How To Plant Your First Garlic Bed
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video I go over all the basic info you need to know to grow great garlic!
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00:00 - Intro
00:18 - Garlic Breakdown
03:34 - Bad Clove
04:32 - Prepping Garlic
06:34 - Prepping Bed For Garlic
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Would love to see a taste test review of your garlic varieties once you harvest.
Sounds like a plan!
I’m in zone 8a…North Central TX. I always grow hardneck garlic because of the deeper flavor. I’ve had great luck storing it 9-12 months - I dry it really well on a chicken wire frame for 2-3 weeks, then clean and store in mesh storage bags that I hang in a dark closet.
I guess I have never had mine last long enough to test the claim that they last only 6 months haha. I start by eating all my hardneck first then softneck last so lets just say they have no chance even making it to 6 months haha
Misread as "garlic bread" :|
That’s Phase 2! 😂
Much prefer that version 😉
Ooohhh that would be glorious!!
😂😂😂
Lmao 🤣
ha! thank you for uploading this in fall!! i fell into a rabbit hole watching all these shorts on gardening and i was really thinking that it was too late, that i had to wait before i can really get started. im compiling everything i've learned so far and im so excited to begin
Awesome! Fall is a wonderful time to start, less pest pressure and lovely weather!
Good tip on the green garlic.😊 your compost looks so fluffy and light like peat moss.
I’m literally doing this right now! I’ve added the compost and I’m going to till it under after lunch! So timely!
End of Oct I'll be putting my garlic in the ground. I have to grow hardneck varieties. Last year was my first time. Easy to grow. The freshness of the garlic when harvested you can't beat. Like anything homegrown of course. It's such an easy crop to save seed from for the next year. I feel like I need to grow 500 but no space for that lol. I love to freeze my peeled garlic cloves for storage if I feel they are turning bad in the pantry. Now I'm going to try different varieties cuz why not! Lol
I really don't want to do the soak, but seeing as I had virus problems this season, this IS a necessary step! Thanks
Its an extra annoying step for sure, but I am paranoid and I don't want to risk not being able to grow garlic again :)
I like your no cost commitment, I try to use or reuse everything that I see. Doesn't go down well with the boss of the house when I'm cutting up cardboard boxes for another project but inspiration comes from various places including messy patios lol :)
This is my 1st time to grow garlic. Thanks for the timely instructions.
This is my first time planting garlic AND I just received my garlic starts from my favorite seed company! Perfect timing! P.S. I will keep an eye out for sneaky skunk thieves. Nod to Kevin from Epic Gardening and his garlic journey. Lol! ;-)
😂 They really like his garlic
Definitely trying the soak method. This might be a game changer for me! Now all I need to do is keep the squirrels 🐿 from digging up my garlic 🧄! Thx for the tips in the tutorial 🧄🧄🧄🧄
Put chicken wire over it perhaps
Could try laying down a wide roll of burlap until it sprouts perhaps?
@@jacquesinthegarden our squirrels are on steroids. They chew thru mesh 😂 but thank you for the suggestion 🐿
Is there something that they like more, that you don’t care about, that you can plant nearby to distract them? They sound like Wiley little buggers! Lol!
@@amyparker1762 Hahaha, where I used to live, the squirrels were demons. I tried the cayenne pepper trick, sprinkling it all over my raised beds, in an attempt to protect my young plants. I came home from work to find EVERY plantling thrown from here to there, holes all over the beds, and the 2 large plants practically shredded. Looked like a localized tornado had touched down! I think the squirrel called all it's family and decided to teach me a lesson. Last time I ever tried using cayanne again, hahaha!
Nice! I was going to take down my summer plants and grow my fall. Garlic was also coming to mind! Thank you for the video! I had no clue about soaking.
Good reminder, I need to rip out all my frost-bitten basil and prep beds for garlic 🧄 😊 ❄️
Perfect timing! Just got my garlic in the mail today!
Garlic is my most reliable crop 🤣It keeps coming up on its own so I must leave cloves or the little bulbils drop and grow. This year I am planting Ajo Rojo, Inchelium Red and no name mongrels from last year. As usual I have good intentions to be more organized and label. We'll see...
I know that feeling!
Couldn't have come at a better time! Thank you
Love your educational videos!
Garlic planting season might be my favorite. Thanks for the vid
Awesome vid Jacques, great information as always my friend 👍🤙
Got my six varieties in the ground just two days ago... so excited! Thank you for showing these teaching skills ❤
Zone 5b....we grow hard neck...long cold winters here.
Alcohol kills by desiccation/drying so allowing them to dry thoroughly would be most effective.
Great dibble!
Good to know... thank you 🥰
I love your videos 🌱🌱🌱❤️
Central Maine... planted 200 garlic! Music is the best.
Your video reminded me to plant my garlic bulbs that were in my fridge for a while 😅
I love Garlic❤
Growing garlic has been one of the easiest things ever, my crop this year was totally successful.
Just planted my 2023 crop. A bit early for my region, by a week or so, but I find it to be fairly forgiving.
Planted Russian Red, Chesnok Red, Spanish Roja and replanted a few cloves of my Italian Purple and Wild garlic, so I’ll have some to plant next year
Hi @jacquesinthegarden how did your garlic do this year?!? I’m looking forward to a garlic harvest video if you have one!
I did not do a full harvest video, but I do have a short on storing it. The overall yield was great, especially on the Music variety. All the heavy rains however did create ideal conditions for allium rust which did stunt a good majority of my plants. The bulbs formed but were about 60-70% of the size I would have expected them to be.
Hey Jacques. If my garlic don’t come up, can you send me some? 😂.
I am almost certain to have a surplus 😋
Please more nematodes! LOVED this video
Great video! What can I plant near garlic that will grow well?
It seems like most crops can do well but I wouldn't do anything that is too water or nutrient hungry as it will likely outcompete the garlic
I do love ordering from Peaceful Valley!
Is that a calendula blooming at the end of the row?
Strawflower!
This year I’m growing Early Red Italian, Ukrainian Red and Transylvanian all soft neck varieties. I’ve tried Music and other hard neck varieties but I live in Texas and they really don’t do well here. I’ve tried the ones our garden nursery sell but they don’t ever know what variety they sell. It’s frustrating when they can’t bother to know what they have. Happy gardening Jacques .
The softnecks for sure do better, this is the most hardneck I have ever grown personally so we will see how it does!
@@jacquesinthegarden Knowing how well you take care of your garden and your girls (chickens) I have no doubt your garlic harvest will be amazing. Take care and tell Kevin 👋.
Your and Kevin's videos are both on a prep playlist that I plan to reference once my (16x20ft😳😳) greenhouse is done this weekend!
Question! Does the garlic have to go into the ground, or are decent sized pots ok to use?
You can for sure grow it in containers! Its just a long haul container to maintain but works just as well.
@@jacquesinthegarden Thank you❤
Yayy
Very informative!
I didn’t know you could soak your garlic before planting.
Seems so smart, yet I would have never though.
Would you say, something like an onion set could benefit from a soaking before planting as well?
Thanks!
For sure an onion would also benefit but I would probably keep it to an hour max since they are layered.
@@jacquesinthegarden Got it. Thanks for the info!
Should I vernalize my garlic if I live in north Texas? Our winters get very cold down to -10
Broken tool handle, dibber gang! 😎
Jacque,
Do you know if the alcohol, then fertilizer, soak would be effective for other bulbs, corms, &/or tubers (i.e. lilies, tulips, liatris, peonies)? Might be something worth trying. 😊
I am not entirely sure as I don't mess with bulbs much, could be worth trying though!
I've been hearing a lot of scary warnings about composted manure being contaminated with persistent herbicides previously sprayed on animal feed. Is this a concern at all where you are? If so, how do you vet your composted manure prior to application?
In this case I am only using this manure based compost because its organic manure so that should reduce most risks. I also know for example that a lot of local small farms in the are use their compost so I know its good. You can test compost by growing peas in it and if they come up all twisted and weird then it is contaminated. I found this source by messaging a local farm and asking where they get theirs!
What can you tell me about bulbils?
Can I use my Olla's to water my garlic?
Nice. Im in Texas zone 8. Would it be too late for me to vernalize a hardneck through November in the fridge and plant it out in December?
I love your videos but I do wonder whether there’s a point of over-complication. I’m not claiming you’re wrong by any means, I’m sure the sterilise / fertilise is a sound approach but in practice I wonder if it’s necessary.
I’ve been growing garlic for 4 years now and I can’t say I’ve seen many issues. You do get the odd bad clove but you usually plant so many cloves it’s not really an issue. If I was to buy the cheapest vodka I know of, it’s probably still more money than if I just bought garlic to use throughout the year instead of growing it.
No hate! Love the channel ❤
It is for sure not required and last year I can't even recall if I bothered with it. But with garlic the return is quite high. If I increase my yield by even just 20% across 200 heads of garlic that can be quite significant. Of course I have no way of knowing if I increased the yield by any %. As for the disease soak one benefit that is real is knowing that I reduce the risk of bringing in a disease to my soil. With garlic if you contaminate the soil with disease you could basically lock that part of your garden out from garlic growing for many years or maybe forever. Depending on how large your garden is that could mean you don't have anywhere left to grow it.
I have some garlic given to me from someone in town (they grew it). It sprouted on its own. Would doing the alcohol soak damage it now that it has sprouted already? What about the fertilizer soak? This stuff has great root systems and good sized sprouts, but I need to plant it now, whoops. Any advice? I'd love to be able to harvest some, but my main goal is to use the garlic to help repel bugs around my other crops...
I live in Southern Ind.We planted last Oct.Our garlic was a fail.Do you water garlic in cold climates in the winter?That would be pretty difficult.Would leaves be enough to cover?
is the alcohol soak straight alcohol or is it diluted some? thanks
I did straight up 40% alcohol
Do you vernalize before or after breaking the heads apart?
Breaking the cloves apart is always the last step because as soon as you break them up they begin to breakdown
What do you call that tarp-like bin that you keep your compost in
Its actually a product called a "Bagster" its meant to be a one time use haul away dumpster but I bought one and just kept it as a storage device
@@jacquesinthegarden Thanks, Jacques!
I'm in zone 5b - and my garlic has to sit underground through the cold Midwest winter - from November-ish until spring (April/May). In this case, would the fert soak be beneficial or wasted effort?
I was wondering that as well.
Its really hard to tell honestly, I can't really prove that it would even help but most organic farms recommend it when they send the garlic seed out. I do feel confident that it gives it some boost at the start to get roots established quickly. But maybe in cold climates you don't want to stimulate early growth and risk it poking it out of the ground too soon.
I was wondering when why you didn’t pull up the roots from those pepper plants. Is there a reason why you left them in the ground. I pulled up all my plants.
I like to leave the roots in the ground to slowly decompose and feed the soil life. Especially in my climate where it doesn't get quite that cold the roots will decompose quite quickly
@@jacquesinthegarden thank you 😊
Seems to be some kind of global shortneck shortage, can't find it for sale anywhere.
I barely got mine ordered and I ordered early!
Mine didn’t work, strange I don’t know why. It’s 8 months in the ground so it should be coming out next month but I checked - dug down a
Little and no bulbs 🤷♀️ I had a major issue with black afids things all over the garlic maybe this caused the problem.. I grew hard neck variety. annoying as I planted a whole bed of it (2.5metres by 2.5 metres). I’m in australia so mine would be coming out early November but I don’t know what went wrong. Some of the stalks are the thickness of leeks so again done know
Usually its not enough water, or periods of dryness, also at the start of the season hitting it with nitrogen will really get it going fast and then as you approach the last few months you want to stop fertilizing so that it produces a bulb rather than just greens. Lastly if you are in a warm climate and planted hardneck it may not have become cold enough for it bulb properly.
@@jacquesinthegarden thanks Jacques I was so attentive too. It has one more month so will see but it’s not looking good. Those annoying black aphid things really didn’t let up the whole growing time for the garlic. I might try planting a few in pots next year instead
@@thirstymercfan I find my garlic comes up fairly quickly if the temperature is fine. I get some black flies also. They seem to love my chives first, then my green onions. So maybe put some chives around your garlic? I spray the black fly with a strong spray of water if they are overwhelming my chive clump, though I have so many clumps of chives all around the garden, that a lost clump here or there doesn't hurt. I was going to tear out some clumps, but 1) I use a lot of chives, and 2) I think they might attract some things away or off my other plants, and 3) in summer, the hover flies and mantids love the flowers, so the most I do is clip the clumps smaller.
Just a thought.
Is it just plant alcohol or did you mix water with it?
Straight 40% min alcohol, that is why I recommend using the cheapest option, drinking or Isopropyl
@@jacquesinthegarden thank you!
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I’ve tried garlic 🧄, no success mold/fungus got to it. I’ve heard of people adding an organic fungicide (beneficial fungi) to the bulb and soil which helps with the germination and growth initially 🤷🏻♂️. Great in depth video.
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