This is really good to know. I've grown many things, but not garlic yet. I like knowing that I can grow either hard or soft neck varieties and that this technique will allow for about equal storage. I want to find out for myself if the hype about the difference in flavor is true. If I know I've bought or been given more garlic than I can use right away, I've found that fermenting it is a really great way to store it. I end up keeping it in the fridge, same as you, but something about fermenting really turns up the flavor. Could be especially helpful if there's a bad crop or bland tasting variety, maybe? That's really interesting about all the fake-out varieties of garlic. I may have to look that up to see what they are, and what the copy-cat names are before I select what varieties to grow. Thanks for sharing this. I'm not sure where this garlic intimidation comes from that keeps causing me to procrastinate on having my own, but its much less now after seeing this. Really excellent video. Just curious: what's the material on your ceiling where you have the reused bags hung up? That basket weave texture is really interesting. Something kinda warm and cozy about it.
Garlic is probably the easiest crop to grow where I live, and I think in most places. My parents were so impressed with how easy it is, about ten years ago they started growing it in the tiny garden they tend, and they have a great crop every year. Not big gardeners, but it was so easy they took to it. Here we plant in the fall and it overwinters, even if it gets down to -25°F, and comes up first thing in spring. The ceiling has woven bamboo sheets on it. I didn't want to do drywall because I hate the way drywall looks and it's really hard to install on a ceiling. The bamboo gives a natural look, like the rest of my house.
I've seen garlic braided and hung up, similar concept to your bagging them...any experience in the shelf life difference between your trimming of the stems and bagging vs braiding and hanging?
You can really only braid softnecked garlic. The hardneck aren't really braidable. I usually braid my softneck and cut and bag the hardneck. Softneck is supposed to store longer than hardneck, but I've found that using my method, leaving a longer neck on, they are pretty much the same. Before I started leaving the neck longer I'd cut the hardneck right above the head and they seemed to get more mold and go bad a couple to a few months sooner.
Thanks for sharing :) Just planted a bunch of garlic few weeks back and will plant another batch soon. Can never have enough of it :) Do you harvest the scapes too?
Yes, I do. I love them. Nothing better than scapes sauteed in oil to a brown crispiness and salted. One of my recent videos showed me harvesting the scapes.
Ahh great, Ill look for that one! I´m just in my 2nd year of gardening so just figuring it all out. Can you harvest scapes from both hard and soft neck varieties? Thanks for the response!
i'll tell ya the best way THIS IS NO JOKE! FREEZE it whole even with the peels on it in cloves it don't shrink nor rot> just as fresh as the day you froze it I did a experiment with a whole clove, and it worked was easy to peel slice and JUST LIKE THE DAY IT WAS FROZEN no favor lost either
np at all it keep it from spouting, drying out, and rotting! With no favor lost. It could be if got a ton of it and too my cloves not that big. there soft necks. Less try some! i think you will like it
Hello i bought 500g garlic but i made a mistake by putting it in the fridge maybe one day and then put it in dry place without sunlight didnt know hot to store it, i want to know if i damaged it by putting it in the fridge i mean would it stay stored less if i didnt put it there for one day ?
Putting it in the fridge won't hurt it at all as long as it didn't reach way below freezing temps. Garlic can handle a lot of cold and will just last longer in the fridge. But drier cool conditions will be ideal.
Great info! Interesting about so many named varieties of garlic. I feel like its the same with peppers... seems like hundreds if not thousands even! How to keep track! LOL My guess is that since there are many heirloom types among multiple small communities and geographies the names proliferate but not so much the genetics over shorter time periods. fwiw. Thanks!
Well the thing about garlic is that it is propagated exclusively by vegetative means, so there is never any crossing. That means any changes in the genetics would be by mutation. With peppers, they readily cross with other pepper varieties, though they can self pollinate as well with no ill effects. If you want to keep a variety going, you have to isolate it from other varieties. As with a lot of cultivated food plants, often varieties were selected and adapted to very specific regions of the globe, often even specific fields, over hundreds of years. These days I think the variety names proliferate because people lose track of the original names.
We went to genetic confirmation for our Croatian varieties, and we have confirmed from Eu 4 varieties red and pink Istrian garlic ( very strong ) Lika garlic big clove golden brown clove white outside with lots of foliage ( like a lot) Pure white Slavonian and Cernicki winter garlic.
@Hardcore Sustainable p.s. love your garden, it looks so natural and peaceful without that artificial man made order... i believe that we ate part of nature. Love from Croatia
Good info! I'll be sure to rewatch this when I have my first garlic to store. 😁
Very good and the place very buteaful
Thank you for the video I’m a person starting to grow Texas rose and I’m happy I saw your video on garlic
Glad it was helpful
Thank you for sharing
Thank you. A helpful video about an interesting subject.
This is really good to know. I've grown many things, but not garlic yet. I like knowing that I can grow either hard or soft neck varieties and that this technique will allow for about equal storage. I want to find out for myself if the hype about the difference in flavor is true.
If I know I've bought or been given more garlic than I can use right away, I've found that fermenting it is a really great way to store it. I end up keeping it in the fridge, same as you, but something about fermenting really turns up the flavor. Could be especially helpful if there's a bad crop or bland tasting variety, maybe?
That's really interesting about all the fake-out varieties of garlic. I may have to look that up to see what they are, and what the copy-cat names are before I select what varieties to grow.
Thanks for sharing this. I'm not sure where this garlic intimidation comes from that keeps causing me to procrastinate on having my own, but its much less now after seeing this. Really excellent video.
Just curious: what's the material on your ceiling where you have the reused bags hung up? That basket weave texture is really interesting. Something kinda warm and cozy about it.
Garlic is probably the easiest crop to grow where I live, and I think in most places. My parents were so impressed with how easy it is, about ten years ago they started growing it in the tiny garden they tend, and they have a great crop every year. Not big gardeners, but it was so easy they took to it. Here we plant in the fall and it overwinters, even if it gets down to -25°F, and comes up first thing in spring.
The ceiling has woven bamboo sheets on it. I didn't want to do drywall because I hate the way drywall looks and it's really hard to install on a ceiling. The bamboo gives a natural look, like the rest of my house.
I thought this video was going to be about ways to repel vampires with garlic. Lol. Kidding, excellent video again. Kisses for Banjo!
I guess that would have been a good Halloween themed spin on the garlic how to. Maybe I was thinking of it subconsciously.
I've seen garlic braided and hung up, similar concept to your bagging them...any experience in the shelf life difference between your trimming of the stems and bagging vs braiding and hanging?
You can really only braid softnecked garlic. The hardneck aren't really braidable. I usually braid my softneck and cut and bag the hardneck. Softneck is supposed to store longer than hardneck, but I've found that using my method, leaving a longer neck on, they are pretty much the same. Before I started leaving the neck longer I'd cut the hardneck right above the head and they seemed to get more mold and go bad a couple to a few months sooner.
Very helpful, thank you.
great video
Thanks!
Really nice video!
How long do you let it dry when you first harvest? Thanks for the vid, great info
Usually until all the green has gone from the stems. That means it's fully dried down and has put all its energy and water into the head.
Just subscribed. Thank you for the great video!
Great! glad to have you as a subscriber. And happy you like the video.
I just planted garlic today.
Thanks for sharing :)
Just planted a bunch of garlic few weeks back and will plant another batch soon. Can never have enough of it :)
Do you harvest the scapes too?
Yes, I do. I love them. Nothing better than scapes sauteed in oil to a brown crispiness and salted. One of my recent videos showed me harvesting the scapes.
Ahh great, Ill look for that one! I´m just in my 2nd year of gardening so just figuring it all out. Can you harvest scapes from both hard and soft neck varieties?
Thanks for the response!
i'll tell ya the best way THIS IS NO JOKE! FREEZE it whole even with the peels on it in cloves it don't shrink nor rot> just as fresh as the day you froze it I did a experiment with a whole clove, and it worked was easy to peel slice and JUST LIKE THE DAY IT WAS FROZEN no favor lost either
That would be kind of a waste of freezer space don't you think? I'm still using my garlic from last year with this system.
np at all it keep it from spouting, drying out, and rotting! With no favor lost. It could be if got a ton of it and too my cloves not that big. there soft necks. Less try some! i think you will like it
Hello i bought 500g garlic but i made a mistake by putting it in the fridge maybe one day and then put it in dry place without sunlight didnt know hot to store it, i want to know if i damaged it by putting it in the fridge i mean would it stay stored less if i didnt put it there for one day ?
Putting it in the fridge won't hurt it at all as long as it didn't reach way below freezing temps. Garlic can handle a lot of cold and will just last longer in the fridge. But drier cool conditions will be ideal.
could i buy some garlic from you to grow this fall? thnak you
Sorry, I don't sell garlic, but you can find it from a lot of seed companies. I'd recommend Fedco and Johnny's Seeds.
Great info! Interesting about so many named varieties of garlic. I feel like its the same with peppers... seems like hundreds if not thousands even! How to keep track! LOL My guess is that since there are many heirloom types among multiple small communities and geographies the names proliferate but not so much the genetics over shorter time periods. fwiw. Thanks!
Well the thing about garlic is that it is propagated exclusively by vegetative means, so there is never any crossing. That means any changes in the genetics would be by mutation. With peppers, they readily cross with other pepper varieties, though they can self pollinate as well with no ill effects. If you want to keep a variety going, you have to isolate it from other varieties. As with a lot of cultivated food plants, often varieties were selected and adapted to very specific regions of the globe, often even specific fields, over hundreds of years. These days I think the variety names proliferate because people lose track of the original names.
@@HardcoreSustainable Thank you for the succinct and informative clarification!
We went to genetic confirmation for our Croatian varieties, and we have confirmed from Eu 4 varieties
red and pink Istrian garlic ( very strong ) Lika garlic big clove golden brown clove white outside with lots of foliage ( like a lot) Pure white Slavonian and Cernicki winter garlic.
That's interesting. Do you know how many named varieties there are total that fall under these 4 varieties?
@@HardcoreSustainable I do not I'm sorry
@Hardcore Sustainable p.s. love your garden, it looks so natural and peaceful without that artificial man made order... i believe that we ate part of nature. Love from Croatia
You are very handsome.
Thank you!