How to Grow Garlic (Part 1) | Varieties, Soil Prep, and Planting
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 พ.ย. 2019
- Learning how to grow garlic is one of the more satisfying tasks in the garden. We use it in our cooking all of the time, so why not grow an EPIC amount for home use? In this video we'll talk about how to plant garlic, my favorite garlic varieties, and the difference between hardneck and softneck garlic.
We'll also cover the best way to prepare your soil for garlic, garlic spacing, and some mulching strategies that work well.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
1:03 - Hardneck vs. Softneck
4:10 - Varieties I'm Growing
5:28 - Choosing The Right Cloves
7:07 - Soaking Garlic
8:45 - Bed Preparation
10:31 - Garlic Spacing
11:25 - Planting and Mulching
Hi there, nice vid, waiting for part 2 here :).
@@carollollol same also looking for a good source of garlic to start this next year and continue on
Same. Michigan here.
@@mrmacgregorshomestead233 also Michigan, lol
Lionsntigers his crop probably isn’t ready yet garlic takes 7-9 months to become harvest ready
Day 108 of quarantine: I'm watching a 14 minute video on growing garlic and have fully accepted that I will be finishing the rest of the series although I have no plans of growing garlic anytime soon. I genuinely find this detailed information on garlic to be incredibly fascinating good day
I taught I was the only one. I am watching how to grow everything. Just got that fascination because cannot do anything. So virtual garden is on the way.
Day 203 of quarantine: me too, and there is no part 2...
Try day 300
Knowledge is always good investment.
He’s not too bad on the eyes either 😜
Buy garlic bulb, break into cloves, shove into soil pointy side up, water occasionally.
Growing garlic seems hella daunting after watching this video now 🙁
@@PolishedMissy Growing garlic is one of the easiest crops to grow. I plant Cloves in Tucson, AZ in late fall and they do quite well. The greens are edible and delicious and kinda more useful than the bulbs overall just because you get a constant supply of them.
G H how do you know “wtf” but not “hella”? It means “really” but with a curse-y influence
Tried sticking them in the ground MANY times.
They do not grow big ever. some produce such tiny bulbs it's frustrating
for the amount of effort and money put into watering them for months.
@@yairvsync Perhaps try a different variety, different soil, different time of year? Make sure to use the large cloves for planting. Also, you can't normally expect cloves the size of the ones in the store. Those are not natural, and hard to achieve without lots of fertilization. This is not always true however, certain kinds naturally produce larger bulbs. I planted elephant garlic and got huge bulbs(not a true garlic).
Since he didn't explain it in the video: *Pre-soaking*
Pre-soaking garlic cloves in the solution he mentioned (followed up with an alcohol bath) is designed to kill off any mites or mite eggs that could be hard to see. The alcohol bath afterward is designed to prevent rot or mold. It's considered 'optional', but it's probably worth doing if you aren't quite sure what growing environment the original bulb came from or you *really* need the garlic to thrive. If you're skipping the pre-soak, I'd suggest sticking to container growing rather than sticking 'em in the ground; that way, if there are mites, they won't easily spread to the rest of your garden. If the cloves you're planting came from your own garden or the garden of someone you know doesn't have mites (they're a friend, so ask 'em), the pre-soak is probably not necessary.
I didn't realize it takes so long to grow 😅. I randomly planted one in my garden and it sprouted but I got impatient and pulled it out to see what was going on.
SOOOO happy to find this. My son grows incredible garlic. Mine are always inferior. Edible...but inferior.
We are lovers of the hard-neck garlic....either elephant garlic or the Russian Red garlic.
It's not that we compete.....but we find ourselves comparing our yield.....and he always' wins'. LOL
Thanks so much for these tips. Maybe I'll 'win'; next season....even though we are not competing. 🤣
Good luck! Daughter and I don't compete on our loofahs but... Mine are bigger 😉
i used more garlic in cooking and its quite expensive if japan made .. i dont buy if not local grower so i decided to grow my own .. thanks for the idea..
growing your own food is amazing
You can do that in Japan? I thought you guys were taken over by China and they made it illegal to grow your own food. Otherwise... wdf are you not growing more?! Even in America we started our own gardens, so much so we can now feed our small community. If we opened up decent sized gardens for the community, earth greenhouses, greenhouse in the snow. In tornado areas you can build a dome grow building and the winds won’t effect it. (Already proven to work in FL, so it’s okay to agree on the dome structures) and China has developed a way to turn sand to fertile soil. Yeah, I know it’s China, but the CCP doesn’t control EVERYTHING. They like to think so, but we are proof they don’t. We have so many tools to turn our planet around without hurting the economy! So many ways! But a lot of the ways, the gov has made “illegal” for dumbass reasons!
I hope japan stays/becomes free and safe. Im done with all this fighting and hate. So over it.
1. I love garlic.
2. I could not stop thinking about how you're wearing flipflops with a jacket! LOL!
LOL #CaliforniaGardener
Rowen that is the SoCal winter vibe! Lol flip flops, shorts and a scarf are common in November too. Ahhhh SoCal livin'
People in New York will wear beanies in summer while wearing shorts and short sleeves.
hahahahh he is hilarious .i laugh without voice alone
I'm a California girl too from North Orange county and totally do that too. Never thought about it being weird lol
One of the very few channels I trust when it comes to gardening. Love the content!
Love your channel man!! Absolutely a must have tool in the arsenal for any gardener new or seasoned. I tend to grow many varieties of peppers each year and still come back to check in on the updates/nuggets of knowledge you provide.
Kevin, the prep & details make all of the difference... THANK YOU for going the extra mile!! I've got mine planted with shallots too, (zone 9/10). They are going well for the 1st time (fingers crossed). As far as the little cloves: I like to plant them shallowly, in-between so I can harvest as greens & don't have to bother peeling! Plus, that fresh, baby garlic is OMGoodness so special! Love what you are doing!! 💞
Very cool idea! Yeah, the little cloves can definitely be grown as green garlic!
I can’t believe I never knew you can grow garlic like this. I can’t wait to watch the whole garlic series!
So super fun fact about my state - back before the industrial revolution my state was a major producer of garlic. That is an understatement - basically people grew so much garlic in the 1800’s that today in 2021 my town has a bunch of garlic growing all over the place. I haven’t purchased a single garlic seed as all I have to do is kinda look around my backyard as soon as the snow melts & just select the garlic I want to propagate. I then break the cloves apart and grow them in a pot. If you go to the other side of my state you’ll find a bunch of wild onions and I have a theory that the onions will arrive naturally in a few decades. 😂
Love the passionate nerdiness . Your vibe is awesome!
This is one of the clearest videos I’ve found about rosemary. Thankyou! 🙂
Love having a set garlic bed as well as planting near the tomatoes/brassicas/peppers- usually have my garden planned for spring so I know what goes where..
...grows nicely and helps the NEIGHBOR plant with bugs..
Thank you so much for your well-paced and information-filled instructional videos!!
Your fertilizer mix is working wonders on my garlic crop. Biggest, healthiest looking crop I've ever grown.
I’m so you did this video! I’ve waited all year to chill and plant garlic in Florida. Can’t wait to see what happens this winter!!!
Anxiously awaiting part 2, Kevin. Hurry up and crank out the next video so I can see all your garlic. LOL
Skunks dug them up, it's in his recent Q&A
@@Lishamarriott1 OH NO! All that work! Darn those skunks!
My 11 month old likes your show. We watch a lot of it. She's my best garden helper already :)
Hi Kevin! I found this channel very helpful, thank you so much, appreciate it. Impatiently waiting for the second part of this video
Such a convenient video with a wealth of information...right on-time. Time to prep my beds and garlic for planting!
I've grow garlic for several years, zone 4, plant in October. Add mulch 2-3 wks later, I use straw.Then comes the snow! The snow melts in April, garlic pokes through the straw in May. I love watching how other people do things, you can always learn something new.
planted in early november last year and right now i've got bigger bulbs than any shown in this video, same as last year....
Wonderful! As always. Thank you for sharing all of the types of Garlic with details!
I never ever say this to any channel. But I love what you are all doing with this channel.
Love a garden channel with jazzy music and B-roll 😌💕 🌱🌿
Fascinating and so helpful...thank you so much for all your attention to detail!
This morning I thought, I would like to watch a video on growing garlic. After scrolling through the first few search results I found Epic Gardening, one of my favorite channels! 🌱🌱🌱
I'm late in planting mine, it's now march and I live in northern MA on the border of NH. I'm growing in bags so I hope I've got something decent by the time frost hits in October or November. I did do cold stratification in my fridge for like 8 weeks so hopefully it grows well. If necessary I'll bring it in n put it under grow lights if I have to. Anyways I've got 2 kinds one hard neck and one soft neck. I've made my own soil and have used coco coir , vermiculite, perlite, alfalfa meal, rock phosphate granular, worm castings, oyster shell, epsom salt, rock dust, chicken compost, compost plus I've got fish n kelp liquid and root ruckus, my worm castings are from my own worms and my grandson's got a rabbit so I can add some of that 😊. I just wanted to make sure I have many amendments so that me and my family get all that goodness from what I'm growing. I'll be planting them in a few days so if you have any recommendations then please hit me back, I'm open to any advice. Thanks your video has been really informative. I've got alot of fruits planned this year and for now I'm starting everything in bags because I plan to move sometime this year and want to take it all with me, thanks for sharing💐😊
Elephant garlic is definitely the best. It has the most yield, huge gorgeous flowers, grows like a weed, and has good amount of flavor. It doesn’t even need amazing soil or nutrients they really grow anywhere so that’s the kind I would recommend.
I love and appreciate your channel. When I decide to grow something new, I can almost always find one of your videos to steer me in the right direction. I'm a bit jealous of your growing climate, but that's OK. I always learn something, and usually quite a lot. Thanks for the work you put into these videos.
I’ve planted some in a plant pot in my kitchen! Great for adding the garlic greens from the top to your cooking.
Couldn't agree more, green garlic is so delicious
Thanks for showing the beauty of our city. 👍👍👍Way to represent 👍👍👍👍
Hi, you really solved my problem here. Everyone said it is easy to grow garlic like put itu in the water and they grow. It was eventually the garlic i used was not the same type. It was hardneck garlic i use. You said it needs to put in the fridge. So i did it for a month. They weren't sprouted in the fridge like my shallot, so i cut them half and saw a little sprout in there. I put the rest in the soil, and they developed some roots in only 2 days. I know because the roots pull up the cloves and i can see the white roots down there. Thank you.
Awesome video!!! Thanks for sharing!!! Garden-preneurs are the salt of the earth right now and you have an awesome way of sharing content. Thank you. :)
Great video! Really Looking forward to Part 2.
I found a beautiful purple glazed hardneck garlic at the store and I can't wait to plant it. I have 2 bulbs to separate and plant. Some I will grow annually and some perennially.
I learn so much watching your channel. Thank you for sharing this information. This is my first year planting garlic. Containers prepped, bulbs on order, waiting for post. 🤞
choosing the right cloves
my experience with garlic so far is that the initial clove doesn't matter much at all. they all have the potential to form a nice big plant and subsequential produce decently aswell. Only discard if you have more than enough cloves for the amount you want to plant.
Just bought elephant garlic to plant. So glad you’re showing how to plant that species. I’m planting it around my two small raised beds to deter Japanese beetles 🪲 as much as to enjoy growing garlic.
I plant the tiny cloves for garlic greens, delicious with eggs
Best garlic video, thanks!
Aloha. Really enjoy your videos. I'm also from SD. Moved to Hawaii 4 years ago. I appreciate your tips. I have quite a variety growing in my backyard now. It's an amazing blessing to open my front door and pick papaya, mangoes and bananas for breakfast. I'm currently cultivating green onion, serrano peppers, rosemary and pineapple. I just watched your ginger video, so I'll grow that next. I have access to vacation rental condos on the beach if you ever decide to visit. Thanks.
Im growing garlic for the first time, got them in a tad late but we got a lot of frosts after and extended into spring, so they still got activated. 5 varieties and will hopefully end up with 60 ish bulbs.
That xian variety looked cool. I think farmer's market customers are pleased to buy things that they can proudly display in their kitchen and tell their family and friends how they met this cool person at the farmers market and hey look at these unique vegetables they sold me
13:28 My favorit part, very informative *thumbs up*. Thank you!
Definitely going to try growing some
Thanks for this Mr. Epic and for all the good stuff you have posted previously. Just planted some garlic in Nakhon Sawan Thailand following your instructions. Let’s see how it goes 😊👍.
That 365 Pale is soooooo good!
Great informational video! I recently planted garlic and they’re already sprouted and about 6” tall. I thought they would be ready in 3-4 months, didn’t realize they need almost double that! I’m in 8b
Hahah, yeah mine have sprouted too, hoping they don't grow up too fast!
Thank you so much for all your videos!
I like to plant the little cloves in small pots or in corners of my garden and harvest them as spring garlic. I use them just like spring onions.
Awesome garlic planting tutorial 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👊👊👊👊👊👊👊
Patiently waiting for part 2 :)
And the little ones are fun and cute to pickle.
Interesting, may give it a try.
Seperated and dumped a store bought clove into a pot of dirt in Late November. It's January, about 4 inches tall now. We'll see what it looks like in the spring/summer.
Waiting on part two!!
This is exactly what I was looking for. Im in Texas zone 8 vernalizing hardnecks from November 1st until December 15th when its cold hopefully thats not too late to plant
Omg and you’re in San Diego !! Perfect
Thanks!
I had a couple clove on some garlic I got from whole foods starting to grow now in March so I'm a bit tempted to try and grow it
when is it time for the next Garlic video? :)
can't wait.
I just bought your book and I'm loving it! thanks for all of your knowledge.
sharing the love!
Skunks dug them up, it's in his recent Q&A
great tips!!
Awesome information friend😊
wow! ...that WAS epic ...I live in northern canada , zone three, I plant at the first frost, mulch, the ground freezes solid (this year two weeks of -37 C) ...garlic is always the first plant to appear in the garden .,..I plant 8 varieties, all hard neck ....Cheers ...love your channel ...can't even concieve what it is like to garden in zone 10 B .....
misha snow, good morning fellow Canadian. I’m in zone 4a (-30c) and planning to grow garlic for the first time. Have you had any success growing garlic in containers or raised beds? Full sun planting? What type of hardneck garlic have you had success with? Any helpful hints would be GREATLY appreciated. Stay safe! 🇨🇦🌞🐞
@@sncddb Spacing is important ...one clove every six inches maximizes bulb size ..so you can grow in pots with that in mind (the closer the cloves, the smaller the bulbs)...rasied beds would be perfect ..lots of sun, the usual six hours required .... plant cloves after or just before first frost (NOT HARD FREEZE) ...plant 4 inches deep ...mulch with autumn leaves ...if you want to grow canadian grow Fish Lake# 3 and Northern Quebec ....they never fail ..I buy garlic from Norwegian creek Garlic Farms ..Best wishes ...
I have very limited raised bed space so also have a lot of container planting. Garlic planted in pots after the first frost with mulch: Do you know, would they survive outside or in an unheated garage in -25 or colder? Stay safe! 🇨🇦🌞🐞
@@sncddb how big are the pots? Garlic is pretty tough ...like lilly or tulip bulbs (which I grow) ...but the bigger the pot/cpntainer the better ...maybe plant deeper (6inches) ..bunch the pots together and cover with leaves ...once it snows, snow also acts like a blanket and that's good ...you will loose your garlic if there is no mulch and no sow covering them when the winter winds blow...I don't grow garlic in pots, but that's what I would do if i did ...I wouldn't bother putting them inside your pots might dry completely out. ....the garlic should show up some time in mid May ....best of luck!
Loving the garlic episodes. What would be helpful, and because I can't find it anywhere, is what they each taste like. You mentioned that with Thai Garlic in episode 3...I think.
Waiting for the next part.
Really Graceful sent me, I can’t wait to dive into your videos.
Great video! 👍
I dig your winter style, Kevin. That would be me wearing a North Face jacket and flips flops in NC.
no part 2...? :( it's now april 2020.. I was really hoping to see a progress video. Still dropping a like tho. Would to see if you got any yield from this. New gardener here. Learning as much as I can.
Me too. I was just going to ask about the follow up video.
Garlic takes a very long time to ripen, our garlic just started to form bulbs.
It's July... Please can we have part 2..... Even if it means snails ate the lot! We need to know!
@@Lishamarriott1 Yup!
Here in St Louis we usually harvest around June. Hoping it will come soon.
Your videos are dope!!!! Thanks for all the info!!!!!! I'm HYPED to try to grow ginger! I kept picking small pieces previously and nothing would happen.....🤦♀️ Gonna work on garlic too!
What i find myself watching 3 in the morning
I am having some garlic growing issues... like for realz. I get it started and then it croaks. But I was not giving it cold time and was sprouting the whole bulb until it rooted then breaking apart and planting. Other people say they have good luck with this but not me. They would grow a little and then no mas. So I'm going to try this new method.
You’re awesome. Ty
I used the small planting cloves next to my roses.
Damn that’s amazing! I did not even know we have so many different types of garlics! Lol tq
I can’t wait until fall to start planting garlic in the fall
Thank you for this series. My family loves fresh garlic I’ve tried growing but have had mediocre success. We try your methods , I feel confident I’ll do better now. Also, love the Hapuu or tree fern on your lanai.
New subscribers from the BX trying to grow everything from my apartment. Lol. I have a snake plant that I’m trying not to kill also have 2 avocado on sticks regrowing.
Epic bro
Thanks boss
love love love the music! :)
Wow didnt know it was that hard. I used s clove from the store snd split it apart into the different sections and planted them individually. I didn’t know a thing about it but thats what i heard, but each piece produced another whole clove.
Wait... I can grow garlic in San Diego?!?!? Awesome! Thank you! Love your channel!!!
I wish I could. I can grow garlic in a pot and after half a year I get one garlic head if I did everything right. Exciting.
Fall is coming and I am getting all the information I can because my garlic from last year was a bust.
I just plant whichever cloves start sprouting in the fridge lol. It actually works and they all grow!
Dig the music 👍🏼
I've recently taken up growing a couple pots of cilantro for the occasional taco night, now that I've recently purchased a house I think I'll be adding garlic/ginger to the list.
Pepper plants are apparently pretty easy to grow, too, if you're looking for some home-grown kick. You can even bonsai it for a more manageable size that you can put on a desk or coffee table.
Just heard you lost the crop due to skunks. Next time ring your garden area with moth-balls. Best skunk repellent there is!
Thank you for info, although we only get our garlic from Denmark, I know now soft neck makes me crazy to peal :D
Just checking in. I didn't see a part two, so I wanted to see how the harvest went.
Would love an update on this.
wow, just planted some garlic
Read your mind ;)
DUDE, THANK YOU for the detailed information...the comparison of varieties...the recommendation to be DESCRIMINATORY when selecting the LARGEST CLOVES for planting...also the pre-soak (and the gentle reminder to use a "labeling system"), bed prep...each detail so helpful.
Your channel and videos are so great for those of us who are neophytes to FOOD GARDENING...as it can be rather heartbreaking to invest so much time & then to miss a crucial step (such as removing the arrows/flowering stems to direct more energy to the CLOVES/BULBS) and to harvest such miniscule "bulbs" after so many months.
This is a detail I neglected to attend to in the past...even though I HABITUALLY beheaded my tulipas and oriental lilies the first year, sacrificing a year of bloom for the betterment of the bulb itself.
It never occurred to me to remove the flowering stems of my garlic even though I did so for my CUT FLOWER bulbs. It's ironic that I did not do so with a food crop wherein the BULB is the end product.
I suspect you'll detail this later...but I learned long ago that if one was too impatient and cut a long stem with leaves the first year...it was likely the BULBS would NOT SURVIVE. It is logical this would be a crucial step in growing a bulb food crop.
I did tons of research into discovering the "best of species" for my cutflowers. I suspect it might hold true in vegetable gardening...but in ornamental gardening...one finds that some heirloom cultivars or species Rosa/bulbs/perennials have a far greater value to a gardener as they have a grace and beauty not found in "Popular" & "readily available" genetic stock. Is there such trends in vegetable gardening? I am genuinely curious.
I found the varieties (of ornamentals specifically if one wanted cut flowers) which SELL/are offered in typical nurseries is not necessarily the BEST cultivars...and research and diligence in seeking out a particular cultivar which is vastly superior to the "popular" trends is so satisfying. I grew plants which were noticeably superior to the "generic" fare pushed by nurseries which invariably focused on NOVELTY cultivars.
The generosity of other gardeners is a delight to me and I've found bulbs/own root cultivars (in the case of roses) which are truly "plants with impact" & so superior to those ORNAMENTAL plants which are typically easily sourced. One does not want to jeopardize a RARE or DIFFICULT to source heirloom variety as they tend to disappear from commercial retailers.
Maybe this is not a problem with NON ORNAMENTAL cultivars....but it truly SURPRISED me how DIFFICULT it was to source these vastly superior cultivars.
Favorite 👀 🐯✨🤟🏽👏🏽
I tried growing ginger, and well, it didn't turn out well. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. You seriously should make a T.V. series; not only a book and TH-cams and podcast, etc. I consume a lot of garlic and that more for medicinal purposes. It works. Will try this.
Garlic seems to grow really well in my refrigerator