Thanks for the information, last year was the first attempt at growing Elephant Garlic and really had no idea about those corms. I now plan on using them to increase my volumes of usable and sellable Garlic.
Very good information David. I appreciate it a lot as I'm sitting here with 60 elephant garlic corms and came across your video in my information quest. Wishing you the best.
Hi I’m from Hobart. I’ve planted some corms in mid winter but there’s no sign of it growing. Fyi, I just break the pointed tip of the shell but did not remove it.
That’s a really good question. The outer shell is like the woody cover on stone fruit. It protects the inner seed from drying out and keeps it viable for long periods. I’ve had corms pop up as garlic 2 and 3 years after original garlic crop was removed. I’m not aware of anything that eats garlic (like rabbits or other vertebrates), so I assume it protects them from the environmental elements until the right conditions occur when it germinates 👍😊
Sorry to ask a dumb beginner question but why do you soak the elephant garlic corms in salt water and why do you peel away the hard outer shell before planting? I have a bunch on order and wanted to learn why this is done before planting.
Thank you for your great question. I soak them in Seasol / water mix - Seasol is a seaweed extract (not saltwater) which I soak the whole corm in. This softens the outer layer before I remove it👍
@@vishyswa absolutely. For some reason I’ve seen unopened corms sit in the ground for 2 years and not germinate. But doing this promotes germination when otherwise they’d just sit in the ground.
@@davidpriddy66 I harvested about 20 rounds this season. They are curing in an unlit area. Will they be viable to plant in the autumn (two months)? If so, how close would I need to remove the dried roots? Also, if they are viable, would soaking them in the seaweed solution be of any benefit to them?
@@vishyswa they sure will be great to plant out this autumn 👍 Just cut off the dried roots with a pair of shears or old scissors about half a centimetre. Still give these a soak in a mixture seaweed/water solution for 48 hours before planting out. Your garlic will love you for it.
Good job. Why not cut the tip where the growth comes from first then put in seasol/water for a day or two then plant?
Thanks for the information, last year was the first attempt at growing Elephant Garlic and really had no idea about those corms.
I now plan on using them to increase my volumes of usable and sellable Garlic.
hi sir im from pakistan im going to grow 2 acre of corms this year insha allah i hv learnt much by your procedure plz .thanks alot
Thank you for your kind words😊
Some research out of Egypt looked at the affect of aspirin in helping develop water stress resistance
Very good information David. I appreciate it a lot as I'm sitting here with 60 elephant garlic corms and came across your video in my information quest. Wishing you the best.
Hi I’m from Hobart. I’ve planted some corms in mid winter but there’s no sign of it growing. Fyi, I just break the pointed tip of the shell but did not remove it.
Thank you! More useful info than videos much longer.
This sounds like a good option, thank you.
Thank you for sharing, when is the best Tim to sow corms?
Thanks for your kind words. The best time to plant is in autumn. Here in Melbourne Australian I plant around Anzac Day which is 25th April 👍
i will wait for your more videos about corms sir
How do corms grow in "Nature"???
That’s a really good question. The outer shell is like the woody cover on stone fruit. It protects the inner seed from drying out and keeps it viable for long periods. I’ve had corms pop up as garlic 2 and 3 years after original garlic crop was removed. I’m not aware of anything that eats garlic (like rabbits or other vertebrates), so I assume it protects them from the environmental elements until the right conditions occur when it germinates 👍😊
Very nice imformation
Sorry to ask a dumb beginner question but why do you soak the elephant garlic corms in salt water and why do you peel away the hard outer shell before planting? I have a bunch on order and wanted to learn why this is done before planting.
Seasol is a type of seaweed based fertilizer in Australia 🇦🇺, not sea water.
"Seasol (TM) in water"
NOT
sea salt in water 😂
Seasol is a seaweed based plant fertilizer
Do you soak the corms in saltwater before or after you have removed the outer shell?
Thank you for your great question. I soak them in Seasol / water mix - Seasol is a seaweed extract (not saltwater) which I soak the whole corm in. This softens the outer layer before I remove it👍
@@davidpriddy66 Thanks. Have you found that removing the outer shell significantly improves the germination rate?
@@vishyswa absolutely. For some reason I’ve seen unopened corms sit in the ground for 2 years and not germinate. But doing this promotes germination when otherwise they’d just sit in the ground.
@@davidpriddy66 I harvested about 20 rounds this season. They are curing in an unlit area. Will they be viable to plant in the autumn (two months)? If so, how close would I need to remove the dried roots? Also, if they are viable, would soaking them in the seaweed solution be of any benefit to them?
@@vishyswa they sure will be great to plant out this autumn 👍 Just cut off the dried roots with a pair of shears or old scissors about half a centimetre. Still give these a soak in a mixture seaweed/water solution for 48 hours before planting out. Your garlic will love you for it.
Add some aspirin.
6 tablets:10L water.
A cap of seaweed solution, too
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