This was amazing information. I had been sick and didnt harvest my 40 garlic plants. Now there is hope I could see garlic again in the Spring if I just leave them alone.
Great video, Jeanette! When you harvest your perennial garlic, do you only take some and leave the rest in the ground or do you harvest everything and start from scratch? Also, great tip about the pesto with a nut allergy. We have one in our house but I'm excited to try some hamade pesto now! 😍😎
I harvested it all this year, because of our move. But yes, you can harvest some and leave some in the ground. Also, you can let some of the scapes grow into the bulbils and drop to the ground to grow more as well--I forgot to say that directly in the video.
I just ordered hardneck garlic, thanks. I once had perennial elephant garlic that reproduced well, but didn't know the difference between hardneck and softneck.
I’ve just moved into a house in the last year with a garden that has perennial garlic. Last summer our garlic was all over one section of the garden. Tons of it. This year it’s sporadic and spaced out. The seeds that grow at the end of the plant, how do you know when they are ready to harvest? When planting, how deep should they be planted and what’s the spacing?
Yes, you should clear some out regularly or else it will compete for nutrients. The seeds (bulbels) at the ends are ready when the stalk falls over and they are laying on the ground. I plant garlic 2-3 inches deep. Good luck!
The top with the bulblets/bulbels on it falls over to the ground and will grow from there. The foliage typically winter-kills or freezes and starts growing fresh in the spring.:-)
Hello, even though you specifically said HARDneck, still... Are SOFTnecks possible to become endless supply too? Would leaving the softneck bulbs as ease under the soil, not die/rot, and become perennial themselves? Please reply, thanks in advance, from the Philippines.🧡
All garlic can be an endless supply. Just save your biggest heads each year to plant the next year. Separate the bulbs before planting for even-shaped heads. Soft neck will grow again if not harvested / left in the ground. The more rain your climate receives the more likely it is to rot. If you receive a lot of rain, dig up in the summer when the bottom 3-4 leaves are brown. Replant around annual first frost date. Good luck!
I grow soft neck garlic perennialy in zone six. I'm in a very rainy climate so I planted it under a tree where it stays drier. I use it for spring greens so the bulbs never get large enough harvest.
The heat should only be a problem if you are also wet--in which case it might rot, and should be harvested in the summer. The bigger challenge in 9b might be not enough chill hours. So you may need to harvest your garlic, chill it, and replant it.
Hey Jeanette! Quick question, as I haven’t found the answer on the internet…. Our perennial garlic didn’t split into individual cloves at all, and just look like an onion … any idea why that might be? The garlic had been left for several years to it’s own devices without care before we moved in… Some split into heads, but most are about the size of a lime, but no cloves, just one solid piece of garlic. Thanks for the great video!!
That is so weird! Have you watched my growing guide for large heads of garlic? th-cam.com/video/Qr7M2fMVbxA/w-d-xo.html I have two ideas of what could be going wrong: 1st Maybe they do not have enough nutrients. Give them a good drench of liquid seaweed (fertilizer) mixed with water in the mid to late spring. 2nd Make sure not to pick them early--the cloves plumping up is the last thing happening before harvest, so don't shortchange the plant at that point. The plant should have 2-3 sets of dry leaves on the bottom before you dig them up. If that doesn't help then pull out the undesirable heads and make sure you are only planting cloves from the largest heads next year. --Good luck!
I suspect what you thought was a head was really only a huge individual clove. Elephant garlic grows the clove you planted into a lime-sized one the first year; if left in the ground for another year or more, it will grow into a big head with multiple large cloves.
You can pull it all or leave some behind, as long as your late summers are not too wet. For Texas you should buy "pre-chilled garlic". And when you start harvesting your own, you may need to put it in the fridge or freezer for 6 weeks before re-planting.
This was amazing information. I had been sick and didnt harvest my 40 garlic plants. Now there is hope I could see garlic again in the Spring if I just leave them alone.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! I had no idea and was going to cut all my scapes today. Not now. lol. I'll leave a few for garlic seeds.
Great plan--it's fun to experiment int the garden.
Great video, Jeanette! When you harvest your perennial garlic, do you only take some and leave the rest in the ground or do you harvest everything and start from scratch? Also, great tip about the pesto with a nut allergy. We have one in our house but I'm excited to try some hamade pesto now! 😍😎
I harvested it all this year, because of our move. But yes, you can harvest some and leave some in the ground. Also, you can let some of the scapes grow into the bulbils and drop to the ground to grow more as well--I forgot to say that directly in the video.
@@wanderingstarfarmhouse You are our own personal Gardening Wikipedia. Thank you, Jeanette! :)
I just ordered hardneck garlic, thanks.
I once had perennial elephant garlic that reproduced well, but didn't know the difference between hardneck and softneck.
Oh, excellent!
Thank you this was really helpful you covered everything I wanted to know with lots of great visual examples
You're welcome--glad it was helpful!
I’ve just moved into a house in the last year with a garden that has perennial garlic.
Last summer our garlic was all over one section of the garden. Tons of it. This year it’s sporadic and spaced out.
The seeds that grow at the end of the plant, how do you know when they are ready to harvest? When planting, how deep should they be planted and what’s the spacing?
Yes, you should clear some out regularly or else it will compete for nutrients.
The seeds (bulbels) at the ends are ready when the stalk falls over and they are laying on the ground.
I plant garlic 2-3 inches deep.
Good luck!
@@wanderingstarfarmhouse Thank you! 🙂👍
Thanks for the video. Good information.
Do you cut the dead tops off the hard neck for its second year in ground?
The top with the bulblets/bulbels on it falls over to the ground and will grow from there. The foliage typically winter-kills or freezes and starts growing fresh in the spring.:-)
Hello, even though you specifically said HARDneck, still...
Are SOFTnecks possible to become endless supply too?
Would leaving the softneck bulbs as ease under the soil, not die/rot, and become perennial themselves?
Please reply, thanks in advance, from the Philippines.🧡
All garlic can be an endless supply. Just save your biggest heads each year to plant the next year. Separate the bulbs before planting for even-shaped heads.
Soft neck will grow again if not harvested / left in the ground. The more rain your climate receives the more likely it is to rot.
If you receive a lot of rain, dig up in the summer when the bottom 3-4 leaves are brown. Replant around annual first frost date.
Good luck!
I grow soft neck garlic perennialy in zone six. I'm in a very rainy climate so I planted it under a tree where it stays drier. I use it for spring greens so the bulbs never get large enough harvest.
Hi!
Found you when looking for perennial garlic. I’m in zone 9b and we get really hot. Is it possible to grow soft neck garlic as a perennial?
The heat should only be a problem if you are also wet--in which case it might rot, and should be harvested in the summer. The bigger challenge in 9b might be not enough chill hours. So you may need to harvest your garlic, chill it, and replant it.
Excellent--thank you.
I'll sub your channel 562 sub gardener girl. You even referenced Mark from SSM. Cheers!
Hey Jeanette! Quick question, as I haven’t found the answer on the internet…. Our perennial garlic didn’t split into individual cloves at all, and just look like an onion … any idea why that might be? The garlic had been left for several years to it’s own devices without care before we moved in…
Some split into heads, but most are about the size of a lime, but no cloves, just one solid piece of garlic. Thanks for the great video!!
That is so weird! Have you watched my growing guide for large heads of garlic? th-cam.com/video/Qr7M2fMVbxA/w-d-xo.html I have two ideas of what could be going wrong: 1st Maybe they do not have enough nutrients. Give them a good drench of liquid seaweed (fertilizer) mixed with water in the mid to late spring. 2nd Make sure not to pick them early--the cloves plumping up is the last thing happening before harvest, so don't shortchange the plant at that point. The plant should have 2-3 sets of dry leaves on the bottom before you dig them up. If that doesn't help then pull out the undesirable heads and make sure you are only planting cloves from the largest heads next year. --Good luck!
do you get frosts? Some reckon garlic requires some frost to split - but I cannot verify this
Maybe it is elephant garlic?
I suspect what you thought was a head was really only a huge individual clove. Elephant garlic grows the clove you planted into a lime-sized one the first year; if left in the ground for another year or more, it will grow into a big head with multiple large cloves.
hi is there a variety of hardneck garlic? i'm in texas, do you recommend one for hot summers? i would love to include this in my backyard garden too
also in thinning, do you pull the entire cluster out or can you just pull a few from center? or few from outer perimeter of patch? thank you
You can pull it all or leave some behind, as long as your late summers are not too wet. For Texas you should buy "pre-chilled garlic". And when you start harvesting your own, you may need to put it in the fridge or freezer for 6 weeks before re-planting.
Ok so plant now (September) or wait till it’s a little colder?
I will plan on planting in October, but one year recently I didn't get them in until November and they did fine.
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