I grow several hardnecks but Music is always a favourite. Large very tasty cloves and, once properly cured, it keeps well enough that I had usable leftovers from last year at this year's harvest. Zone 5B.
Anyone interested in buying Music garlic, shop NOW. It was almost insta-sold out at Jungs Seed (Local to me in WI) and MIGardener has already mostly sold out of Garlic despite it being back in stock Wednesday. Everyone loves garlic, thank you for the entertaining and informative video as always Scott!
Just an aside: My father was a lifelong gardener and grew garlic in great quantities. He was a believer of the health benefits of eating garlic and decided to eat a couple of raw cloves every day. My mother declared that when he started doing this, "Our kissin' days are OVER!!" We've laughed about that memory and will continue for a long time. :)
I have some mystery red striped garlic that was hiding in a bunch of weeds for at least 10 years because I just pulled everything out of that bed and found it (and we’ve lived in this house for 11 years now). I’m going to re-planted in my garden bed this year and we’ll see how that turns out. Eventually I want to try some other types of garlic. Thank you for the suggestions! I’ll try looking at all those ones first. :)
I love any garlic, spicy or mild!!! For me, cooking spicy garlic gives a better flavour but you can eat mild garlic raw. So I to use most types of garlic in cooking.
I was given some hardback 2 yrs ago. 6 of the smallest cloves I had ever seen! They came up small and spindly! I was disappointed and never harvested them. Lo and behold the came up early this spring and made me chuckle! This fall I harvested them and got some large cloves! I planted them last weekend for a real crop next year. Unknown flavor/variety, being a gift but I never knew the variety in heat! Going to be fun next year at my own taste test! Thx for the vid!
I did an experiment with 3 elephant garlic from Walmart and 4 regular organic garlic from whole foods. I live in Florida 2 of the elephant garlic rooted😁. the other 4 organic garlic never rooted. I took the 2 garlic and planted into a different planter once I see the leaves appear then they will be transferred to a larger container and then the ground. I am so happy that it only cost me 3 dollars. Already purchased the music and Italian garlic looking forward to growing them.
It is quite amazing how children can taste things that we might think are crazy strong flavored and actually enjoy them. To me this edition just demonstrates the need and in fact the “fun” of trying something new and different ...something we thought we knew,but really didn’t ! ...great vid mr Scott!
Great video, thanks Scott! We grew eight varieties this year in zone 6a at 5600 feet elevation, a little under three hundred miles south of you. This was our first year growing garlic, and it was a lot of fun! Next year we are adding Inchilium Red and Kettle River Giant, sourced from Filaree Garlic Farm in Washington. Both are softneck and artichoke-type varieties capable of producing large bulbs. Larger bulbs and 10 or so months storage would be a great addition to the shorter-storing varieties we're keeping for next year. This year we grew: - Music - Estonian Red (a Purple Stripe variety, our favorite) - German Hardy - Xian - Marie's Rocambole - Chamisal - two others with bulbs too small to be useful Many thanks to you and your testers, I enjoyed hearing both the differing and concurrent perspectives.
Just now we started two varieties of grocery store garlic in the ground, one each outside and in the window, they look vastly different from each other, and are hopefully different than the garlic we already have, that has been out of circulation long enough to be a sub-variety of whatever one it is~ Having researched the varieties, our longstanding garlic is prolly rocambole, ukrainian ascession, so we'll call it "Harbulary" after the batteries in guardians of the galaxy, seems very fitting~
We have a garlic area here in the uk too , it’s the garlic farm in the Isle of Wight , we are growing several types this towards and doing the taste test 👍
Great video! I grow a common variety in my region called Russian Red. I tried a hardy (to zone 5b) softneck variety two years ago on the premise that it would store better than my hardneck Russian Red (it didn't). Last year I tried Music and I liked it's taste as well as it's ability to store well. I never thought of doing a taste test. Great idea. I think I'll give that a try. Thanks for a truly creative and informative post.
All I grow is Elephant Garlic. That's what was given to me in the beginning when I started growing my garden. But now I think I will grow some Music in addition to Elephant. Keep it simple. I only have so much room. Now I have to find some. It might be too late in the season.
When we were little we used to eat handfuls of freshly shredded garden horseradish, and large amounts of wasabi by itself isn't a problem as long as one focuses on breathing while eating it. We don't know the variety of garlic we have (hardneck variety) but it's been in the family for over 50 years, along with the horseradish, so we don't second guess how it tastes. But now that you've shown us there are other things, I might go for a mild garlic just to fill in some of the need for lettuces we've been looking for all season. We tried all the brassicas so much that we're saturated with them, so we're looking for some sort of leaf plants that doesn't stop us from eating a lot of it, with the chemicals they stockpile to keep animals from eating them.
Thanks I'll order some next week. My wife over the years has lost her taste for garlic. But I grow it next to her swamp milk weed. She raises monarchs and it seems to keep the oleander aphids down. And maybe I'll slip some in the meals once in a while.
In Maryland I have grown hardneck for the last several years to great success. Music, Russian Giant, and Georgian Fire have been excellent varieties. I will be ready to plant here middle to end of October and look forward to the June harvests (as do my friends). Garlic certainly is an easy low maintenance crop to grow. Thank you for the video.
This was eye opening and fun. I loved the different opinions. I have never grown garlic, or used raw garlic so I am very excited about growing it over the winter.
This was an interesting video. Thanks for doing it. Grew chesnok red this year and saved 12 bulbs for replanting. Ordered Music in mid August which will come in another 2weeks. This video gives me some ideas for adding another variety next year.
As always Gardener Scott, thank you so much for sharing your wisdom. I just might have the courage to try to grow garlic this year. You are an inspiration to us all!!!
I could really tell when the older gentleman would eat the spicy ones . His face and the way he grabbed his drink , got my attention . I will have to try that one. I will have to try to find more varieties than I have in the past. My husband likes a strong garlic taste , he is Italian and loves garlic in EVERYTHING! Can you recommend a hard neck that has the strong garlic taste that will still have that strength when cooked? I want to try a couple hard neck varieties.
Great video! I live 15 min from Gilroy and alway love the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Panting many even when living close and garlic is readily available cheaply. I enjoy the growing, braiding and hanging my own for the year. Thanks ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for your evaluation, I too do not enjoy it when my food burns my face off. I think I have 3 I can try (my 1st attempt) I am in north central Wisconsin zone 4b. I love the garlic flavor and am not a fan of hot food. Appreciate the time you and your family took to do this. :D
This was a really nice video. What a great idea you had about the tasting. That looked like a lot of fun. I love garlic, but didn't really know there were so many diff varieties. Nice job.
Thank You for this video on garlic variety tasting. I have only grown soft neck garlic Where I live now I will be growing hardback garlic. I don't know anything about hardback garlic so this video helps a lot. Where I live they have a quarantine on all allium crops, so I have to try to get it online from a grower that is in my state. I hope I can find some. Thanks again for the video.
Great video thank you! I couldn't find any garlic from sellers near me they had reduced quantities this yr and I didn't know we'd have to arm wrestle for them 😉 lol I found a few bulbs at a road side stand and bought the last 5 bulbs he had. I thought he said they were called Magic but now from seeing this I think they were called Music 🤭 Either way I'm excited to grow them. The bulbs were so beautiful it almost hurt my heart to put them in the ground instead of eat them..
Did a taste test 30 years ago for garlic. Agreed...music ..raw or grilled or roasted on crustini......porcelain are back up or carpathian and for sauce cooking . If i want heat there is spanish roja....good timing as its time to get them in the ground here..soon.
Gardener Scott & Family....thank you for such an informative video. You all gave such wonderful feedback and your gonna help a lotta people. Thinking about growing garlic for the first time this year, so this videos been pretty useful. I live in the Boston area but yes I have been to Gilroy CA many times. The whole town smells like garlic!
This was a fascinating video. I just planted "Music" in my garlic bed, so I'm excited that you found it to be your favorite. I chose it because of the description in the Baker Creek catalogue. I'm anxious to find out how it tastes when harvested. from Missouri
Hi Scott, thanks for this video. I've never taken the time to really notice the subtle or less subtle differences in taste from one variety of garlic to the next, but you have inspired me to take more notice in the future! Obviously your focus in this video was taste, but one other determining factor for me in choosing garlic varieties is how large of heads does a variety typically produce. I'm a new grower of garlic -- grew my first large crop this season. In October of 2019, I planted about 18 cloves of German Extra Hardy, 18 cloves of Music, and a bunch of cloves from organic soft-neck garlic from Whole Foods. Typically, you get about 6 good-sized cloves per head from hard-neck varieties for planting (or eating/cooking!). I will not be repeating the WF organic. The bulbs it produced were not that big, and the issue I have with soft-neck is there are many more cloves per head, and thus they tend to be rather small and harder to peel. With the hard-neck, the cloves are really nice size and easier to peel. In terms of size, the German Extra Hardy on average produced the largest bulbs, with the Music a close second. I have saved 4 or 5 heads of both GEH and Music to plant in October of this year. I also ordered half a pound (I have noticed that is usually 3 heads) of Chesnok Red. Now, the decision of where to plant it all!
Wonderful video! Have a restaurant willing to buy local garlic. Neighbor and I grew White German, Music, and Elephant. Elephant didn't get as large as the bulbs I planted, German White and Music did well. Most super market garlic comes from China and does not have the flavor of locally grown Hardneck. The aroma when sauteing is WONDERFUL!!!! So easy to grow, not much care, and make sure to harvest those scapes. They are great pickled.
I really want to grow some of these. I absolutely love the generic softnecks you get in the store, but I want more intensity, do this might be a game changer.
What a great experiment! I'm off to buy seed garlic for the first time at our local farm store. I'll be lucky to grab whatever is left. Here's hoping it's Music 🤞🏻
Mr. Scott, how about roasted? I tend to roast 4 heads at a time and have been pondering on doing the black garlic process and fermenting some. I have some hardneck to plant but I am not sure what type it is, I buy it from the local amish. I'll start next year with a specific species, this year was a bit iffy.
Great video. Thanks for the insights. Unfortunately, living in a warm climate, I don't think hard necks would do well without the freeze. I saw someone mention once putting it in a freezer? Have you heard of this?
Hard necks need cold temperatures. I'm aware that some gardeners have tried putting them in the freezer but I haven't done that. Growers in warm climates can do better by choosing varieties best for the heat.
So, soft necks, right? But will it really grow? Thank you for all the informative videos. I'm "growing " as a gardener and taking on starting from seeds but I'm having challenges with germination in moist paper towels. Love the program !
Hi, I just started watching your video and I would suggest maybe selecting an area where your family photos are not displayed. I am prior service and recognize the OPSEC threat by putting this information online.. Just sharing my concern. Best regards..
Thank you for the suggestion. My military service and retirement is public information and I'm not concerned about OPSEC, but I am working on a new area to film without the family photos.
Dear G.S. Peace. I just have a few simple questions. First of all, what about pickled garlic? That's one of my favorites! Secondly, how can we tell which variety of garlic we are planting if we don't know? I bought some wild garlic, planted it, and some of the seeds (not bulbs) have started growing.
Monica, I love pickled garlic too! It can be very difficult identifying garlic. There are some with purple stripes and other unique features, but most look similar.
Thank you for the vid. It confirmed my choice of Musik, for my friends and I to plant here in Northeast Nevada. Hardneck with spicy flavor [one friend loves eating garlic straight]. Since everything is selling out so quickly, it was great that we got in and bought last month. Steve was fun to watch as he sampled. What was the item in the bowl that you two were using to clear your pallet?
Hmmm I never knew hard neck garlic was that uncommon. It varies by the time of the year but I find both hard and soft neck garlic in the grocery store.. Maybe it depends on where you live?
@@JoeBlack14 well, "spicy means spicy" that explains it! Thanks!! No garlic experience??!! I am clutching my pearls!! Well, I am a 61 year old Italian, you'll have to explain what garlic is to me.
@@lindav1189 fair enough. Spicy or hot like a mild pepper would be. It burns the tongue and leaves a hot sensation in the mouth. As far as stronger garlic taste, I believe they mentioned that as well. Some will have garlic taste only, mild or strong. Some will add a spicy hot taste with the garlic taste. Sorry to be blunt, I found the video very simple to understand and your comment sounded negative. That is why I took the wrong tone with my first reply.
Some garlic is spicy. I love it. The main time I've experienced spicy garlic is out of my own garden. And it was just planted store bought garlic but had more to it, probably just do to freshness.
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There’s more than one type of garlic?! Sheesh, I need to watch more Gardener Scott 😉
I grow several hardnecks but Music is always a favourite. Large very tasty cloves and, once properly cured, it keeps well enough that I had usable leftovers from last year at this year's harvest. Zone 5B.
Anyone interested in buying Music garlic, shop NOW. It was almost insta-sold out at Jungs Seed (Local to me in WI) and MIGardener has already mostly sold out of Garlic despite it being back in stock Wednesday. Everyone loves garlic, thank you for the entertaining and informative video as always Scott!
Good to know, we'll break out the strategic stockpile of garlic and put it in the garden right away~
I love garlic, I slice raw thin slices in a big radish salad, also roast it with eggs, steak, pasta, etc
Omg I was so excited after watching this that I drove to Territorial Seed and purchased seven more varieties! 😋
You have a beautiful home and a beautiful family.
Thank you so much!
Just an aside: My father was a lifelong gardener and grew garlic in great quantities. He was a believer of the health benefits of eating garlic and decided to eat a couple of raw cloves every day. My mother declared that when he started doing this, "Our kissin' days are OVER!!" We've laughed about that memory and will continue for a long time. :)
I have some mystery red striped garlic that was hiding in a bunch of weeds for at least 10 years because I just pulled everything out of that bed and found it (and we’ve lived in this house for 11 years now). I’m going to re-planted in my garden bed this year and we’ll see how that turns out. Eventually I want to try some other types of garlic. Thank you for the suggestions! I’ll try looking at all those ones first. :)
I love any garlic, spicy or mild!!! For me, cooking spicy garlic gives a better flavour but you can eat mild garlic raw. So I to use most types of garlic in cooking.
WILD! I really want to try them all! I wish I was closer to check them out. Also, that guy in the blue shirt in the picture behind you it so handsome!
I love garlic of all types, but i love to grow it more. great video Scott. My favourite is Solent White
Thanks! I don't know Solent White. Does that come form the Isle of Wight?
@@GardenerScott Yes it originated in the Isle of Wight Scott. Great garlic. If I thought I could get the bulbs through customs I would send you some
I was given some hardback 2 yrs ago. 6 of the smallest cloves I had ever seen! They came up small and spindly! I was disappointed and never harvested them. Lo and behold the came up early this spring and made me chuckle! This fall I harvested them and got some large cloves! I planted them last weekend for a real crop next year. Unknown flavor/variety, being a gift but I never knew the variety in heat! Going to be fun next year at my own taste test! Thx for the vid!
I did an experiment with 3 elephant garlic from Walmart and 4 regular organic garlic from whole foods. I live in Florida 2 of the elephant garlic rooted😁. the other 4 organic garlic never rooted. I took the 2 garlic and planted into a different planter once I see the leaves appear then they will be transferred to a larger container and then the ground. I am so happy that it only cost me 3 dollars. Already purchased the music and Italian garlic looking forward to growing them.
I grow garlic I found wild in the woods. Its a hard neck elephant garlic and I use it up fairly fast lol
This was a super fun learning experience for me! We really enjoyed doing it! Thanks GardenerScott!
It is quite amazing how children can taste things that we might think are crazy strong flavored and actually enjoy them. To me this edition just demonstrates the need and in fact the “fun” of trying something new and different ...something we thought we knew,but really didn’t ! ...great vid mr Scott!
Great video, thanks Scott!
We grew eight varieties this year in zone 6a at 5600 feet elevation, a little under three hundred miles south of you. This was our first year growing garlic, and it was a lot of fun! Next year we are adding Inchilium Red and Kettle River Giant, sourced from Filaree Garlic Farm in Washington. Both are softneck and artichoke-type varieties capable of producing large bulbs. Larger bulbs and 10 or so months storage would be a great addition to the shorter-storing varieties we're keeping for next year. This year we grew:
- Music
- Estonian Red (a Purple Stripe variety, our favorite)
- German Hardy
- Xian
- Marie's Rocambole
- Chamisal
- two others with bulbs too small to be useful
Many thanks to you and your testers, I enjoyed hearing both the differing and concurrent perspectives.
Ty so much for this. It certainly helped me for which one I want to grow. Well done!!!
Just now we started two varieties of grocery store garlic in the ground, one each outside and in the window, they look vastly different from each other, and are hopefully different than the garlic we already have, that has been out of circulation long enough to be a sub-variety of whatever one it is~ Having researched the varieties, our longstanding garlic is prolly rocambole, ukrainian ascession, so we'll call it "Harbulary" after the batteries in guardians of the galaxy, seems very fitting~
We have a garlic area here in the uk too , it’s the garlic farm in the Isle of Wight , we are growing several types this towards and doing the taste test 👍
Great video! I grow a common variety in my region called Russian Red. I tried a hardy (to zone 5b) softneck variety two years ago on the premise that it would store better than my hardneck Russian Red (it didn't). Last year I tried Music and I liked it's taste as well as it's ability to store well.
I never thought of doing a taste test. Great idea. I think I'll give that a try.
Thanks for a truly creative and informative post.
Thankyou. I love your history lessons
All I grow is Elephant Garlic. That's what was given to me in the beginning when I started growing my garden. But now I think I will grow some Music in addition to Elephant. Keep it simple. I only have so much room. Now I have to find some. It might be too late in the season.
I found some music garlic on Etsy 🙂
When we were little we used to eat handfuls of freshly shredded garden horseradish, and large amounts of wasabi by itself isn't a problem as long as one focuses on breathing while eating it. We don't know the variety of garlic we have (hardneck variety) but it's been in the family for over 50 years, along with the horseradish, so we don't second guess how it tastes. But now that you've shown us there are other things, I might go for a mild garlic just to fill in some of the need for lettuces we've been looking for all season. We tried all the brassicas so much that we're saturated with them, so we're looking for some sort of leaf plants that doesn't stop us from eating a lot of it, with the chemicals they stockpile to keep animals from eating them.
Thanks I'll order some next week. My wife over the years has lost her taste for garlic. But I grow it next to her swamp milk weed. She raises monarchs and it seems to keep the oleander aphids down. And maybe I'll slip some in the meals once in a while.
In Maryland I have grown hardneck for the last several years to great success. Music, Russian Giant, and Georgian Fire have been excellent varieties. I will be ready to plant here middle to end of October and look forward to the June harvests (as do my friends). Garlic certainly is an easy low maintenance crop to grow. Thank you for the video.
This was eye opening and fun. I loved the different opinions. I have never grown garlic, or used raw garlic so I am very excited about growing it over the winter.
This was an interesting video. Thanks for doing it.
Grew chesnok red this year and saved 12 bulbs for replanting.
Ordered Music in mid August which will come in another 2weeks.
This video gives me some ideas for adding another variety next year.
As always Gardener Scott, thank you so much for sharing your wisdom. I just might have the courage to try to grow garlic this year. You are an inspiration to us all!!!
Grow it Michelle! Garlic has to be one of the easiest things to grow and wow its soooooo good too. 😊🌱👍
That looks like a younger you in uniform in that picture. Thank you (or whoever that is) for service.
Thank you. It is me.
Great ideas for planting garlic. Glad you showed everyone’s responses. This gives me some ideas for planting some garlic.
I could really tell when the older gentleman would eat the spicy ones . His face and the way he grabbed his drink , got my attention . I will have to try that one. I will have to try to find more varieties than I have in the past. My husband likes a strong garlic taste , he is Italian and loves garlic in EVERYTHING! Can you recommend a hard neck that has the strong garlic taste that will still have that strength when cooked? I want to try a couple hard neck varieties.
I still recommend Music, both raw and cooked. As you saw in the video Siberian and Georgia Fire were enjoyed when cooked.
Great video! I live 15 min from Gilroy and alway love the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Panting many even when living close and garlic is readily available cheaply. I enjoy the growing, braiding and hanging my own for the year. Thanks ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Going to plant mine this week. Looking so forward to next summer for a harvest. Trying Italian Red hardneck.
Thank you for your evaluation, I too do not enjoy it when my food burns my face off. I think I have 3 I can try (my 1st attempt) I am in north central Wisconsin zone 4b. I love the garlic flavor and am not a fan of hot food. Appreciate the time you and your family took to do this. :D
This was a really nice video. What a great idea you had about the tasting. That looked like a lot of fun. I love garlic, but didn't really know there were so many diff varieties. Nice job.
And, I was getting ready to decide which variety to plant :) perfect timing!
When I make hummus I prefer the Hardneck garlic, I like my Hummus on the hotter side.
Great video gardener scott and thank you for showing me everthing i know today.
I’ve been waiting for this video! I don’t like spicy food but love garlic. I ordered Music and Spanish Roja a few weeks ago. Thank you Scott!
Thank You for this video on garlic variety tasting. I have only grown soft neck garlic Where I live now I will be growing hardback garlic. I don't know anything about hardback garlic so this video helps a lot. Where I live they have a quarantine on all allium crops, so I have to try to get it online from a grower that is in my state. I hope I can find some. Thanks again for the video.
Great video thank you! I couldn't find any garlic from sellers near me they had reduced quantities this yr and I didn't know we'd have to arm wrestle for them 😉 lol I found a few bulbs at a road side stand and bought the last 5 bulbs he had. I thought he said they were called Magic but now from seeing this I think they were called Music 🤭 Either way I'm excited to grow them. The bulbs were so beautiful it almost hurt my heart to put them in the ground instead of eat them..
Did a taste test 30 years ago for garlic. Agreed...music ..raw or grilled or roasted on crustini......porcelain are back up or carpathian and for sauce cooking . If i want heat there is spanish roja....good timing as its time to get them in the ground here..soon.
Gardener Scott & Family....thank you for such an informative video. You all gave such wonderful feedback and your gonna help a lotta people. Thinking about growing garlic for the first time this year, so this videos been pretty useful. I live in the Boston area but yes I have been to Gilroy CA many times. The whole town smells like garlic!
MG Scott, many thanks as it will drive my selection.
This was a fascinating video. I just planted "Music" in my garlic bed, so I'm excited that you found it to be your favorite. I chose it because of the description in the Baker Creek catalogue. I'm anxious to find out how it tastes when harvested. from Missouri
Hi Scott, thanks for this video. I've never taken the time to really notice the subtle or less subtle differences in taste from one variety of garlic to the next, but you have inspired me to take more notice in the future! Obviously your focus in this video was taste, but one other determining factor for me in choosing garlic varieties is how large of heads does a variety typically produce.
I'm a new grower of garlic -- grew my first large crop this season. In October of 2019, I planted about 18 cloves of German Extra Hardy, 18 cloves of Music, and a bunch of cloves from organic soft-neck garlic from Whole Foods. Typically, you get about 6 good-sized cloves per head from hard-neck varieties for planting (or eating/cooking!). I will not be repeating the WF organic. The bulbs it produced were not that big, and the issue I have with soft-neck is there are many more cloves per head, and thus they tend to be rather small and harder to peel. With the hard-neck, the cloves are really nice size and easier to peel. In terms of size, the German Extra Hardy on average produced the largest bulbs, with the Music a close second. I have saved 4 or 5 heads of both GEH and Music to plant in October of this year. I also ordered half a pound (I have noticed that is usually 3 heads) of Chesnok Red. Now, the decision of where to plant it all!
Wonderful video! Have a restaurant willing to buy local garlic. Neighbor and I grew White German, Music, and Elephant. Elephant didn't get as large as the bulbs I planted, German White and Music did well. Most super market garlic comes from China and does not have the flavor of locally grown Hardneck. The aroma when sauteing is WONDERFUL!!!! So easy to grow, not much care, and make sure to harvest those scapes. They are great pickled.
We've let the scapes make top-bulbs a few times so we ended up with a strategic stockpile of the stuff~
I really want to grow some of these. I absolutely love the generic softnecks you get in the store, but I want more intensity, do this might be a game changer.
Really good Greek Tzatziki is made with raw garlic and tastes quite hot.
I’m a music fan also very interesting test
We were just talking about planting garlic in the next few weeks.
Thanks guys that was a great video!! 👍🏻👍🏻
Nice t-shirt!👍
Bummer, so I can't grow any of these in southwest Florida? Very interesting & informative. Thank you!
There's a method of freezing your garlic for 4-6 weeks in a Ziploc with soil and then planting. You may want to try that?
Man I miss living in Colorado. +1 for the 90 Shilling!
Thanks for this video. It was very helpful.
What a great experiment! I'm off to buy seed garlic for the first time at our local farm store. I'll be lucky to grab whatever is left. Here's hoping it's Music 🤞🏻
I really enjoyed this one, it was fun. Tnx!
This video has inspired me to, at least, _eat_ some of these for sure 😁
Mr. Scott, how about roasted? I tend to roast 4 heads at a time and have been pondering on doing the black garlic process and fermenting some. I have some hardneck to plant but I am not sure what type it is, I buy it from the local amish. I'll start next year with a specific species, this year was a bit iffy.
I like the taste of roasted garlic. My cooked garlic for tasting was similar, but not truly like roasted garlic.
Steve looks just like one of my uncles haha
Interesting. Thank you.
Great video. Thanks for the insights. Unfortunately, living in a warm climate, I don't think hard necks would do well without the freeze. I saw someone mention once putting it in a freezer? Have you heard of this?
Hard necks need cold temperatures. I'm aware that some gardeners have tried putting them in the freezer but I haven't done that. Growers in warm climates can do better by choosing varieties best for the heat.
So, soft necks, right? But will it really grow? Thank you for all the informative videos. I'm "growing " as a gardener and taking on starting from seeds but I'm having challenges with germination in moist paper towels. Love the program !
Good thing you're social distancing. A garlic bubble!
Hi, I just started watching your video and I would suggest maybe selecting an area where your family photos are not displayed. I am prior service and recognize the OPSEC threat by putting this information online.. Just sharing my concern. Best regards..
Thank you for the suggestion. My military service and retirement is public information and I'm not concerned about OPSEC, but I am working on a new area to film without the family photos.
This guy wont be kissing any vampires anytime soon
Nice new tune!
Also, does garlic grow good in tropical climates?
Dear G.S. Peace. I just have a few simple questions. First of all, what about pickled garlic? That's one of my favorites! Secondly, how can we tell which variety of garlic we are planting if we don't know? I bought some wild garlic, planted it, and some of the seeds (not bulbs) have started growing.
Monica, I love pickled garlic too! It can be very difficult identifying garlic. There are some with purple stripes and other unique features, but most look similar.
@@GardenerScott I think I'm safe b/c I've never met a pickled garlic that I didn't like, and I know this garlic has a pretty purple flower.
Kettle River is a soft neck verity I believe.
Yes, Kettle River is an artichoke softneck variety. I grouped it in with the hardnecks and misstated its type.
Thank you for the vid. It confirmed my choice of Musik, for my friends and I to plant here in Northeast Nevada. Hardneck with spicy flavor [one friend loves eating garlic straight]. Since everything is selling out so quickly, it was great that we got in and bought last month. Steve was fun to watch as he sampled. What was the item in the bowl that you two were using to clear your pallet?
Carla, it was just a dry snack mix with pretzels and crackers.
I had to drink a little lol
love your videos I have a question how do you put the elements back in the soil that have been damaged from tilling in wood chips ???? thanks
I don't recommend tilling in wood chips because they can cause nitrogen deficiency. The fix would be to add nitrogen to the soil.
@@GardenerScott many thanks
Thank you. And your bunch. Good info.
So chefs on TV say add garlic? What kind? Jerk.
Hmmm I never knew hard neck garlic was that uncommon. It varies by the time of the year but I find both hard and soft neck garlic in the grocery store.. Maybe it depends on where you live?
I waited too long I think. My first average frost date is 10/27 and I don't even have garlic to plant yet!
Was this a blind taste test to avoid any bias?
No, but none of them had ever tasted any of these varieties.
Where did you get your garlic from?
I actually got it from gardener friends over the years, but all of the varieties are available from online nurseries.
what do they mean by "spicy"??? does that mean strong garlic flavor, or hot, or other flavor? this didn't tell me anything
Spicy means spicy. It is hot. It tells me you have not had much experience with garlic.
@@JoeBlack14 well, "spicy means spicy" that explains it! Thanks!! No garlic experience??!! I am clutching my pearls!! Well, I am a 61 year old Italian, you'll have to explain what garlic is to me.
@@lindav1189 fair enough. Spicy or hot like a mild pepper would be. It burns the tongue and leaves a hot sensation in the mouth.
As far as stronger garlic taste, I believe they mentioned that as well. Some will have garlic taste only, mild or strong. Some will add a spicy hot taste with the garlic taste. Sorry to be blunt, I found the video very simple to understand and your comment sounded negative. That is why I took the wrong tone with my first reply.
Some garlic is spicy. I love it. The main time I've experienced spicy garlic is out of my own garden. And it was just planted store bought garlic but had more to it, probably just do to freshness.
So brave to eat raw garlic. I can't stand raw garlic, i will start throwing up if i eat it raw,, but I love it cooked and im fine with that.