Spring Garlic Maintenance Must Do's
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- The best garlic growers do these things every spring! These 5 essential spring tasks will be the difference between a mediocre harvest, and an epic one!
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Happy Gardening Jeff yeehaw!!
You too! Half way through the week!
Not mentioned but worth it to pop in and say hi new subscriber here 😀 a tip for the scapes is to blanch then freeze them or pickle them or even better is to grill them for an amazing snack 😋
Love your channel!!!
Awesome, thanks for the tip! I wonder how many different ways there is to prepare these guys!
@TheRipeTomatoFarms personally I love them grilled with olive oil and a touch of lemon pepper 😋
Hi Jeff, always a pleasure to watch your videos. Always have plenty of useful tips & dvice too. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊
Perfect timing for the video. This is my first crop of hardneck garlic. I have marked in on my calendar to feed my garlic, zone 5 here. Thank you for the other tips as well. -Lar
Right on Lar! Has yours sprouted up yet?
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Yes they have. They are a foot tall now. We had a very warm winter.
@@lar113 you're well on your way! Should be good!
I absolutely love your videos and I watch them all! I learn so many new things from them! 🌿
Waiting for a garden tour!
Thanks Ramen! How's the garden going for you so far this year??
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms we went through a heat wave last month and I've lost a few plants, but the rains have arrived this week and I'm feeling the garden is about to swing right back into form! I've learnt using mulch from your videos and the plants take the rain with such grace! ♥️
Love your videos: simple, informative, well made. Thank you.
Thank you Jeff for your reminders. This is my third year growing hardneck garlic and I've had great success with your videos and my dear friend Sherry who guided me into my first year. She has since passed away but in my heart everyday. ❤️
So sorry for your loss 💗 My garden reminds me of knowledge my mom gave me as well. Wishing you all the best this garden season
We're nearly there, nearly there!!!!!
It's been 8.5 months!!!!
Woooo hoooooo o :)
I added worm castings to the soil when I planted the bulbs last fall. Definitely seems to have improved the size of the garlic plants. Hopefully that will translate to big bulbs. The straw mulch seems to help too, that was a great tip.
100%. Worm castings and good compost? Can't be beat!
Thank You!
Cheers!
Jeff, can you please make a video about growing garlic in the spring instead of fall
It might seem an odd thing to.do but one thing I do when I give the final feed is to trim my garlic plants by removing the lowest couple of leaves (which are typically flopped over onto the ground by that stage) and then cutting back all the other leaves by about a third. This seems to help them thicken up their stems (and therefore bulbs) over the remaining weeks before harvest as well as reducing the risk of rust, which can be a big problem sometimes. Seems to work anyway.
Right on Dave, I'll try that with a few stems this summer!
Omg. So I just found your channel. We moved here to Steilacoom, Washington, about 6 years ago because my spouse got offered a new job. I've been trying to grow things with the shorter season I'm not used to. I need to relearn agriculture 😢.
Hoping your channel will help. ❤
thank you for the reminders! I totally forgot about the second feeding. So much to do, so little time 😊but in the spring, there’s no place I’d rather be than in the greenhouse and garden.
I planted about 30 gloves. 15 were grocery store bought and 15 were organic. about 4 of the organic survived and two of the store bought survived the winter in Detroit.
I planted early in the fall and they sprouted quickly. Maybe that's why.
I had a thick branches mulch on top of them because the squirrel kept digging them out. I since removed them and about to add organic humus.
I cannot wait to dig up my bulbs! This is my first year growing it. I already have plans to throw my scapes into a rice noodle stir fry with orange infused soy sauce!
As it is my first year, I do have a question. I see you grow them in those wooden beds, the smaller raised ones at 5:05 . How deep is your soil for those? Mine are sitting in a wooden barrel, and looking at how big my plants are getting, I am definitely thinking of deepening the soil post harvest, in preparation for this fall/winters planting.
Thanks for all your garlic videos this year! It has been really great to watch along!
Nice, sounds like you're on top of it! My shallow wood planters are only 6" (15cm) deep. That's all they need. 8" (20cm) is better though. They do have pretty big root systems.
Just in time 😊
You betcha!
❤Thank You 😊
Cheers! Thanks for checking out the video!
Thanks for the info learn a lot about garlic
Cheers Jeff, thanks for watching! 🙂
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Thx for this vid & great info
Cheers Kimber, thanks for watching! 🙂
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Cheers! 🙂
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Harvesting and curing video next please
I got you covered both ways in ONE video!: th-cam.com/video/A9qUN_FSCjg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=cFBJ_oTEO7l6ID19
Great information,iam in abbotsford so I will do this tommorow and again in 6 weeks
i dry the scapes and then i grind them up for garlic powder
Beauty Debbie! Just a regular food dehydrator?
@@TheRipeTomatoFarmsii let them air dry on the counter until they are dry then i grind them in to a powder
@@debbieboullion5864 even easier!
Can we do the same for the onion scapes? Would be nice to see your garlic harvest 😊Do the same rules apply to soft neck garlic?
No, onions shouldn't be flowering for you. They are all biennials, but only garlic is triggered to thinking its year #2 because it goes through a winter. Onions normally don't. Softneck doesn't grow scapes, that's one of its main differences. Here's the harvest video: th-cam.com/video/A9qUN_FSCjg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=kCFx79TRy6GyLxTm 🙂
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms my green onions keep growing for two years and then they grow scapes so I was wondering if I could eat the scapes of my green onions before they go to flower and seed. Like how you fried up the garlic scapes. Can I do that with my green onion scapes and eat them? I do let some of my green onions go to flower for seed so that I can collect some for my next planting.
Well I’ve followed your tips this time round so if it fails I get to blame you instead of me(for a change) 😂😂😂
Ha ha yes, that is very true!
First time growing my own hard neck garlic, so this is just in time! Do you think that "home made nettle tea " would be adequate fertilizer?
Heck yeah, that would be a GREAT nutrient boost!
Thanks a lot, very helpful…about feeding is it the same in pots….🤔
Hi Jeff! Thank you very much for the tips! I always learn a ton from your videos. Really appreciate them. I have a question. We have a really big problem with slugs this year (Austria near the Slovenia border), and they are attacking my garlic. What do you do to get rid of them? Gathering them up once a day is not helping. Rebecca
Thanks Rebecca! Sorry to hear about the slugs. Night hunting and beer traps are all that have ever worked for me.
I haven't tried beer yet. Will do!
@@beckyvienna4144 Report back with the results! 🙂
Try sprinkling cracked egg shells,🐌hate it n helps me out on most slug infestation 🤸
@@melissaharland5609 they really do hate crawling on that stuff, true!
I grew garlic last year just to have something growing in a bed with extremely poor soil, and somehow ended up with some decent sized cloves. I still have some now, and that's after planting another crop last fall.
Is there such a thing as too much? Not so far.
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Oh no... Never too much! Nice work!
Thanks for the info! I was checking out my garlic yesterday, thinking I should look up the next steps. Also, what size grow bags did you use?
Right on Tascha! I grow mine in the 7 gallon bags. Bigger than the 5's, but not as heavy as the 10's get! 🙂
Hi! My first feeding should have been in March, but my 80 year old mom fractured her arm around then and I got distracted caring for her and didn't feed then. Do you think I should go ahead and feed now and just skip the second feeding? Not sure what to do.
So sorry to hear that, I hope she's ok! Yes, I'd go ahead and give a big feeding now. The plants will be just fine!
Thanks- great video! I was hoping to grow bush beans after I pull them but read otherwise. Thoughts? Zone 3b
Oh yeah, its all about timing. Check your window of time....maybe even pre-sprout the bush beans to buy you a head start.
Hi, Jeff
I’m always tempted by the bags of straw like you’re using….looks like it’s much easier to use. Would you say it’s economical in how far it goes compared to bales?
Some of the two new varieties of hardnecks I planted last year are showing some odd yellowing within the leaves. Mostly in muddled striations…not sure what is going on, but I’m thinking it will make it to harvest. My standby varieties aren’t and haven’t ever shown this.
Southern tip of Ohio here.
Garlic scape pesto for freezing has become a favorite!
That is probably Leaf Rust. Google search, "what causes garlic leaf rust"
What I've read is excessive moisture in soil/air and over crowding. Good Luck
Hey Cherry, I used to go for the bales, but it almost always had hay in it. Hay sprouts, straw doesn't. So once I found the refined, cleaned straw for cheap, I never looked back. Two $8 bags does me for the whole year! 🙂 I've had leaves get markings....I feel its pH and nutrient related. Never seemed to harm the bulbs though, let me know how you make out with yours!
Thank you this was very helpful. I live in zone 5B and this is the first year I have succeeded in having (some of my) garlic survive til Spring. In recent years I get a lot of Winter warm ups and then plunge back to single digits again. My poor garlic made 3 or 4 false starts at growing and when I finally got my last warm up only like 1/4 of it came up. The same thing happened to me last year but none survived.
Do you think I need to provide more Winter protection than just mulch? I dont know what would help since the warm ups are so great..
That is 100% the issue with our current weather extremes. We get a normal winter, all is dormant, all is fine, then boom a warm spell that tricks everything! You on the right line of thinking with the thicker mulch.....really bury and protect it....that's the secret,
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thanks. :)
Is this the same thing for softneck garlic? This is my first time growing garlic here in Florida 9b. Thanks for the help 😃
Yes, everything except the scapes.... Softneck doesn't grow them
The scapes are wonderful. I made some scape butter last year and it’s delicious! I would like to get some organic straw for mulch but however, I don’t know where to get it from. Just isn’t know if grazon would be in the straw. Where do you get your straw from?
I hear you on the grazon. I get mine from my local feed barn. Haven't seen a company step up and sell it online yet.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I was at the nursery today and asked if they had any organic wheat seed.. I would like to broadcast some in one of my plots this year. Then I thought .. I could just use that straw when I harvest the wheat! Duh! Hahaha.. then I will have some organic straw:).
Holy crap, do you already have scapes? Mine aren’t even beginning to do that. 😕
Thank you for this video. I learned so many things about garlic from this video. I just started growing garlic last year, just winging it. This year, my garlic flowered. I didn't know if that was the normal cycle, and it was bringing in the pollinators, so I just left them alone. Now I know I should have cut the shapes off before they flowered. I'm still learning by my mistakes. 😊 happy gardening from zone 9b SW Florida
Thanks! Yeah, the scapes can definitely be left on. I do think the amount they affect the bulb size is overstated a lot.....but they for sure sap energy from the plant. I've always cut mine just to be sure. 🙂
Hey Jeff, my garlic has been planted since November 2023 and now here in May 4 it has a bunch of little blade's come out , they are small blades and I don't know how to explain it but I've never had this to happen before so hopefully you can tell me what's going on with it . Thanks
That's pretty much normal Shirley. Planted in the fall, they go dormant....then they sprout in the spring. That's the normal order of things that you want. Some sprout in the fall, especially if its warmer, but its not desired.
Have you ever tried wood ash on your garlic for a late fertilizer application; still adhering to the 6-8 week rule of no ferts prior to harvest time.
Yes, had no issues with it. Hard to say if it made anything better than any other year though. But it won't harm your garlic.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I saw a video of an Aussie who uses it. Since I had a crap load of branches from a windy winter I decided to burn them and then used it on a few items. I can tell you lettuces, spinach, beets and arugula love it. My garlic got some and as you said its hard to tell if any growth was due to the ash.
@@MorroccoM13 Yeah, the boost is definitely nothing to sneeze at....I say go for it!
Hey Jeff I'm growing strawberries do you know why the young green fruits have their seeds going black in spots. Anyway of fixing this? Thanks and great video as usual
Hey Norris, the black spots are usually because the immature fruit has been exposed to frost are colder temperatures. Basically, the plants produced fruit too early.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Hi thx for the reply is the fruits still edible?
@@norrisllama5884 black spots won't hurt you, but generally those fruits dying get very large in the end.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Last thing, there is black spots on the strawberry with white in the middle I think it's leaf spot, is there any hope of treating it? 🤞
@@norrisllama5884 once the berries get black spots, if it's cold damage, then no, there is no treatment.
Can I put coffee grounds with water added to my garlic plants
Yup, it certainly won't hurt your garlic in any way.
This year the squirrels tore up our beds hiding nuts so we are only getting half this year next year will be taking precautions but I never have had this issue before
Oh man, I hear you on that. It was rats this year for me...sigh.
I was wondering about squirrels. We have way too many & they dig & eat anything
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms in our green house we had a mouse that tore up some garlic in there as well along with getting into all our fertilizers making a huge mess
about the squirrels, buy a box of granulated bloodmeal(CIL at canadian tire) sprinkle it on the soil after planting, it will deter the squirrels they don't like it.
@@paulineanderson3985 I will give that I try thank you for the tip
I planted my garlic in February and I live in a place where my last frost date is in May. Is that still going to give me a harvest this year? I realize it takes 9 months I think for garlic which would give me a harvest somewhere in November. And I plan on planting more at that time to do it right this time lol. This is my first time planting garlic. Very thankful for your information.
Tough to say Mel. Normally, not. Hardneck garlic needs that freezing period in the ground to stimulate the bulbing process. Without it, all you get are greens.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms We had snow storms after I planted it. I will let you know what happens.
Are the greens edible?
I live in Ohio. In fall of 2019 I didn’t get around to planting my garlic. I put it out in March 2020. I still got a harvest of garlic heads with individually developed cloves in July. It was a couple weeks later than usual and the heads were smaller than usual. But it still worked! You might still have gotten enough chill hours with planting them in February. If it didn’t work, then the heads will consist of a single clove rather than multiple individual cloves.
The entire garlic plant is edible. In early spring the greens are more tender. You might see “green garlic” at the farmers market when the whole thing is picked early.
@@meljordan220 yes the greens are quite tasty when young! Like green onions but with a garlic aftertaste....delish!
Do you do onions the same way
Hey John, although they are related, no, onions are not really grown the same way: th-cam.com/video/ht9NOqX5YJw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Qscjr41FyMivQIQW
Another awesome vid! Been watching for about 5 or 6 yrs I think. Is a 5 2 2 fert the "best" strength if u will 4 garlic? Cheers from the West Kootenays!🇨🇦
Thanks for the support! I like the slightly higher Nitrogen, but fully balanced works as well. Garlic itself is just modified leaves, so really a higher N can help. I dilute to what the bottle says and that's it! 🙂
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Right on! Thanks!
@@homernextdoor5950 no problem!
Where do you get your straw from anything I found so far has seeds in it and cause a great pain as the germinate...
I hear you on that. I lucked out and my local feed barn sells it. The company is called "GardenStraw".
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thanks for the info
I use a mulch of shredded leaves each year and my garlic bulbs are generally getting bigger every year.
So, I'm new at this growing stuff. I had some garlic and some of the bulbs started sprouting. So I planted them and they seem to be growing good, but they had no roots when I planted them. They were just sprouting and I thought I should plant them so they can grow. They are 4" apart in 6" soil, but I didn't throw mulch on top. They are in a trough on my screened-in porch. I guess this is all wrong? You can't plant them until fall? Will these fail? Should I not have done anything until fall? I'm so sorry for my ignorance. This is something I should have knowledge in already. I'm only starting to grow my own food now and have no clue what I'm doing. I'm learning as I go/grow😜. Any help would be appreciated. I already learned a lot from your vid, which I am grateful for.🙏
It sort of depends Nikki. There are two types of garlic: softneck and hardneck. In warmer climates, softneck can be grown and planted in the spring and doesn't need a winter chill. They can be harvested in as little as 4 months! Hardneck types though are only fall planted as they need a winter dormancy. So it really depends on what type you have and where you live. This video explains it more thoroughly: th-cam.com/video/0myu7eGTCSI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=yS_PolGH3rd4BIle
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@@TheRipeTomatoFarms you literally have a whole list of vids in your video description on everything I'll need to know about growing garlic! Geez! I usually check the descriptions too! I'm so sorry. I'll be sure to check next time. Anyway, thanks again. Your channel is HUGE help! 🙏
@@nikkisantana8943 Ha ha a few years of making every kind of video I could on garlic! I hope they help!
Ive got 2 year old hardneck planted, will this still be good? It was very small last year
Two years old? And the cloves were still alive??
@TheRipeTomatoFarms I'm assuming so. It's coming up?
@@MyFavoriteColorIsBLUE Keep us updated on what the harvest looks like!
My hardneck garlic I planted last fall was looking awesome. It suddenly started leaning over. I'm guessing I recently over fertilized it or I'm over watering it....???🤔🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻😭💔
Yes, that's usually the case Robert. The stalks should be very sturdy and hardy, especially after enduring a winter and all the elements.
It could be allium leaf miner. I live in Northern England and we had never had that pest until last year but it badly affected my leek crop in the autumn so my garlic has been under insect-proof mesh since March and will stay under it until harvest. Taking no chances!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I seriously don't think it's pests or disease because they all seemed to lean over at the same time. At least most of them. 🤷🏻♂️
@@robertevans8024 Yup....seems environmental to me Robert.
Zone 6a, I have excellent luck growing garlic in the dewitt weed barrier, 6 inch spacing. No mulch is needed as long as it's hardneck garlic, and hardly any weeding required. I grow my onions the same way, so you could plant the garlic you wanted in the fall and fill out the rest of the sheet with your large onion varieties in the spring.