When to Harvest Garlic + a unique tip for curing and storage
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2017
- When I first began gardening, my biggest question with garlic was knowing when it was ready to harvest.
In this video, I show you the signs your garlic is ready to harvest. Plus, I give some other tips on harvesting, storing, and curing garlic so you can use yours for months.
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Hi there ! Enjoyed this video -
My husband was a farmer in his 20s and early 30s
He made a suggestion-
He said to let you know to hang your garlic upside down- with the green stems hanging down-
This helps to draw the moisture out of the bulbs.. he says that if you hang them with the bulb down, you’ll have moisture running down from their stems into the bulbs, thus causing a longer dry out time .. or cure ..
he says they’ll eventually dry out either way- but wanted to make sure you know it’s helpful to hang them upside down.
Loved your video!!
I agree with you. Also, Why cannot we cut the stem and let the bulb to dry ? I think we can eat the stems too then. Do you have any idea?
Awww that was so sweet of your hubby. Blessings
Great idea! I'll have to try that next year. (I just finished curing mine for this season.) Thanks for sharing.
@@tmh3929 From what I understand, it will introduce the possibility of spoilage and will shorten the storage time. If you eat the stems, it might be a better idea to harvest those stems while the garlic is still in the ground, but I'd be careful not to harvest too many. That's just a guess though.
Cristen Jacobs thank you for the wonderful advice, and it makes so much sense! Kind of reminds me of another plant that they hang upside down after harvesting, lol.
Plant in November, harvest in June when half the leaves are brown. Dig them up, don't pull by the leaves. Hang them separated and out of direct sunlight.
Plant about 3 to 7 days after a full moon.
I planted some today will they still be ok?
@@jacobortwine7063 probably a but early, but let us know what happens.
@@jacobortwine7063 What country are you in?
Plant in October
This the the clearest, most concise garlic-related video I've seen. Thank you!
I’m listening to your video with earbuds on every time a fly flew by your mic. I think it’s landing on my ear and I keep on shaking my head. It gets me every time watching your video!😂😂😂
haha me too!!😂
My Father and I have planted the same garlic for over 50 years in PA. Plant in Sept or Oct about 2 inches deep. I use fertilizer about 3,4 inches deep. Occasionally weed in spring and harvest in July. Let dry out away from rain for a week or two. Save some for next year in a dry pretty dark place. It is extremely hardy and grows almost anywhere.
Will do that when mine are ready to come out. Thank you. 🙂
What type garlic is best to grow? I'm in New Jersey outside Philadelphia.
@@rogermichna718 Thank you!
Not true they grow fine from the store
Mix the greens of the plants with (himalaya) salt in a kitchen machine to a green paste.
Put the resulting green paste on a silk screen in a food drier.|
When the resulting crusts are completely dry, grind them to powder.
I guarantee, you will have need for more of this garlic salt.
Ty
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Nice, helpful. I like garlic for many reasons: I underplant my roses and other sensitive / fruiting plants with garlic, helps to keep insect pests & fungal infections at bay. Its a natural antiseptic, eat loads & wound heal better & quicker, as eaten by the resistance forces during WW2, and applied as a mash directly onto wounds (painful). Its good for reducing blood pressure, and improving your complexion. It grows ANYWHERE, so it goes into any little space in my garden, is fully hardy, and no pests attack it (not in my garden anyway). Young garlic is mild, can be used in many ways in cooking, or chopped into salads - as long as your spouse / partner likes it too. Oh and it stops the cat from using newly dug beds for his toilet.
Short, simple and comprehensive. Just what I was looking for! Thanks
@@stacylynn4414 look
I think my next door neighbour's cat is not normal. It likes to sun bake on my garlic stalks that it has freshly crushed flat.
@@davespanksalot8413 🤣🤣
@@theondebray I'm going to try your advice too, thank you! I've got a poorly peach tree that may benefit from garlic co planting, which never even crossed my mind.
Everything I need to know in 5 minutes. Thank you.
Thank you, Jill!
I waited too long, but only one or two garlic heads had separated cloves. All of your information is extremely useful. 🙏👍
Thank you so much for explaining. I did plant some but I didnt know these very important details you brought out. Bless you
clear and informative, and i enjoy the tip for using your fence to let them cure. thank you!
Thanks for the short and to the point video, will be harvesting my garlic next week. Had a good crop (30 or so plants), was going to cure them in the hot house (lots of sunshine), now will move them to the shed/workshop.
hay, Jill .. thanks for sharing. my high appreciation from Praya, Lombok Tengah, NTB, Indonesia.
Thank you for answering my question on when to harvest garlic. Very well presented.
That is FANTASTIC! I’ve been trying to grow garlic...from those cloves that start on their own.
Watching your video on your suggestions about harvesting garlics today July 19th 2022 in Pittsburgh, PA, and I still find it very useful. Thank you
Dear Jill.I thank you very much for this enjoyable and highly interesting and informative demonstation.l learned a lot,and really do appreciate this very well presented doc.kind regards
I'm growing garlic for the 1st time ever n it's so huge!!! Now, I enjoyed your tips, I will be checking later when I get off work
Great video! I planted some for the first time last November. I am excited about harvesting them in a couple of months.
Thanks. I learned a lot. I just planted garlic last fall and was wondering when to harvest it and what to do with it. Now I know.
Thanks for the tips! I’m a newbie gardener so this was very helpful 💕
This is awesome. I have my first ever 18 garlic plants going. They look good and had absolutely no idea that I needed to take these few additional steps to dry it and store it. Thank you for making such a clear and simple video!
Thanks for the quick and concise info. The chain-linked fence idea is pretty clever. :)
Best video tutorial for harvesting and storing garlic....thank you!
I used an old chainlink fence gate to cure my garlic this year. Put it in a covered outside stairwell. Worked like a charm. Thank you!
This is the best explanation I’ve see so far. Makes sense why my garlic got moldy or brown marks. I waited to long to harvest. I didn’t know either, that’s why the bulbs separate. Thank you. I also kept telling my husband they need more air between the bunches.
Thank you so much! First time gardening so I really need a lot of info and this is helpful also first time visiting you channel.
Thank you so much Jill! I have just started gardening a few years back and can't wait for the next one to come and the next and....well you get the idea LOL I am also trying to start the garlic inside to see how it goes, but if it needs that winter cycle, I guess it's outside this year LOL
Thank you for this video. I just tried to grow garlic this year and they are doing well but I had no idea they needed curing! Glad I watched this!
You're welcome! Curing is required if you want a long storage life. If you plan to use them fresh, it isn't necessary. So when you're ready to harvest, you can use a bulb right away and cure the rest. :)
Thanks so much for your information. Am ready to harvest my crop of garlic, now I know when to do it. Great info!
I’m in western Queensland, Australia.
In Australia times are different.
Thanks so much for sharing! Can’t wait to see more of your videos!!
Hi again and thanks for the simple instructions. Looking forward to harvesting my first time crop of garlic in the next few weeks. Can't hardly wait. Jesus bless.
Thank you for so much useful information and straight to the point. I now can harvest my garlic in the next few weeks 👍
good info.
i never knew much about growing garlic and last year i planted a few between my tomatoes because i had heard they help ward off certain pests. well after the heat of summer got going the green tops died off and i pulled a few out of the ground. i thought that was the end of it but come fall's cooler temps and they started growing again. they stayed green all winter and i just dug them up last week.
not many and kind of small but this fall i plan to have an area dedicated to just garlic.
i knew nothing about curing them but now i do and will use this knowledge next year but this year i did not have enough to worry about storage or anything. i ate one small clove earlier and noticed it much hotter than store bough garlic. in fact it burned my lips like a good hot pepper would. maybe it was because it was fresh but it did have some heat.
thanks for the video as i learned something here.
Thanks Jill! Great video. Keep it up!
An informative and engaging presentation! A+!
Thanks for the to the point instructions! Looking forward to harvesting mine in another week or so! (Nova Scotia )
Thank you so much for the video. This is very informative.
Very helpful information, great work Jill, thanks for sharing 👍👍👍
thanks for the video, very helpful. I will be harvesting my garlic tomorrow!
I have watched so many garlic harvesting videos before This one. FINALLY - I am no longer confused. It's 3 weeks to Spring, so I've found this video just in time!
Good luck with your harvest!!
Hello I just harvested mine in zone 9-10 and one had multiple layers of garlic 🧄 growing like teeth and the other had a thin casing. Is it ok to not dry them out since I started eating them right away and frequently with my meals they taste strong like chili’s 🌶 and stored the rest in the fridge? Thanks so much 🙏
I would like to see a video from your land when y’all have the full garlic plantation 🙏💕
wow! I've been a long time subscriber to your podcast and have just found your TH-cam Channel! Great video!
🎉 Good job !
You told me just what I needed to know.
Thanks,
Cynthia 🌷
Those tips were very helpful to me this my first time doin the garlic so I’m really new at this thank u very much mommaabi
Garlic is great! Easy to grow, tasty to eat. Happy gardening to you all.
A great explanation! Answered all my questions.
Thank you Jill, super helpful info, much appreciated.
Very beautiful garlic patch. And interesting talk. I learned slot. Maybe someday I will grow a garlic myself.
beautifully presented ma'am
Nice video. I've done a lot of growing and this year I am trying garlic for the first time since I do most of the cooking for my family and use quite a bit of garlic. Also trying to get my wife into growing vegetables. I used the refrigerator method to create a false winter and when I planted them in mid april they took off...I was pleasantly surprised.
.I love this information as I would like to plant some garlic
Thanks for this! Just what I was looking for...I gotta go harvest my garlic now!
Good tips! Haven't heard a few of those from other vids- THANKS 👍
thanks so much for the nice tips. Jill
That was really useful, thank-you.
Great tips will attempt to plant garlic for the first time, thanks so much for the tips !
Beautiful video, very informative, have now learnt how to harvest & cure garlicks.
Great tips. I live in northern Ontario where winter temps routinely reach -30 to -40 F. I plant my bulbs on 6 to 7 inch squares and 6 inches deep in late October just before the ground freezes. When the 4 to 5 feet of snow melts in late April or early May, the green tips are already showing through the ground. I cut the stapes off when they are curled, dip them in thousand island dressing and cook on low heat on the bbq. I don't get fancy with mesh gates but I do tie them up in bunches and hang in the wood shed to dry for a couple weeks. After saving the best cloves to plant again, the rest are divided and put in the freezer to use all year. Some are thawed and de-skinned in the fall when I make my sausages from moose, bear or beaver and they are just as good as fresh cloves.
That sounds amazing! What the heck do moose and bear even taste like though?
@@erinisme633 Moose is similar to beef without any fat on it, but fuller flavor. They are poor steaks (no marbling) but great roasts, stew, burger and sausage (with pork or bear, meat & fat from both). An adult moose will give 400 to 500 pounds of meat, boned out or 600+ with bones in. Bear is like dark pork in texture and flavor. Render the fat for lard for pie crusts or in sausage. Again, great stew, roasts and burger. Makes the absolute best lasagna. Steaks are so-so. Beaver is real dark and always tender. It has 5 times the protein of beef. Makes great roasts and stews.
Frozen garlic?
Maybe up North of the 49th, but down here in Oklahoma, I don't have the freezer space for garlic. lol If I have any "extra", I'm making my own garlic powder this year! It looks like I'm in for a great harvest for my first growing garlic experience. I've gardened off and on all my life, but now, that it may become a matter of life (or death), I'm growing a lot of things I've never grown before and have even learned to pressure can meats this Spring! It came in very handy for raising two dozen meat chicks and they are AMAZING canned! I was even able to can some deer we had left over from last season, saving it from freezer burn!
I love my All-American. I just wish I could afford more mason jars now! LOL
I've got to scavenge my barn loft for random boxes of jars before the garden realllllly puts me in the kitchen with the jiggler a'jigglin'.
Beaver sausage???
Ooh great idea about freezing!!!! This is my first year growing garlic and I'm so in love!!!!
Well done young lady. I plant my garlic in the fall, enjoy the scapes but have waited too long to harvest. Thank you for the tips.
Love your podcast so glad I found your TH-cam channel as well...Thank you for the great garden info
Thank you, Tonya!
Great to know for the Garden tips. I have gathered lots. Thanks!
Keep everything simple and make life easy on your self. Make it a great day.
Never tried garlic until this year. I'm trying to add new things each year. Thanks for the info, looks good
Idk where you’ve been all your life
@@Ant_Man211 Pretty sure he means he never tried GROWING garlic not that he's never eaten it.
Really informative and you explain it quickly! Thank u
Thank you Jill, that was a interesting and educational video I've been watching a lot of videos on how to harvest several different types of vegetables and fruits some are easier than others and some are more financially productive than others. Right now I'm just trying to educate myself to learn from what others have learned and what other people already know. So hopefully I don't have to relearn everything by making mistakes.
Yes! That's my hope as well. Mistakes happen but it's nice to avoid the ones we can!
I hang my garlic in my greenhouse. I roll shade cloth over top of the greenhouse, then put the tops through the shelves(no empty as plants in the main garden by now) with the bulbs on top of the racks root up. This allows the bulb to dry down faster. It’s warm but shaded. I grow around 150 bulbs every year from several different varieties.
If you’re growing hardneck, harvest bulbs 3-4 weeks after you harvest the scapes( flower-bud stems.)
Thanks for the tip! It's my first time growing garlic and I noticed the scapes which I didn't know what they were until I searched it up 10 minuted ago.
very helpful knowledge, it is worth its weight in cloves!!!
Fabulous explanation 👌 Jill. 👍🙏
I like your presentation style, not too much fluffy stuff. I will look forward to more suggestions. Hi from Oz!
brilliant jill
Thanks for sharing this video.new friend here ready to try garlic planting.see you
Hi miss it so amazing that you have been done very well done, I'm Indian
Hello jill, thank you for sharing for sharing I’ve just found your channel 👍🇬🇧
Hi! I found giving them some Shoulder Room results in Bigger Garlic! 💚
so very interesting! Thank you!
Medellin, Colombia
SOUTH AMERICA
6/20/2023
What a beautiful and pleasant young lady ☺ She explained the process in a clear manner and answered my questions in the process. I subscribed! Thanks so much and have a great day! 😊
Lovely video - easy to follow and i cant wait to grow some garlic in Noosa, Australia. Thanks so much.
You will need a very low chill type. Purple elephant garlic will work there.
That was a big help. Thanks.
I really love the green part of the garlic it's lot stronger and I grow coriander and to me these 2 are a jam and I use the 2 greens in lots of recipes and dressing and really the grean use little and it has strong flavors the the peace of the garlic it self
This was clear & informative. Thanks!
That answered a lot of my questions Great video.
I always leave one or two scapes on the garlic and when they stand up straight, then it's ready to harvest
We have so much garlic that we put it in piles. I spreads easily with those nodes on the main bulb. We harvest it whenever we want, early or late. When taken early some of the stalk can be used as one would a leek.
Ty
Thanks.... I've had a garden quite often; but, this year will be my first time trying to grow garlic 🧄🙂🧄
Mom used to sautee garlic greens with shrimp & it was so fantastic!! Not ez to find them garlic greens.
Wow your garlic crop is amazing.
All I. ann saw is sweet .. I harvest my garlic just like that this year .. Thanks 🌼🙏🌼
Perfect video!! Thank u soooo much!!
LOVE garlic! I plant about 75 plants every year!
Very healthy looking garlic you have there . Delicious
Great explanation of why the cloves are separate with later harvesting.
now i know when to harvest my garlic.thanks for the info jill.
Dont forget to harvest the scapes. Ooh so yummy!
Growing for the first time this year, will put in my garden shed once harvested.
Thank you for this video. Now I know how to harvest and cure my garlic. Succinct and to the point.
My first attempt! I never thought I could do this. BEST from our own garden.
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Just what I needed to know! Thanks Jill you rock!
Ditto
Thank you this was very helpful! I'm off to the shed to find some left over fencing.
Thank You for the info Jill. And great accent.
Very good. I just planted my first crop of garlic this week (Oct). I am looing forward to my results next June!
So how did it turn out??
@@maryclemens9214 All 37 plants took hold. I am checking when to harvest. Looks like the end of June. It gives you a good feeling when you plant something in the fall, knowing it is your first planting for the next spring!
@@kevinw9073 that is so cool!! Thanks for letting me know. Now... waiting for October.
@@kevinw9073
~If growing garlic further up north and also planting the Hardneck garlic variety in mid-October or in the first part of November then you may want to "harvest later than June", rather in July to about August 1st. instead.
Thank u for important information
Thank you Jill, I am starting very soon!!
Good video Jill. I have been growing garlic for about 5 years. I like the fence idea. Last year was a bad year. A lot of rain in Wisconsin and we have to have ours planted by end of October.
Last year was a poor year for me as well, and I attribute it to the higher than average rainfall. Hoping for a better year!