Jeff, now I’m 75 and still love gardening. If my memory gets a little fuzzy, I refer to my Ripe Tomato Farms video library. Questions answered. I reference your videos to anyone interested in gardening. You get a Gold Star! Keep em comin’.
I've got 8x hardneck in a wooden drum out back. My first year trying to grow it. Super excited to see if I get bulbs! Also put a few softneck in indoor pots a few days ago. They already sprouted!
I plant mine 6 inches apart in rows 8 inches apart. My hard neck are about the size of a baseball and my soft neck are about 2/3 that size. And I’ve had 100% germination for the last three years!
Planted hundred bulbs and 4 in apart on October 31st 2023. Ended up with only 80 as of today. Didn't know there were a few mice holes nearby and they killed one full row, they maybe voles. The bulbs were definitely chewed and roots were gone. Will plant some here now that it's spring in Idaho and the road that I lost and will hopefully get some garlic at the end of the season My other ones are really good. Only have about eight elephant garlics and the rest are regular and so excited.
Here in Northern PA I have grown at 9" spacing in 3 staggered rows for decades. Last season I dropped it to 6" un-staggered 4 across and yield dropped off. I find the size of the clove also dictated the resulting size of the harvested bulbs. But there is soil fertility and rain but, last season I was surprised when we went for almost 6 weeks with no soaking rains. When I started harvesting the roots were so deep, I almost hade to use a long digging spade. So I guess... nature knows best and will do its thing. 1/3rd of the Bulbs and cloves were huge, and the rest were average of smaller in the tighter spacing rows. The big thing for all of us is to try different spacings and planting and see what works best for us in our local and gardens. Just keep planting.
I fond you can grow garlic and Kale right in the middle of a strawberry patch, I also use compost tea with fish and crab shells, I don't worry about much.
I love growing garlic and am trying to get better results. Last 2 winters have been the pits weather-wise. Zone 6B in New England. Have had to wait until very late October for suitable temps and a decent sounding long range forecast. All will be good for about 2 weeks then it will get warm (even at night) and rainy. I grow in Vivosun 7 gal fabric pots. I find that 4 cloves will give me good spacing from the side of the container and give me the 4 inches from clove to clove. If I only have 3 suitable cloves I get like 6 inches. I'm assuming that is OK. This will be the first year that I will use wood ash later on in the growth cycle. Keep these great videos coming !
Jeffe! 😎thank you so much for the tips, i planted my soft neck garlic last October, pulled one out a week ago and it has two big cloves on one side but it needs some more cloves on the other, plus I don't think there's enough dead leaves, but I was really eager to see the progress! 🤷♀️So cool, they definitely need some more time! Yours always look beautiful and bulbus🧄💋❤️🧄 goals 🤞
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thank you!! I watched another video recently that said the same thing, sometimes it's not always about the date , but how it looks, weather changes, this is such a fun learning experience 💪😎❤️💋- Nina🧄zone 10a central coast Cali
RIPE TOMATO If I planted my cloves back in winter, and they sprouted and have been growing for the last two months did I plant them to early? Also what makes some come up and not others? There's a gap of about 10 ft or so where I haven't seen any garlic greenery. I'm in zone 7b, if I didn't plant to early, is it too late to POP some cloves into the ground now to try again?
I did the same and only half of the bulbs took. It was too warm at night to plant and first frost didn’t happen til November around thanksgiving. The bulbs were starting to get mushy but I planted them anyways and could be why some did not take.
Hi Elisabeth....that is how Garlic is grown. The hardneck kind that is. It is planted in the fall, overwintered in the ground, may or may not sprout early, then is harvested the following summer, roughly 8-10 months after it is planted. That is its normal life cycle. Hardneck planted in the spring won't grow any bulbs. Softneck might, but you'd need a FAST-growing one.
@@juliefromusa2245 Yup, happens all the time. Its why people usually overplant. As you get going you learn to pick out the best bulbs and get less and less die-off. 🙂
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thank you for responding! I have only planted cherry tomatoes and with great success. My first time planting garlic but I planted them 4 inches apart per instructions. I think I had them to long before planting because they were mushy and we had a late first hard frosty! I’m in zone 8b coastal but can we plant like in late fall regardless of waiting for first hard frost?
Jeff, I planted about 18 Garlic cloves and it seems only 8 made it. I am in zone 7b and they are about 8 to 10 inches tall and since some did not sprout can the rest be transplanted to bunch them up a little? I have gaps of about 15 to 20 inches between plants and I could use the space for other plants. Thanks, love you content.
Jeff, I’ve been growing hardneck garlic without a problem for over 10 years and , but this year my garlic got hit with what I think is brown rot/ slippery skin. I am over in the Fraser valley. Do you have any suggestions? Should I remove it all? Where do you send plants for testing?
According to Jeff, soft neck is warmer climate. Plant in spring. Hard necks get planted year before, in late fall. The winter chill has something to do with provoking bulb growth.
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Jeff, now I’m 75 and still love gardening. If my memory gets a little fuzzy, I refer to my Ripe Tomato Farms video library. Questions answered. I reference your videos to anyone interested in gardening. You get a Gold Star! Keep em comin’.
I've got 8x hardneck in a wooden drum out back. My first year trying to grow it. Super excited to see if I get bulbs! Also put a few softneck in indoor pots a few days ago. They already sprouted!
Growing both....I love it! Let us know how each work out!
I plant mine 6 inches apart in rows 8 inches apart. My hard neck are about the size of a baseball and my soft neck are about 2/3 that size. And I’ve had 100% germination for the last three years!
Awesome. Don't fix what isn't broken!
I also mulch heavy with leaves and straw to keep the weeds down. Garlic does not like weeds!
Planted hundred bulbs and 4 in apart on October 31st 2023. Ended up with only 80 as of today. Didn't know there were a few mice holes nearby and they killed one full row, they maybe voles. The bulbs were definitely chewed and roots were gone. Will plant some here now that it's spring in Idaho and the road that I lost and will hopefully get some garlic at the end of the season My other ones are really good. Only have about eight elephant garlics and the rest are regular and so excited.
Noooooooo! Rats were messing with mine....not eating them, just destroying them for fun it appears. Best of luck!
Here in Northern PA I have grown at 9" spacing in 3 staggered rows for decades.
Last season I dropped it to 6" un-staggered 4 across and yield dropped off.
I find the size of the clove also dictated the resulting size of the harvested bulbs.
But there is soil fertility and rain but, last season I was surprised when we went for almost 6 weeks with no soaking rains.
When I started harvesting the roots were so deep, I almost hade to use a long digging spade.
So I guess... nature knows best and will do its thing.
1/3rd of the Bulbs and cloves were huge, and the rest were average of smaller in the tighter spacing rows.
The big thing for all of us is to try different spacings and planting and see what works best for us in our local and gardens.
Just keep planting.
Experimentation is never a bad thing!
I just found you so glad I did this is awesome
Cheers Kenya, glad you liked! :-)
I fond you can grow garlic and Kale right in the middle of a strawberry patch, I also use compost tea with fish and crab shells, I don't worry about much.
I LOVE garlic. So much so that on occasion I've eaten so much of it that my saliva got so think, I had a hard time breathing through my mouth.
I love growing garlic and am trying to get better results. Last 2 winters have been the pits weather-wise. Zone 6B in New England. Have had to wait until very late October for suitable temps and a decent sounding long range forecast. All will be good for about 2 weeks then it will get warm (even at night) and rainy. I grow in Vivosun 7 gal fabric pots. I find that 4 cloves will give me good spacing from the side of the container and give me the 4 inches from clove to clove. If I only have 3 suitable cloves I get like 6 inches. I'm assuming that is OK. This will be the first year that I will use wood ash later on in the growth cycle.
Keep these great videos coming !
Jeffe! 😎thank you so much for the tips, i planted my soft neck garlic last October, pulled one out a week ago and it has two big cloves on one side but it needs some more cloves on the other, plus I don't think there's enough dead leaves, but I was really eager to see the progress! 🤷♀️So cool, they definitely need some more time! Yours always look beautiful and bulbus🧄💋❤️🧄 goals 🤞
Thanks Mama! Don't be too quick. Ultimate bulb size happens when the plant looks essentially dead! 🙂
wait wait wait....🧄 garlic pulls in my yard start around the 4th of july. 💜
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thank you!! I watched another video recently that said the same thing, sometimes it's not always about the date , but how it looks, weather changes, this is such a fun learning experience 💪😎❤️💋- Nina🧄zone 10a central coast Cali
Những cây 🌱 tỏi phát triển thật tốt 👍.
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Jeff, what to plant after garlic ? 😇😇
RIPE TOMATO If I planted my cloves back in winter, and they sprouted and have been growing for the last two months did I plant them to early? Also what makes some come up and not others? There's a gap of about 10 ft or so where I haven't seen any garlic greenery. I'm in zone 7b, if I didn't plant to early, is it too late to POP some cloves into the ground now to try again?
I did the same and only half of the bulbs took. It was too warm at night to plant and first frost didn’t happen til November around thanksgiving. The bulbs were starting to get mushy but I planted them anyways and could be why some did not take.
Hi Elisabeth....that is how Garlic is grown. The hardneck kind that is. It is planted in the fall, overwintered in the ground, may or may not sprout early, then is harvested the following summer, roughly 8-10 months after it is planted. That is its normal life cycle. Hardneck planted in the spring won't grow any bulbs. Softneck might, but you'd need a FAST-growing one.
@@juliefromusa2245 Yup, happens all the time. Its why people usually overplant. As you get going you learn to pick out the best bulbs and get less and less die-off. 🙂
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thank you for responding! I have only planted cherry tomatoes and with great success. My first time planting garlic but I planted them 4 inches apart per instructions. I think I had them to long before planting because they were mushy and we had a late first hard frosty! I’m in zone 8b coastal but can we plant like in late fall regardless of waiting for first hard frost?
What do you use for mulching the garlic
Straw, grass clippings, shredded leave, seaweed, or a combination...
Jeff, I planted about 18 Garlic cloves and it seems only 8 made it. I am in zone 7b and they are about 8 to 10 inches tall and since some did not sprout can the rest be transplanted to bunch them up a little? I have gaps of about 15 to 20 inches between plants and I could use the space for other plants. Thanks, love you content.
If you compare growing garlic in growbag or in land, do you put different fermentation…..
Jeff, I’ve been growing hardneck garlic without a problem for over 10 years and , but this year my garlic got hit with what I think is brown rot/ slippery skin. I am over in the Fraser valley. Do you have any suggestions? Should I remove it all? Where do you send plants for testing?
What about row space? I seem to have good success with four rows across a 1.2 m wide bed.
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Wait wait wait! Was I not supposed to plant my softneck garlic bulbs last fall??
According to Jeff, soft neck is warmer climate. Plant in spring. Hard necks get planted year before, in late fall. The winter chill has something to do with provoking bulb growth.
Depending on your climate, you can plant your softnecks in fall, winter, OR spring.
@@ugib8377 Exactly!
I don't know, my climate is very humid and garlic grows much better with more space than 10cm otherwise I get problems.
I can’t keep the sand flies in it of the soil to keep them from killing the plants.
How does one keep squirrels and cats out of the garden?
Unfortunately with those guys Brad, netting is the only way.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Netting helps
You got the bulb distance but not the rows. Half the info