought from Walmart, as well as Ginger from another supermarket. I guess those are not as treated as suggested. The drawback is you don't know the type of Garlic you are getting.
Your presentations are always good. You get right to the point with well organized information. Great graphics, excellent recordings, no rambling stories. Just good advice !!👍
Thanks
Thanks so much Mark, that means a lot. Appreciate it!
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I've been watching your videos for about 2&½ yrs. You're an old friend, Compa 🤠🇨🇱
In California it can be planted in January or February. If you miss the window for fall planting, ensure that your seed garlic gets 40 days at or below 40°F before planting, or the lack of vernalization will mean the bulbs will not differentiate (divide into separate cloves).
Yup, or if you're further south you can even plant softneck varieties in the spring, no problem
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Softneck, that’s the white bulby one sold in grocery stores ? I’m really new at gardening…. I saw a comment about fish/kelp. Is that the fertilizer you use ? You said nutrient balanced slow release compost; what is that ? I bought miraclegrow….. lol., I’m not familiar with fertilizer types and what things like what ; )
This is very helpful, thank you.
Cheers bob, thanks for watching.
Thanks for this super clear, very informative demonstration. ' and with no rubbish sound in the background...YIPEE!
Cheers Lorna, thanks for watching! :-)
I do so agree! So many videos have terrible music in the background , it's very annoying.
Thanks!
Cheers Charmaine! :-)
Thanks brutha !
This is fantastic! Thank you.
Cheers gayle, thanks for watching.
What about cutting the leaves here and there for a dish garnish while the garlic is growing? Does that affect the growth of garlic? Grew garlic in a container this year and we cut the leaves here and there for sautéed dishes and what not and then when it was time to harvest the garlic they were all the size of a ping pong ball.
love the scapes such a great extra harvest
Soooooo tasty! Even if that was the entire crop, Garlic would still be worth it!
I make a mean pesto with scapes. They are so tasty!
@@linedezainde Love it!!
@@linedezainde I've also seen someone making garlic powder from the scapes. I thought that was a good use of them, too!
@@suegendron2260 dehydrating I'm guessing. That's a great idea. Thnx
Wow I planted mine correctly just based on instinct!! Got them in very loose soil and picked the biggest cloves. Your video is so helpful and I've watched a ton! Mine have sprouted already Hope thats not a bad thing.
Right on Heather! Don't worry about early sprouting.....while we don't actively TRY to make them sprout before winter dormancy, it rarely hurts them or the crop. :-)
Thank you for the informative video. Had watched your videos since 2019. I am living in the tropical zone. Have tried growing garlic. It sprouts, growing for about 2 month and it died off. What could be the problem?
How often must I water and fertilizer them?
I grow them in pots. *By the way I use supermarket bought garlic.
Such good advice! Thanks!
Thanks Debbie, appreciate it!
I've brought a hardneck garlic( big bulbs ) 2 years ago from Armenia to grow them in the Netherlands. They grew happily in early october until April the next year, when the leaves began to look rusted in color & then I've got the half-size bulbs when harvested. I didn't know how to heal the plants from that disease. Sadly, most of the crop is rotted.
i've just finished planting 6854 cloves hardneck music zone 3 all big cloves i started growing garlic in 2014 with 1 bulb of 7 cloves last year ive harvest ed 4850 bulbs
That's funny Iam almost at the same point, harvesting 5000 bulbs this year.
Hey good day, just subscribed to your channel, because you are the man! :-) We do some of your mistakes and I believe you to be correct, unfortunately for us that is. :-) But thanks for the great advice. On the average is 3 to 4 cloves of garlic with a dinner meal each day. Occasionally skip a day or two. Consequently, try to keep a distance from people went out in public. Look forward to more of your videos. Keep up the great work.! Stay well have a beautiful day. Jim
I love garlic 🧄😂
Thanks 🙏
Cheers, thanks for watching!
Excellent!!🧄
Thanks Dale!!!
Very informative will definitely share the info. 🤓💟
Thanks Rickey, appreciate that!
I planted tomatoes between garlic rows and had excellent results.
Thank you. Great reminders as I get ready to plant my garlic this fall!!! Appreciate the straightforward, practical video!
Planting time soon.....right you are Isobel!
Wow! Thank you because I have been getting small bulbs for the past two years. I am going to do a lot better next year.