How to Harvest Garlic at the Perfect Time (And What Happens When You Harvest Too Early or Too Late)

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  • @MootElm
    @MootElm ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The light green nail polish is very cool, you literally have a green thumb in the garden. :)

  • @ternyasen
    @ternyasen ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Jill, this is the best garlic video I have ever watched! This is my first year growing garlic and I just planted cloves from store bought garlic, so I had no idea what variety I have. I was so excited for the scapes and they were not coming, while my garlic is becoming more yellow. Now I know that I have a soft-neck variety. Thank you so so much for all the information!!!

    • @thebeginnersgarden
      @thebeginnersgarden  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, softneck stores longer so that’s one reason grocery store garlic is softneck. Glad this was helpful!

  • @krism7380
    @krism7380 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Thanks for showing the range of: too early, just right, and too late. I think I'll get it right this year, thanks to you!

  • @barbaradavidson1950
    @barbaradavidson1950 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    OK so I had some splitting garlic. Had never seen it before. Going to go pull it to the first to use section. Best explanation with visuals I have seen. Thanks

  • @Highvibeelectricgardens
    @Highvibeelectricgardens ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We’re growing garlic for the first time this year! New gardeners plus new channel owners! Thank you for this. You’re a natural! Getting my footing still. Lol

  • @DavidMidgett
    @DavidMidgett 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Excellent video excellent audio excellent teacher!!

  • @godsowndrunk1118
    @godsowndrunk1118 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have a few elephant garlic plants I've let flower for years.... the flowers are great sprinkled on salads and vegetables.
    The same plants come back every year if not harvested.

    • @leelaural
      @leelaural 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I did not know that...maybe I'll try that...

    • @godsowndrunk1118
      @godsowndrunk1118 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@leelaural You won't regret it...

  • @absurdnerd7624
    @absurdnerd7624 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good explanation and reasonable length for the video.
    I watched another channel and their video was titled something akin to "everything you need to know about growing garlic". It was twice as long and did not cover when to harvest.

  • @tarquespasqualli9609
    @tarquespasqualli9609 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you, thank you, thank you.

  • @jon545
    @jon545 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've seen someone hang their garlic in basement under a house . I don't know if that's right but I like the idea of freezing in ice cube trays because I usually cook with it not eat it raw .

  • @mamabearthrives7815
    @mamabearthrives7815 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thank you very much! 💪😎💓I cannot tell you how many damn garlic videos I have watched, Ava you gave me the tips that really clicked! This is my first year growing garlic and you are the first video I've seen that has talked about all the layers being a part of what covers the garlic clove, and what happens when you pull too early and too late🤷‍♀️😘 I pulled one of my soft necks early as an example for when I pulled them in a few weeks! I started my soft neck in October I'm in the central Coast of California zone 10 A!! Thanks again! -Nina🥰🧄

  • @aeastman59
    @aeastman59 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    this was really helpful, thank you!

  • @bradlafferty
    @bradlafferty 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Super instruction! I will be assessing my garlic bed this week! Thanks!

  • @davidpatrick1813
    @davidpatrick1813 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is excellent information … a subscriber keeper … keep up the sharing

  • @photofreak21
    @photofreak21 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Chopping up a little in the food processor and freeze drying it keeps all the wonderful flavor. 😉

  • @Jason4Star
    @Jason4Star 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was a great video. Very informative. Thank you.

  • @jamesfraser2448
    @jamesfraser2448 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the informative video. Did a test harvest today - your info leads me to believe the time is now. Thanks.

  • @juliamarple3785
    @juliamarple3785 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Perfect timing. I keep looking at my garlic bed. Hmmmm....

    • @ldg2655
      @ldg2655 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol.. Me too, which is why I came to check out garlic harvesting videos😊

    • @leelaural
      @leelaural 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      so I cut my scapes about a week or 10 days ago but my plants look like they are nearly ready to pull.....I only plant elephant garlic...I know, not a true garlic, but they look so fantastic....

  • @ldg2655
    @ldg2655 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Those super-separated cloves could be saved for planting in the fall.

    • @lynnfern2116
      @lynnfern2116 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's precisely what I do ~ but only with the largest cloves.

    • @suzannespence8303
      @suzannespence8303 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Would you cure them as usual?

    • @lucyandlily4197
      @lucyandlily4197 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great idea….also I pulled a garlic a few days ago…it had some tiny clove like things attached…what would those be?

  • @SoxInTheGarden
    @SoxInTheGarden ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome garlic video! Your vids are always helpful to gardeners of all levels. Love seeing the fam joining in on the harvesting! 🥰🌱❤️

  • @lm9753
    @lm9753 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great information. Thank you. Greetings from Northern CA.

  • @purethccheck
    @purethccheck 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My scapes were cut 6 weeks ago and i havent harvested. Will do tnite! Hope its not too late!! Thanks!!❤

  • @janicejurgensen2122
    @janicejurgensen2122 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ty I learned a lot

  • @TheAlvinvision
    @TheAlvinvision 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’ve been way to pull mine. Now I now they’re almost ready😊

  • @tonyevic
    @tonyevic 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the this very informative video. I planted an elephant garlic as an experiment which is now in its second year and at the moment, for the first time is producing a seed head. I had planned to leave the plant growing to harvest the seeds, and wondered if that is a good idea?👍 Thanks again for the video.

  • @DjChelan
    @DjChelan ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jill your teachings are so very helpful for me! I thank you for taking the long hours filming, editing and uploading all your outstanding videos! Happy Birthday America to All!

  • @peterizzo6527
    @peterizzo6527 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent information, thank you!

  • @AlmostOrganicDorset
    @AlmostOrganicDorset 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    I have not bothered drying garlic for a couple of years, lift and clean, peel the cloves, zap them in a food processor with a little seas salt and freeze in ice cube trays, once frozen pop them out and place in a freezer bag. When cooking simply grab one from the bag, easiest and to be honest, the best way to store long term.

    • @ogadlogadl490
      @ogadlogadl490 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      When freezing food in plastic chemicals are leached into the food. Same thing happens with cling wrap, it’s been advised to Asian women to stop put it over left over rice as they do it daily. May want to learn about it. We stopped using plastic ice cube trays.

    • @iveo83
      @iveo83 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Once the garlic is open it loses some flavor fyi

    • @garytyre9868
      @garytyre9868 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@iveo83⁸

    • @photofreak21
      @photofreak21 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Chopping up a little in the food processor and freeze drying it keeps all the wonderful flavor. 😉

  • @larsonsrud2518
    @larsonsrud2518 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you ❤

  • @jimgarofalo5479
    @jimgarofalo5479 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I see that you plant both hard neck and soft neck garlic. I have my own preferences, but maybe you could explain the reasons for your choices.
    I find that hard neck garlic has cloves that are closer in size to each other and much easier to peel and use while soft neck garlic has cloves that keep getting smaller as you get to the center of the bulb until they become largely unusable.
    I'd like to know your reasoning, and whether you consider one type better than the other or just mostly equal.

    • @naca1553
      @naca1553 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'd rather wait for the hard neck ones

  • @4Runner123
    @4Runner123 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The large ones that started to separate because in ground too long you can use it first or for my area I replant just before first frost for following years harvest and you try again…

  • @scottsmith507
    @scottsmith507 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are right about leaves. They are wrappers around bulb.
    Green leaves are wrappers still intact around bulb underground. Brown or dead leaves are wrappers that already disintegrated. Don't care about brown leaves. Green leaves are indicators.

  • @johnc5872
    @johnc5872 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow great video! What else do you like to grow?

  • @ForestEdgeGardens
    @ForestEdgeGardens ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish I’d seen this yesterday. I pulled my garlic up this morning, maybe a week or so early apparently. When drying, do they need to be in shade/dark, or could I hang them in my high tunnel?

  • @karentoynton8948
    @karentoynton8948 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Best video I have seen thank you. My first year, and mine still feels like a small ball at the moment, so would that say it’s still to early. Has a thick stem leaves just started going brown. On,y checked the one one. It looks health enough. I plant last oct, it’s heading towards the end of may, but it’s been a really wet winter.. any advice please. I got the bulbs in a garden centre in a pack.

  • @Charm-313
    @Charm-313 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the video 😁👌🏾 Loaded with info for a new garlic grower. I'm in zone 8b Louisiana and last winter was warm so I didn't plant until January. Soft neck variety so I'm wondering what time frame am I looking at til harvest time and when should I fertilize?
    Thanks again and I love the green on your nails 😁👍🏾
    Edit: Was actually writing the comment before the end of the video which I will watch to see if it helps. Hopefully it addresses my time frame question 😁👍🏾

  • @MarzalYordan
    @MarzalYordan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love this maam😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍

  • @vickyannpaintingwithoils
    @vickyannpaintingwithoils 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for the information! I knew the time was approaching but you counting the layers and explaining about half should be dying back really helped me not pull them too soon. Do you thin your garlic as it grows? I have a few really close together and I am afraid to pull one in fear that the other one or two will come out, but they are so skinny they can't possibly create a good head of garlic. Your thoughts?

    • @thebeginnersgarden
      @thebeginnersgarden  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I don't thin the garlic but I plant them at least 6" apart to begin with. If they are closer than that, thinning will help.

    • @vickyannpaintingwithoils
      @vickyannpaintingwithoils 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thebeginnersgarden My doubles came from planting those tiny cloves of the bulb that look like one, but they are really two or three. I thinned them out and the remaining look happier. I harvested another grow bag I planted earlier than the others according to your instruction and they look amazing! They are curing now. Thanks again.

  • @mattymuso2108
    @mattymuso2108 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are such a beautiful lady. Thank you for such a great explanation as to how it grows.

  • @mattbrown837
    @mattbrown837 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I pulled one today that had a mini bulb on the stem about 8 inches up from the bulb. What causes this?

  • @PunchbuggyBlue
    @PunchbuggyBlue ปีที่แล้ว

    Could you use the ones that are splitting as seed to plant your next batch?

    • @thebeginnersgarden
      @thebeginnersgarden  ปีที่แล้ว

      Good question, I’m not sure about that. Probably depends on if they will “keep” without rotting until planting.

  • @mindywilliams1735
    @mindywilliams1735 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what do you have planted with your garlic? Thanks for a great video

    • @thebeginnersgarden
      @thebeginnersgarden  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I planted green beans in that planting.

  • @judyjohnson1012
    @judyjohnson1012 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where are you located? Which zone? Thanks, this was a great video

  • @mycharmedunicorn8715
    @mycharmedunicorn8715 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So we bought a house that had garlic planted and I think we let it go too long. It wound up getting a flower at the top that dried up and then when I dug it up all the green was gone and the stems and it looks like the garlic has broke up into sections. Can I just leave those and they will become garlic later?

  • @TerribleTim68
    @TerribleTim68 ปีที่แล้ว

    For the ones that were too late, do you make powder out of those?

    • @thebeginnersgarden
      @thebeginnersgarden  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You could. I just use them in my kitchen first. This time of year I’m canning a lot that requires garlic so it’s easy to use up.

  • @stag6161
    @stag6161 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I guess i did something nobody expected, ive had some HN garlic for 3 yrs now dying and coming back every year, its already bloomed with the flower balls, i saw you left the flowering ones, so no point in harvesting after its bloomed?

  • @brandyburgess8267
    @brandyburgess8267 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you harvest the garlic to early can you replant the garlic?

  • @KhamandDhokla
    @KhamandDhokla 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love Garlic grow it myself know about the health benefits but we use garlic sparingly as it doesn’t have a favorable effect on people on spiritual path.

  • @melinda5777
    @melinda5777 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When do you plant your garlic?❤

    • @aldas3831
      @aldas3831 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Before the first frost October or November

  • @PinkLadyTools
    @PinkLadyTools ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Jill! Do you have an email for business inquiries?

    • @thebeginnersgarden
      @thebeginnersgarden  ปีที่แล้ว

      you can email my assistant, Sarah at sarah@journeywithjill.net

  • @Mike-mn8wy
    @Mike-mn8wy ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi! At 1:06 the flowerhead that is to your left at head heighth..is that also a hardneck or is that a different type..?
    Thank you in advance!!

    • @Mike-mn8wy
      @Mike-mn8wy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have answered my question I believe... Elephant garlic!
      🤦🏼‍♂️ ahh the power of google🤣

    • @thebeginnersgarden
      @thebeginnersgarden  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes it was elephant garlic 😀

  • @padimills1494
    @padimills1494 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nailpolish colour looks like what one might see on a dead body.