Kevin, remember that rodents etc. don’t like the touch or feel of Tulle fabric netting. It’s light weight enough you could just lay it over your crops and stake it down with landscape staples, or even rocks and bricks work too. It’s been helping us keep the birds out of our grow bags and pots. They sure like new seedlings....YIKES!
I planted lots of garlic for the first time last fall. They survived the week of severe frost and are starting to grow again, after not growing much throughout the winter. Wishing good garlic harvests on us all :)
You really have your shit together and I encourage my children to watch your channel. Thank you for literally everything. Not only is it time consuming to learn and know all of this but to film it is next level
I started the vernalization process about 4 weeks ago with the cloves in some potting mix and placed in the fridge. I already have a root system on every clove. First time growing garlic. Keep up the great video content.
I have successfully grown garlic for more than 50 years. I always plant on the shortest day of the year and harvest on the longest day of the year. The varieties make no difference to this technique. Thanks for your entertaining (we want big bulbs) video. *****
So you plant on the Winter Equinox and harvest on the Summer Equinox then... What zone do you live in? I'm in zone 9b just wondering if I have a chance of growing any garlic this season? Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I am new to all things garden related. 🙃
Hey, man! I had to come find you(RUclips just didn't have you suggested, idk) & behold! You posted a new vid 3hrs ago! At any rate, just wanted to say I'm proud of you Kevin! It's a trip watching folks grow & just become themselves, if that makes any sense. You've done a great job & I look forward to seeing where else you go on this journey! Alright, be safe & keep cultivating these awesome videos!
I only grow hardnecks here and they do really well. I plant in autumn and will be putting them in this month. We get the really cold winters so they do exceptionally well here in Tasmania
Your square of garlic is looking great! I've been having a blast following the development of your homestead! My copy of Grow Bag Gardening just arrived and I've ordered plenty of grow bags to experiment with this year. Thanks for al the inspiration Kevin!
I had a problem with skunks digging up my garden. After repairing and replanting 3x, I put light weight bird netting down, and planted in holes in cut. The skunk dug a little, but when it hit the bird netting it seemed to think it was a trap, cause it left and never returned!
Great video Kevin and I live on East Coast of the USA so I planted my Garlic on Fall and can't wait to harvest my garlic on June and I am 15 so I really hope I get the size of garlic I wish to get. Thanks for the tips and Keep on growing
That is so cool that you're growing edibles at this phase in your life...Im 62 and have yet to have large bulbs...but I'm optimistic for this year, (given the additional knowledge). Starting at your age, the direct experience you'll glean and the knowledge you'll amass in your lifetime will be encyclopedic!
Thanks for the good info, that's a lot of garlic variety. I didn't even know that many existed :o I accidently an left out an old Thai garlic for a 4-5 months on the side of recycling bin in the garage and thought I'd grow it. Now RUclips recommends me your garlic videos :D It's growing really well, I had no idea about keeping them cold I guess I've done that by accident over the winter.
I am so glad in Australia we don't have those small/medium pest pressure for veggies you guys do, snakes and spiders do not like garlic lol. Ours went in a week or so ago, and pretty much all of them are up, the tail end of the late autumn warmth has helped. Now the waiting game..... next to them is the onions, I have failed to grow 9 times, fingers crossed on the 10th lol
I tried garlic in my garden from some supermarket cloves , I failed and not in some sort. I never got a bulb but the clove i threw in the soil developed to a big clove. When i ran out of garlic i whent to the garden and used them.
Great video! Kevin, you mentioned on a recent video that you didn't know why your growing ginger video has had so many views. It's the first thing on the left to appear on the home page for your channel. I think that's probably why.
Yes! Love this video. I learnt exactly what to expect and how to be more prepared for my gralic growing attempt. Can't wait until I can plant my garlic here in Australia.
Now you just need some FPJ Kev! Awesome video about the garlic here! Winter has passed here in Toronto GTA so my garlic will hopefully spark up real soon enough!
Thanks Kevin for all your videos - it's nice to have a web resource for warmer climates - I'm in the low desert in Phoenix (zone 13) and planted my garlic last fall - I know I'm coming up on harvest - but I don't know how I know when. I can't wait to see your next video...
Great video on garlic. Last year I ordered mainly hard neck varieties for the scapes as well. It was my first time growing garlic and I didn’t realize that the bigger the clove you plant, the bigger the head gets. I was late to buying so only culinary (small heads/cloves) were available. I got pretty small heads and tons of scapes. We thought the scapes were good, but not too much different from scallions. This year I purchased 100% soft neck from the Walmart produce aisle. The heads and cloves were huge. I put them in the fridge for about two months and planted in the garden at the beginning of January. I would say at least 95% of them are now about 18 inches tall, but will wait to see how the heads form. Lots of the garlic sellers say that grocery store stuff will not even sprout since they are treated to prevent it, but who knows....I’m hoping to make some of those really cool garlic braids that you can do with soft neck garlic and gift them.
Good job on the garlic!! Looking awesome. Looks like putting in the fridge to “winter” those bulbs worked. Their on par with mine that over wintered in ground up here in Oregon.
Garlic is the easiest to grow. You just need to make sure your garden bulbs protected. I put chicken wire around mine. is a good companion to broccoli ect. I seriously just plant, water and leave. never fails.
I am planting some shallots, I got the seeds and later on learned they are long day (oops) but hey, it'll be a fun experiment. I hope they also grow well b/c I am planting them in spring. Maybe that will help with the long dayness stuff since summer days are longer
I love your music as your background sometimes and we love your knowledge on the garden and your great hair cuts !! Do you store has nice quality tee shirts?,
@@tvs9978 I haven’t needed to yet. I live in the Seattle area, and so far we have gotten enough rain that the soil has stayed moist. As we move out of our wet season, I will probably need to start.
Hopefully the like button blesses us with no SKUNKS. Racoons and Skunks are a big problem here. The epic Homestead is looking amazing. So much change in so little time.
This is very helpful. 🙌 My first garlic planting was also a disaster. Something had gotten to them but don't know what. I'm in zone 8B & I want to try it again in the fall. Is there going to be a part 3 for harvesting? Really looking forward to see yours.
I'm rootin' for ya Kevin! You can do it!🤗 I'm trying some elephant garlic for the first time this year. The green growth on those is pretty impressive so far. Hopefully the bulbs will be too🤞🏼.
Hey Kevin, I'm from germany and to me it seems kind of strange to baby garlic so much. Here if you have a good soil you really just stick them in the ground in either autumn or early spring and pull out the bulbs in july/august. I only ever water them scarcely in drought times. I know your growing conditions vary immensely from mine but i really wouldn't have guessed that it is necessairy to put them in the fridge as I thought the bulbing depends more on daylight length than heat? However i cross my fingers for you and wish you a good harvest and no more skunk incidents!
Tell all the old Babbas that you need to do all that! They took the garlic cloves. Stuck them into rather undeveloped soil. Watered here and there and waited for their bounty!
Epic Gardening I’m trying to grow Jujube, Starfruit, and kiwi can you give me a guide on the method I need to use to grow these fruits since I have citrus and cactus soil on hand.
If I move my lettuce outside, will it grow more compactly? It’s inside by the window and decently leggy but I’m worried about animals eating it since I back up to a wildlife park. I also live in Texas and it’s starting getting to about 80 during the day
Wow that's beautiful, I hope I bought the right book to grow food, I got "urban gardner" ok well thanks, your friends near fort tehjon ( there is just good soil up here) have a great day🥑😇🍍🥦🥬🍐🥔🌶🍆🌽🥒🍐🍑🌻🐞🐝🧄🐾🦮
We recently bought a property and I have been wanting to start planting but I don't know where to start. I keep watching very interesting videos and searching online what should I start doing but nothing makes sense. We are in CT, a much colder zone. We are now in November, is there anything you recommend to do? Do I still have time to plant garlic, or any other vegetable or fruit?
Cultivate that like button to bless me with NO SKUNKS THIS YEAR 🚫
I will gladly trade blessings to the gardening gods for our respective garlic patches.
Kevin, remember that rodents etc. don’t like the touch or feel of Tulle fabric netting. It’s light weight enough you could just lay it over your crops and stake it down with landscape staples, or even rocks and bricks work too. It’s been helping us keep the birds out of our grow bags and pots. They sure like new seedlings....YIKES!
@@trish_says_hi #blessed
@@debihediger4760 Noted!
Its late spring in my area and is starting to get hot should i plant garlic now or after summer
Anyone else greatly enjoy listening to Kevin go Mama Bear on anything willing to mess with his garlic babies?
😅 He’s like a wizard 🧙♂️
😝
Plant Daddy🤩
Better to be a garlic “single dad” than a garlic “baby daddy.” Indeed - keep on growing (parenting)! 🧄🌱💫
I live in a hot climax and are problem growing garlic please help.
I planted lots of garlic for the first time last fall. They survived the week of severe frost and are starting to grow again, after not growing much throughout the winter. Wishing good garlic harvests on us all :)
You really have your shit together and I encourage my children to watch your channel. Thank you for literally everything. Not only is it time consuming to learn and know all of this but to film it is next level
Zone 6. I planted mine last November. They are looking good so far. Thanks Kevin!
I started the vernalization process about 4 weeks ago with the cloves in some potting mix and placed in the fridge. I already have a root system on every clove. First time growing garlic. Keep up the great video content.
That's a great idea! How did your garlic turn up?
I have successfully grown garlic for more than 50 years. I always plant on the shortest day of the year and harvest on the longest day of the year. The varieties make no difference to this technique. Thanks for your entertaining (we want big bulbs) video. *****
So you plant on the Winter Equinox and harvest on the Summer Equinox then... What zone do you live in?
I'm in zone 9b just wondering if I have a chance of growing any garlic this season?
Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I am new to all things garden related. 🙃
@@BladeAddict8 I have lived on both coasts of the US, ane in OK and TX. I currently live in Guadalajara Mexico and I continue to use the 2 equinoxes.
Garlic scape pesto is delicious and freezes well!
NOT FIRST ! lol
I'm chilling in my hamac in the garden, it is always good to have a notification for new gardening video!
Cheers mate from France
I would love to grow some garlic. I cannot wait to see the end results of your garlic garden.
I just starting planting garlic and the timing of this couldnt have been any better 😍
This video*
Garlic should be planted in the fall or very early spring. I would say it’s too late to plant garlic.
@@annmarienoone9879 All good! I live in Australia and it's currently fall
Hey, man! I had to come find you(RUclips just didn't have you suggested, idk) & behold! You posted a new vid 3hrs ago! At any rate, just wanted to say I'm proud of you Kevin! It's a trip watching folks grow & just become themselves, if that makes any sense. You've done a great job & I look forward to seeing where else you go on this journey! Alright, be safe & keep cultivating these awesome videos!
Hey, thank you so much!
I don’t know if you mention it, but in the uk rats HATE garlic, if you plant it in areas where they frequent, they soon leave! It worked for us!
No way! That’s awesome! I’m going to have to plant more garlic now 🧙♂️
I only grow hardnecks here and they do really well. I plant in autumn and will be putting them in this month. We get the really cold winters so they do exceptionally well here in Tasmania
Your square of garlic is looking great! I've been having a blast following the development of your homestead! My copy of Grow Bag Gardening just arrived and I've ordered plenty of grow bags to experiment with this year. Thanks for al the inspiration Kevin!
That's so awesome! Thank you for your support, really hope you love it
How did he say “we want big bulbs” with such a straight face?!??!
LOL
Size matters!
My friend uses garlic as a border around other plants to deter critters
I had a problem with skunks digging up my garden. After repairing and replanting 3x, I put light weight bird netting down, and planted in holes in cut. The skunk dug a little, but when it hit the bird netting it seemed to think it was a trap, cause it left and never returned!
We want big bulbs and we cannot lie! Other growers cant deny
Single daddy to 100+ garlic, and protective at that. I love it 😎
Great video Kevin and I live on East Coast of the USA so I planted my Garlic on Fall and can't wait to harvest my garlic on June and I am 15 so I really hope I get the size of garlic I wish to get. Thanks for the tips and Keep on growing
That is so cool that you're growing edibles at this phase in your life...Im 62 and have yet to have large bulbs...but I'm optimistic for this year, (given the additional knowledge).
Starting at your age, the direct experience you'll glean and the knowledge you'll amass in your lifetime will be encyclopedic!
Lovingly pet that garlic brother. The neighbors and I do the same thing when we talk to our garlic.
Liking for the hilarious skunk footage 🦨 rip garlic
Thanks for the good info, that's a lot of garlic variety. I didn't even know that many existed :o
I accidently an left out an old Thai garlic for a 4-5 months on the side of recycling bin in the garage and thought I'd grow it. Now RUclips recommends me your garlic videos :D
It's growing really well, I had no idea about keeping them cold I guess I've done that by accident over the winter.
Planted red russian in grow bags in the fall and in the spring right before "second winter". All but two have sprouted. 🧄
NICE!
a botanical enchantment? I need that. You are "liked."
I am so glad in Australia we don't have those small/medium pest pressure for veggies you guys do, snakes and spiders do not like garlic lol.
Ours went in a week or so ago, and pretty much all of them are up, the tail end of the late autumn warmth has helped. Now the waiting game..... next to them is the onions, I have failed to grow 9 times, fingers crossed on the 10th lol
Foliar feeding garlic is one of the best ways to feed garlic.
I also fail with garlic. I'll try again. Happy harvest
I tried garlic in my garden from some supermarket cloves , I failed and not in some sort.
I never got a bulb but the clove i threw in the soil developed to a big clove.
When i ran out of garlic i whent to the garden and used them.
Hey man, sending you gardening blessings and anti skunk spells
Great video! Kevin, you mentioned on a recent video that you didn't know why your growing ginger video has had so many views. It's the first thing on the left to appear on the home page for your channel. I think that's probably why.
It's there because it's the most popular, you have the causality flipped :P
@@epicgardening oh! Probably that keeps it that way too though.
Yes! Love this video. I learnt exactly what to expect and how to be more prepared for my gralic growing attempt.
Can't wait until I can plant my garlic here in Australia.
Its my first time planting garlic so im happy i came across your videos as it has been very helpful. Keep up the gardening videos i love them
Now you just need some FPJ Kev! Awesome video about the garlic here! Winter has passed here in Toronto GTA so my garlic will hopefully spark up real soon enough!
The bad luck skunk has been replaced by the good luck cats
Exactly!
Thanks Kevin for all your videos - it's nice to have a web resource for warmer climates - I'm in the low desert in Phoenix (zone 13) and planted my garlic last fall - I know I'm coming up on harvest - but I don't know how I know when. I can't wait to see your next video...
I needed this! Thanks for the video! Your garden beds are gorgeous!
You're super down to earth! Love it!
I’ve been waiting SOO long for this video
Great video on garlic. Last year I ordered mainly hard neck varieties for the scapes as well. It was my first time growing garlic and I didn’t realize that the bigger the clove you plant, the bigger the head gets. I was late to buying so only culinary (small heads/cloves) were available. I got pretty small heads and tons of scapes. We thought the scapes were good, but not too much different from scallions.
This year I purchased 100% soft neck from the Walmart produce aisle. The heads and cloves were huge. I put them in the fridge for about two months and planted in the garden at the beginning of January. I would say at least 95% of them are now about 18 inches tall, but will wait to see how the heads form. Lots of the garlic sellers say that grocery store stuff will not even sprout since they are treated to prevent it, but who knows....I’m hoping to make some of those really cool garlic braids that you can do with soft neck garlic and gift them.
Perfect timing Kevin! Thank you, this is my first time with garlic.
Perfect timing, all of my 3 garlics germinated
Good job on the garlic!! Looking awesome. Looks like putting in the fridge to “winter” those bulbs worked. Their on par with mine that over wintered in ground up here in Oregon.
Worked SO well it's crazy
Yep started mines in the fall, and it's great to get this information 💁♀️ thanks 😊!
Garlic is the easiest to grow. You just need to make sure your garden bulbs protected. I put chicken wire around mine. is a good companion to broccoli ect. I seriously just plant, water and leave. never fails.
What zone do you live in? And when do you usually plant/harvest?
I am planting some shallots, I got the seeds and later on learned they are long day (oops) but hey, it'll be a fun experiment. I hope they also grow well b/c I am planting them in spring. Maybe that will help with the long dayness stuff since summer days are longer
I'd love a link to the fan hose attachment when you have a moment. Thank you!:)
www.hoselink.com/
@@epicgardening Thank you!!!
I love your music as your background sometimes and we love your knowledge on the garden and your great hair cuts !! Do you store has nice quality tee shirts?,
Youre reading my mind, I'm gonna be growing garlic soon
Yes me too!
That’s exciting! 🤩
I planted garlic for the first time this past fall. It looks like it’s doing great so far!
Do you water them every day?
@@tvs9978 I haven’t needed to yet. I live in the Seattle area, and so far we have gotten enough rain that the soil has stayed moist. As we move out of our wet season, I will probably need to start.
@@candacetoms4927 OK, thanks
My grandfather used to collect ashes from the fireplace and top the soil with it.
Im a big fan thanks for the tomatoes videos I really liked the info keep up the good work!
More of those coming!
0:30 caught in the act, now we know how skunk got its bad smell from
Looking forward to seeing what you do with the scapes; I wasted mine last year.
You can make Garlic pesto. So must better then using basil
@@bryandavid4580 that sounds good!
Hopefully the like button blesses us with no SKUNKS. Racoons and Skunks are a big problem here. The epic Homestead is looking amazing. So much change in so little time.
You've been blessed!
Nice information👍🌱
Great video! First year growing garlic and I wasn’t totally sure about fertilizing.
You must be psychic😮😮 my garlic is waiting in the crisper. I think I have sufficiently fooled it 😎
Here to support!
Those garlic are looking Great! i think you're camping out there, is really going to help! lolz. you should do a video of that.
Please make a video on chamomile from sowing till harvesting
I like big bulbs and I cannot lie!
Great video, thanks for sharing my friend 💕👌
My garlic has been growing in the ground waiting for this update lol. I only have a single set of leaves but some of them have sprouted a third.
Wild watching this after the last 15 months.
I think a skunk might have eaten a bunch of my late snow peas. :(
Hello from Turkey
I like that term, Fertigation
Great video! Full of information and well done. Thank you!
I like big Bulbs and i cannot lie! You other brothers can't deny!
You just watered your garlic bed significantly more on one side than the other ... 😋
Lol.. I noticed that too.
This is very helpful. 🙌 My first garlic planting was also a disaster. Something had gotten to them but don't know what. I'm in zone 8B & I want to try it again in the fall. Is there going to be a part 3 for harvesting? Really looking forward to see yours.
Yes there will:!
Can u make a video for “ how to grow mango “ plz
Big galloping garlic!
I wonder if that skunk got extra skunk points for the added garlic stink ...
Those garlics have two dads anyway!
You’re so lucky u live in s.d. I only wish, palm tree would be my number 1 thing then a orange, lemon lime tree.
When u brought up Wall-E, I thought you were going to compare it to the plant in the boot, not so much the humans!
I'm rootin' for ya Kevin! You can do it!🤗 I'm trying some elephant garlic for the first time this year. The green growth on those is pretty impressive so far. Hopefully the bulbs will be too🤞🏼.
You can do it!
You could interplant corn for shade...💖💗💖 your channel.
Sending BLESSINGS 💚💚💚
Hey Kevin, I'm from germany and to me it seems kind of strange to baby garlic so much. Here if you have a good soil you really just stick them in the ground in either autumn or early spring and pull out the bulbs in july/august. I only ever water them scarcely in drought times. I know your growing conditions vary immensely from mine but i really wouldn't have guessed that it is necessairy to put them in the fridge as I thought the bulbing depends more on daylight length than heat? However i cross my fingers for you and wish you a good harvest and no more skunk incidents!
I am only babying because of when I planted and the varieties need more care here, AND the skunk :)
You should do gardening show like Monty don but with your spin.
Tell all the old Babbas that you need to do all that! They took the garlic cloves. Stuck them into rather undeveloped soil. Watered here and there and waited for their bounty!
I tend to grow my garlic like I grow my berries...plant so many that pests, diseases & wildlife can't take them all out.
Nice vid man
My fav show. Wall E
Any plans to open up the garden straw again? I just saw that it was a few days ago but it’s already sold out. Thanks!
GardenStraw is coming back soon, pre-orders in a few weeks!
So hilarious my dog dug up my garlic three time this year!
Your dog is a skunk FYI
I bought a camera last week lol
Epic Gardening I’m trying to grow Jujube, Starfruit, and kiwi can you give me a guide on the method I need to use to grow these fruits since I have citrus and cactus soil on hand.
If I move my lettuce outside, will it grow more compactly? It’s inside by the window and decently leggy but I’m worried about animals eating it since I back up to a wildlife park. I also live in Texas and it’s starting getting to about 80 during the day
Wondering if you've ever experimented with biochar or have any info regarding its efficacy
Video to come
Wow that's beautiful, I hope I bought the right book to grow food, I got "urban gardner" ok well thanks, your friends near fort tehjon ( there is just good soil up here) have a great day🥑😇🍍🥦🥬🍐🥔🌶🍆🌽🥒🍐🍑🌻🐞🐝🧄🐾🦮
Hope you love it!
Good Morning 👋🦋🦋🦋👍
Nice yard! are you still in California ?
Great vid but I wish you talked about common bugs that invade garlic. Having a great time until I think garlic maggots got to it
Make sure you protect your skin Kevin! I could almost see your skin developing a nice red burn during the video.
I think it was the color correction :P
I have bugs on mine. They look like aphids but I read they don't like garlic. What can I do? The leaves look healthy so not sure if the cloves are :(
Hey Kevin, I'm going to plant raspberries in a container, any advice on soil prep?
Raspberry video is coming up
when is your part 2 of the pineapple video coming out? or if it is out, I can't find It hahaha
Summer!
Did you plant the elephant garlic again?
We recently bought a property and I have been wanting to start planting but I don't know where to start. I keep watching very interesting videos and searching online what should I start doing but nothing makes sense. We are in CT, a much colder zone. We are now in November, is there anything you recommend to do? Do I still have time to plant garlic, or any other vegetable or fruit?