Good morning Jordan , I was wondering if you knew where I could get some compost cheap. I live in Delta . I heard there might be a place in lLadner but I couldn't get a name? Thank you
I’ve watched a couple of your videos and as someone who has grown garlic for more than 10 years, your recommendations are solid. The only thing missing is specifying what kind of compost you are using: yard waste, composted manure, mushroom. I’m sure you get the idea
I have had a strange garlic experience. Two falls ago at the last minute I could not find any hard necks to plant, so I threw in a row of soft neck as an experiment. Living in North Dakota I expected nothing and just a few shouts came up which just died down to the ground. Well, I planted my hard necks as usual last fall, and they came as usual this past spring. Well, the surprise was the soft necks from 2 falls before came surging up into giant plants and outdid the hard necks and produced as you say the biggest honkers I've ever grown. All I do for winter protection is place a few inches of straw for protection, remember this is zone 4.
@@IceLynne I'm confused though. That means the soft necks never actually died, they just went dominant for an extra year, somehow. I live in 6b, and was thinking of doing that this year, because I didn't Purchase as many of my Siberian hard necks as I should've.
I've been growing large garlic (german hardneck variations) for 40 years. Recommending you chop the leaves for fall mulch and then leave them on in the spring. Just pull it aside as the cloves start to peek up. Easy and effective. Like your channel a lot btw - it confirms my years of experimentation... BTW we are in upstate NY - zone 5 ish, but getting warmer every year.
I'm a bit lower than you, in Broome County area. Our growing zone is 6a, and this'll be my first year doing garlic. Hope I get similar luck with my Siberian, because I had no clue what to buy. And yes, we are getting hotter up here in NYS. It got over 100° a couple times.
I agree with you about leaving the mulch - without the 40 years of experience, hats off to you. I understand the concept behind being able to add food right at the base of the plant however I want to keep the soil mulched. Also I've had some really great harvests using liquid 5-1-1 added to fermented plant juice (super juice as TNOG and more call it. I too grow German Extra Hardy among others in Michigan zone 6a. Thanks for sharing your experience.🙋♀
So this year I heard another gardening channel - Garden Like a Viking - suggest that removing the scapes might not make that big of a difference. I did not conduct a very solid experiment, however I did leave the scapes on many of my plants and I let them flower and mature. Some of them were smaller than their neighbors but not all. I've started a few other experiments for next year. It's great to meet other garden scientists.
I like that you proved to people why there's recommendations for planting depths and what happens if you do something different! Thanks so much for giving us all a superb visual lesson ☺ I loved it! New sub 🤗
As I scientist myself, I love your scientific approach to growing garlic. I'll be following your recommendations now that I know the experimental basis for them.
Great video, thanks for sharing. I too add worm castings (homemade? homegrown? 🤔😄) and mix it them in with the soil right before planting my cloves. Take care! 🙋♀
Excited to up my garlic game with winter leaf mulch and a spring addition of 4-4-4 fertilizer. I do a simple braid on my hard neck so I can hang them easier. Thanks for the info
I grew elephant garlic this year for the first time and unfortunately planted very very late. But Still had an amazing harvest tho it could have been doubled it is now most definitely my very favorite.
@@MindandSoil I actually already do! Your Chan is an excellent source and often validates my own trials! Thank you for all the time and information you share.
@@louiseeckert1574 yes … some people claim that it is not as hot as the smaller heads of garlic … but I tend to disagree. I’m guessing it would depend on growing circumstances as well. I’m especially looking forward to growing enough of it next year to make several quarts of black garlic out of it as well.
Hi Could you kindly make a video on how to grow garlic commercially on open fields and what spacing are best, Could we grow garlic in pots and what would be the depth to grow garlic effectively in pots.
Is there any problems with Horse Manure, beyond aging and turning, as your compost? It's a bit hot so we age it about a year before adding it to our beds.
AWESOME Thank you ! Tell me: Should I cover my leaves in the Fall so the wind, etc. doesn't blow them all off? Tarp? Or will that create too much moisture? Thanks again!
Thanks for showing the full process! My garlic this year was the biggest I have ever grown, but I will follow this guide for the next crop. One note I have noticed: For the planting date, I am in Zone 5b right next to the Atlantic ocean. Climate change has caused our local climate in the city to fluctuate wildly from day to day until into mid December. It might be cold on our first frost date, and stay cold at night, but the next day could be 20 degrees by 10AM. Then the next day could be crisp and cool. With that in mind I have pushed back the planting date to a time when I am sure its going to stay cooler to avoid the garlic sprouting too early or rotting in the ground. Last year it was November 16th, the year before it was the first week of December!
I grow Music. I might diversify. Russian Red is claimed superior to Red Russian. I just snap off the scapes. Sheers are unnecessary. I grow in mostly cow manure, with some chicken and horse on yellow soil. I'm going to try adding vermiculite. I use your spacing, and it works for me. I'm in zone 4a and I'm still harvesting. Tomorrow is the last day. I have some crazy huge honkers. I cover with straw. Wild turkeys can be an issue. Then they move on. I don't go by 5 leaves. 3-4 is what I go by, and it works. I prefer to chop the roots off right away. If it's only aesthetics after all. Finally, I only go by the weather forecast for planting. They are exceptionally inept at predicting the weather, but I want the soil to be cooling, so I work with a margin and grains of salt.
I tried to grow garlic just outside of the tropics. A dismal failure as my later investigation showed that garlic is grown in Siberia. Garlic needs that extreme cold. I’m now living in a temperate zone on the east side of uk & this year I’m going to try again.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. Psalm 126:5-6 KJV
3:45 You completely fail to understand no dig if that is your approximation. No dig has a mulch of compost over the native soil (which you have excluded for some ungodly reason) - the plants grow in the soil still, they just have the mulch for protection. Using compost this deep you might as well try and grow in crushed glass, at least for a good few seasons until eventually it weathers to become soil.
As I scientist myself, I love your scientific approach to growing garlic. I'll be following your recommendations now that I know the experimental basis for them.
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Good morning Jordan , I was wondering if you knew where I could get some compost cheap. I live in Delta . I heard there might be a place in lLadner but I couldn't get a name? Thank you
I’ve watched a couple of your videos and as someone who has grown garlic for more than 10 years, your recommendations are solid. The only thing missing is specifying what kind of compost you are using: yard waste, composted manure, mushroom. I’m sure you get the idea
I have had a strange garlic experience. Two falls ago at the last minute I could not find any hard necks to plant, so I threw in a row of soft neck as an experiment. Living in North Dakota I expected nothing and just a few shouts came up which just died down to the ground. Well, I planted my hard necks as usual last fall, and they came as usual this past spring. Well, the surprise was the soft necks from 2 falls before came surging up into giant plants and outdid the hard necks and produced as you say the biggest honkers I've ever grown. All I do for winter protection is place a few inches of straw for protection, remember this is zone 4.
Wow! That's very interesting!
@@IceLynne I'm confused though. That means the soft necks never actually died, they just went dominant for an extra year, somehow.
I live in 6b, and was thinking of doing that this year, because I didn't Purchase as many of my Siberian hard necks as I should've.
Very interesting.
Thank you for being the Project Farm of gardening
I've been growing large garlic (german hardneck variations) for 40 years. Recommending you chop the leaves for fall mulch and then leave them on in the spring. Just pull it aside as the cloves start to peek up. Easy and effective. Like your channel a lot btw - it confirms my years of experimentation... BTW we are in upstate NY - zone 5 ish, but getting warmer every year.
I’m in Michigan, a 5a zone, on the 45th parallel. So excited to plant garlic this fall, good growing!
I'm a bit lower than you, in Broome County area. Our growing zone is 6a, and this'll be my first year doing garlic. Hope I get similar luck with my Siberian, because I had no clue what to buy. And yes, we are getting hotter up here in NYS. It got over 100° a couple times.
I agree with you about leaving the mulch - without the 40 years of experience, hats off to you. I understand the concept behind being able to add food right at the base of the plant however I want to keep the soil mulched. Also I've had some really great harvests using liquid 5-1-1 added to fermented plant juice (super juice as TNOG and more call it. I too grow German Extra Hardy among others in Michigan zone 6a. Thanks for sharing your experience.🙋♀
I love harvesting garlic and potatoes because you never know what you’re going to get. It’s so fun.
So true!!
I love that you are sharing all the testing you have done. Thank you
So this year I heard another gardening channel - Garden Like a Viking - suggest that removing the scapes might not make that big of a difference. I did not conduct a very solid experiment, however I did leave the scapes on many of my plants and I let them flower and mature. Some of them were smaller than their neighbors but not all. I've started a few other experiments for next year. It's great to meet other garden scientists.
I've been growing garlic for at least 10 years. I really appreciate your show consolidating all of your research.
I like that you proved to people why there's recommendations for planting depths and what happens if you do something different! Thanks so much for giving us all a superb visual lesson ☺ I loved it! New sub 🤗
As I scientist myself, I love your scientific approach to growing garlic. I'll be following your recommendations now that I know the experimental basis for them.
Love it! Lots of experiments to come so stay tuned!!
I simply LOVE your videos! You make it so clear what to do and how to do it with just enough science. Keep em' coming... Thanks so much!
Great video, thanks for sharing. I too add worm castings (homemade? homegrown? 🤔😄) and mix it them in with the soil right before planting my cloves. Take care! 🙋♀
Excited to up my garlic game with winter leaf mulch and a spring addition of 4-4-4 fertilizer. I do a simple braid on my hard neck so I can hang them easier. Thanks for the info
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❤ Nice.... I love your expository teachings/videos 😂 I love garlic...❤😂
First time watching Great info ❤😂 well made vidio❤
Excellent episode. What a wealth of information. Thank you for sharing.
Great video sir! Do you need to rotate crops or can you use the same spot every year?
I grew elephant garlic this year for the first time and unfortunately planted very very late.
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Still had an amazing harvest tho it could have been doubled it is now most definitely my very favorite.
Nice one! Yeah use these tips and it will do amazing next year!!
@@MindandSoil I actually already do! Your Chan is an excellent source and often validates my own trials!
Thank you for all the time and information you share.
@@harmoneecatcher2281 Love it!!
Is elephant garlic as strong in flavour as normal garlic?
@@louiseeckert1574 yes … some people claim that it is not as hot as the smaller heads of garlic … but I tend to disagree. I’m guessing it would depend on growing circumstances as well. I’m especially looking forward to growing enough of it next year to make several quarts of black garlic out of it as well.
I would recommend that you harvest them when the soil is dry, not wet or moist. I am a little surprised that you don't lose any after harvesting.
Double harvest. You can also eat those garlic scapes as well!
Great job 👏
Oh, will definitely do closer spacing if I can. Would like to plant something else in-between though...any ideas on good companion plants.
Lovely video.
Hi Could you kindly make a video on how to grow garlic commercially on open fields and what spacing are best, Could we grow garlic in pots and what would be the depth to grow garlic effectively in pots.
Hi. Great video, thanks for sharing. I'll be trying out hardneck garlic in November. I am wondering how often you water them during the fall?
Is there any problems with Horse Manure, beyond aging and turning, as your compost? It's a bit hot so we age it about a year before adding it to our beds.
Neat thank You for all your hard work ')
Are you using your homemade compost? I can’t make enough and the compost you buy is mostly forest products.
This is amazing. Thank you.,
Lol the kit says “want 3 free cloves? Order before 2 days ago to get them!” 😂😂😂
Oh great catch!! Just updated :D
AWESOME Thank you !
Tell me: Should I cover my leaves in the Fall so the wind, etc. doesn't blow them all off? Tarp? Or will that create too much moisture?
Thanks again!
Love the channel. Thank you
My pleasure Erin!!
I plant soft neck in zone 5 with great results
Thanks 😊
My pleasure Bailey!!
Do you continue to water straight up to harvest or should you stop watering a couple weeks before harvest?
No till is not using 100 percent compost - it is minimally disturbing the soil plus top dressing with compost, preferably just before the winter.
Correct
Great vid
My garage is hot and humid!
Our garage gets hot and mildly humid. Wondering where it's best to store garlic in our house.
More info on 4-4-4 ? Please
I live in south Florida. Can I still plant the red russian even though I am down here? Thank you
Ever had allium leaf miner or root maggot? It’s very frustrating. What would you do?
I just harvested my first real garlic growing. Not a bad harvest. Wish they were bigger but definitely not a failure.
Thanks for showing the full process! My garlic this year was the biggest I have ever grown, but I will follow this guide for the next crop.
One note I have noticed: For the planting date, I am in Zone 5b right next to the Atlantic ocean. Climate change has caused our local climate in the city to fluctuate wildly from day to day until into mid December. It might be cold on our first frost date, and stay cold at night, but the next day could be 20 degrees by 10AM. Then the next day could be crisp and cool. With that in mind I have pushed back the planting date to a time when I am sure its going to stay cooler to avoid the garlic sprouting too early or rotting in the ground. Last year it was November 16th, the year before it was the first week of December!
Where do you get your compost from? I cant find quality compost anywhere
I get mine from sea to sky soils and I make a bunch at home as well
Was that vermiculite or perlite? My vermiculite is sorta greenish grey.
I grow Music. I might diversify. Russian Red is claimed superior to Red Russian. I just snap off the scapes. Sheers are unnecessary. I grow in mostly cow manure, with some chicken and horse on yellow soil. I'm going to try adding vermiculite. I use your spacing, and it works for me. I'm in zone 4a and I'm still harvesting. Tomorrow is the last day. I have some crazy huge honkers. I cover with straw. Wild turkeys can be an issue. Then they move on. I don't go by 5 leaves. 3-4 is what I go by, and it works. I prefer to chop the roots off right away. If it's only aesthetics after all. Finally, I only go by the weather forecast for planting. They are exceptionally inept at predicting the weather, but I want the soil to be cooling, so I work with a margin and grains of salt.
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I tried to grow garlic just outside of the tropics. A dismal failure as my later investigation showed that garlic is grown in Siberia. Garlic needs that extreme cold. I’m now living in a temperate zone on the east side of uk & this year I’m going to try again.
I followed ecerything until it got to the storage. What was in the storage box? They seemed to be lying in some kind of soil-like substance.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Psalm 126:5-6 KJV
What would life on earth be without the glorious shining light of the Word? Thank you!
Not everybody has the irrigation option, so missed the watering part for about 80% of the viewers.
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What about the people in the Caribbean
If that is your head of the year, you are doing it wrong.
3:45 You completely fail to understand no dig if that is your approximation.
No dig has a mulch of compost over the native soil (which you have excluded for some ungodly reason) - the plants grow in the soil still, they just have the mulch for protection.
Using compost this deep you might as well try and grow in crushed glass, at least for a good few seasons until eventually it weathers to become soil.
That white screen was so annoying. Too bright
Could not finish watching because your voice was muffled and the music was too loud and distracting.
As I scientist myself, I love your scientific approach to growing garlic. I'll be following your recommendations now that I know the experimental basis for them.
Do you recommend unshredded leaves or shredded?
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