I've been growing German Red variety for a few years now - I love it! It is a hard-neck. I am in northern Illinois, USA - so our winters do get very cold (even up to -25C for a few days). I mulch my garlic with a good layer of straw right after planting to keep it warmer during the winter months, and I've been letting it sprout and grow keeping the straw mulch on it - it keeps it moist and mostly weed-free. I do braid mine too - as long as the hard stems aren't too dry, it can still be pliable enough to braid. German Red has lasted me a full year in storage provided good storing conditions (it does get a bit soft by the end, but still edible).
Thank you for sharing. I've been growing garlic for many years myself. We do have an occasional problem with the cloves rotting in the ground. To help fight this we have found that soaking them overnight in rubbing alcohol helps reduce the bacteria causing them to rot. I also grow them organically saving the best bulbs to replant.
I am trying to get my head around this method as Garlic is already anti microbial but cannot resist everything. If going to chemical treat them why not use Hydrogen peroxide. It kills bacteria and helps give a little boost of oxygen to the roots. Alcohol would be damaging I would think to an extent. Best wishes
This now the 3rd year that I have Grown Garlic in my Temple Herb Garden and I have discovered that the original Garlic has now spread Seeds and the Garlic Patch is thick with Small Baby Garlic Sprouts.
I am growing garlic for the first time this year. I went with Inchelium Red based on reviews I was reading online. I ended up buying some to cook with from a farmer's market after I had ordered the seed garlic, and I absolutely loved it. It's going to be hard waiting almost a whole year for a harvest!
Thanks for the video! I’m growing garlic for the first time this year and purchased a “starter pack” from an organic garlic farm that comes with Chesnok red and Inchelium red. I’m in MD, USA growing zone 7.
Hi Alda. Fellow canadian gardener here. 😄 I grew garlic in ground last year for the first time ever, and it did pretty well. Now, I was wondering if it would be a good idea to grow it this year in my raised beds or will it freeze and rot? Are you growing your garlic inground or in raised beds? Cheers from Quebec. 😊
@@monikaabledowska2756 Hi Monica! I tried it in raised bed and only half of the garlic germinated. Is better if you can grow it in the ground. Or raised beds that are very shallow to the grownd. My bed is like two feet high and half froze. Mind you we had a very cold winter last year. This October I planted it in the ground. Fingers crossed! Good luck to you!
Hi USA California here, I believe your giant garlic head may be Elephant Garlic When you harvest, little yellow tiny cloves should be on the head, towards the bottom. You plant those and first year forms a clove the second year grows the head of garlic. It is a milder garlic than most.We love it.
Uh-oh, I've already planted mine, but I've put them in really quite deep. Up until this year, like you, I've planted them close to the surface, but have been disappointed with the results. I must have been watching Monty on GW a few weeks ago and (I'm sure) he put his in a lot deeper; a good couple of inches...so this time this is what I've done. I guess seeing as my garlic has always been a little feeble this will be interesting. I'll let you know...
Great timing. I will be growing garlic for the first time this year and I am wondering what do I put in my raised beds? They are empty, so do I used bagged soil, bagged compost, bagged rotted manure, or a combination? I do intend to empty my tomato grow bags into them and reuse that soil, but that will probably be half. So, maybe do I do compost.manure for the other half? I grew elephant garlic from the nursery last year and it was expensive for just 3 cloves and only one split. I will be replanting the 2 mono bulbs, but I am doing my own experiment with 2 heads of grocery store elephant garlic. I figured I have a nothing to lose as it was much much cheaper and Baker Creek, where I bought my garlic, was out of elephant garlic every time I checked. I can't remember the variety names but I got one bag of hard neck and one bag of soft. Later I will check and update with the names. Thanks!
Hi Gayla, Ideally you should get your raised bed filled with a mixture of top soil, garden compost or manure, and an aerating/drainage material. That can be pumice, perlite, or fine gravel. If you don't have time to do that, plant your garlic in modules as I describe in this piece and then plant out in spring: lovelygreens.com/how-to-grow-organic-garlic/ Good luck with the elephant garlic and let us know how you get on with it.
Thank you Tanya for that very informative video. I have not planted garlic before and I was planning to do it next spring. Now I realize that I don't need to wait. I can plant it now. Can I plant onions around this time as well? Maybe you can post a video about that. Thanks in advance.☺
Thank you for sharing. I leav in Los Angeles, my garlic bulb greens already is one foot. I would like to know when I can harvest those greens for food. Thank you in advance.
Hi! I liked you video on growing garlic...very understandable! Thank you! One question...what could I use to naturally (organically) feed my soil to increase the phosphorus content in the soil? Thx in advance...I've never left a comment in You Tube b4 so I'm not sure how I'm going to hear back from you...I suppose I'll come BACK to this video and check for replies from you, eh?
Garden compost and rotted/composted manure is all that I use as a soil amendment. Specifically replacing minerals in soil such as P isn't something that the majority of people need to do. Keep it simple and try not to overthink it :)
It’s a bit late to sow my garlic I know but I have been waiting for the courgettes to finish before clearing that bed. My question is should I top up the raised bed with compost and sow into that or plant out the garlic cloves then top up the bed with compost in the springtime? Love your videos, your garden and allotment look amazing
Hiya Tanya, I've just planted Garlic, Onions and Shallots in my large vegepod, and put the winter cover on. The soil is moist so I didn't water them in. Any further advise would be grateful.
I sometimes grow my garlic in modules and then plant them out in early spring. There's a better explanation and photos over here: lovelygreens.com/how-to-grow-organic-garlic/
If growing in an area where Alliums are grown continuously, rust will not go away. There's no remedy for it, but the best thing you can do is plant late. If growing in a climate like in the video, October planting will mean foliage appearing already in autumn for most garlic. That foliage will be old in spring and more susceptible to any diseases, and rust will appear sooner. If planting, say, early December, the foliage will still be more vigorous in spring and have better resistance against rust. The bulbs starting to grow is only affected by day length, so your planting date doesn't affect your harvest date much, and in the region of the video the bulbs will only start to grow the at end of April. At that moment you want your garlic plants to look their best.
Hello, I'm looking for advice. It is my first time growing garlic. I planted garlic 10/8/22 in zone 7a from the grocery store. Look like they are doing well. They are hard neck cause I just cut scapes off 5/3/23 & leaves are starting to brown & die off. Seems like a little early, but maybe not. Looks like the first two bottom leaves have turned brown & died off. Waiting for the next two leaves brown & die off, then ready to harvest if I understand correctly Having problem getting pic posted.
Hello, We have Russian Garlic large and hard bulbs and they are, is there anything we need to watch out for? We live in Vancouver BC and it’s really rainy and lots grass and weed growing here.
Do you use any organic fertilizer? I eat really clean and I also grow my food. I would like to grow garlic without using any chemicals. I live a zone 4a which is very cold . Help
I don't usually use any amendments aside from compost. My beds are no-dig, meaning a generous layer of compost on top as mulch and fertility in one. No need for purchased (and expensive) fertilizers when you grow no-dig.
They wouldn't grow into large garlic, unfortunately. It's only the cloves from garlic bulbs that can currently be used to get a decent harvest of garlic. It's not reliable from seed either.
Hello! Last year i bought a garlic braid at a farmers market and i planted some last full moon but the shoots instead o getting bigger the have remained quiet small not sure if this is normal now that we are in Nov. I have decided to plant more and will be doin so. It doesn't snow here but it does get quiet cold do I need to cover them durning the winter? I started them in a cup indoors and once the had roots and shoots I transplanted them
They’ll stay that way until next spring and then begin growing again. You’ve given them a head start on next year by planting them in autumn. They’re also very hardy - no need to cover them unless you have regular sub-zero temperatures.
If it's just poor drainage in the winter, grow your garlic in modules first. You can plant them out in spring when the ground dries up a bit -- more info: lovelygreens.com/how-to-grow-organic-garlic/ If your plot has general poor drainage, you're going to have more of a struggle for growing anything.
I grow Spanish Roja Garlic every year and they are a large and flavorful hard neck variety. Great results.
I've been growing German Red variety for a few years now - I love it! It is a hard-neck. I am in northern Illinois, USA - so our winters do get very cold (even up to -25C for a few days). I mulch my garlic with a good layer of straw right after planting to keep it warmer during the winter months, and I've been letting it sprout and grow keeping the straw mulch on it - it keeps it moist and mostly weed-free. I do braid mine too - as long as the hard stems aren't too dry, it can still be pliable enough to braid. German Red has lasted me a full year in storage provided good storing conditions (it does get a bit soft by the end, but still edible).
Thank you for sharing. I've been growing garlic for many years myself. We do have an occasional problem with the cloves rotting in the ground. To help fight this we have found that soaking them overnight in rubbing alcohol helps reduce the bacteria causing them to rot. I also grow them organically saving the best bulbs to replant.
Great tip :)
I am trying to get my head around this method as Garlic is already anti microbial but cannot resist everything. If going to chemical treat them why not use Hydrogen peroxide. It kills bacteria and helps give a little boost of oxygen to the roots. Alcohol would be damaging I would think to an extent. Best wishes
This now the 3rd year that I have Grown Garlic in my Temple Herb Garden and I have discovered that the original Garlic has now spread Seeds and the Garlic Patch is thick with Small Baby Garlic Sprouts.
I am growing garlic for the first time this year. I went with Inchelium Red based on reviews I was reading online. I ended up buying some to cook with from a farmer's market after I had ordered the seed garlic, and I absolutely loved it. It's going to be hard waiting almost a whole year for a harvest!
Thanks for the video! I’m growing garlic for the first time this year and purchased a “starter pack” from an organic garlic farm that comes with Chesnok red and Inchelium red. I’m in MD, USA growing zone 7.
Grow As Much Garlic As You Can. It Helps Strengthen The Immune System! I have a Big Garlic Patch in my Community Garden Herbs Patch.
I am growing two type of hardneck, red Russian and music garlic. We have very cold winters here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Cheers !
Hi Alda. Fellow canadian gardener here. 😄 I grew garlic in ground last year for the first time ever, and it did pretty well. Now, I was wondering if it would be a good idea to grow it this year in my raised beds or will it freeze and rot? Are you growing your garlic inground or in raised beds? Cheers from Quebec. 😊
@@monikaabledowska2756 Hi Monica! I tried it in raised bed and only half of the garlic germinated. Is better if you can grow it in the ground. Or raised beds that are very shallow to the grownd. My bed is like two feet high and half froze. Mind you we had a very cold winter last year. This October I planted it in the ground. Fingers crossed! Good luck to you!
Hi USA California here, I believe your giant garlic head may be Elephant Garlic When you harvest, little yellow tiny cloves should be on the head, towards the bottom. You plant those and first year forms a clove the second year grows the head of garlic. It is a milder garlic than most.We love it.
Interesting. Didn't know there was a distinction.
Uh-oh, I've already planted mine, but I've put them in really quite deep. Up until this year, like you, I've planted them close to the surface, but have been disappointed with the results.
I must have been watching Monty on GW a few weeks ago and (I'm sure) he put his in a lot deeper; a good couple of inches...so this time this is what I've done.
I guess seeing as my garlic has always been a little feeble this will be interesting.
I'll let you know...
Hi Tanja, for the autumn planting I put the garlic a (a finger) deeper.... in spring just like you do (in the Netherlands).
Great timing. I will be growing garlic for the first time this year and I am wondering what do I put in my raised beds? They are empty, so do I used bagged soil, bagged compost, bagged rotted manure, or a combination? I do intend to empty my tomato grow bags into them and reuse that soil, but that will probably be half. So, maybe do I do compost.manure for the other half? I grew elephant garlic from the nursery last year and it was expensive for just 3 cloves and only one split. I will be replanting the 2 mono bulbs, but I am doing my own experiment with 2 heads of grocery store elephant garlic. I figured I have a nothing to lose as it was much much cheaper and Baker Creek, where I bought my garlic, was out of elephant garlic every time I checked. I can't remember the variety names but I got one bag of hard neck and one bag of soft. Later I will check and update with the names. Thanks!
Hi Gayla, Ideally you should get your raised bed filled with a mixture of top soil, garden compost or manure, and an aerating/drainage material. That can be pumice, perlite, or fine gravel. If you don't have time to do that, plant your garlic in modules as I describe in this piece and then plant out in spring: lovelygreens.com/how-to-grow-organic-garlic/
Good luck with the elephant garlic and let us know how you get on with it.
@@Lovelygreens thank you!
In my zone 5 garden, I grow Music garlic with good success. However, I plant mine much closer, 6 inches, and much deeper as our ground freezes solid.
Thank you Tanya for that very informative video. I have not planted garlic before and I was planning to do it next spring. Now I realize that I don't need to wait. I can plant it now. Can I plant onions around this time as well? Maybe you can post a video about that. Thanks in advance.☺
Some onions yes - look for ‘autumn planting onion sets’ through an online seed company or garden centre.
To grow garlic in SW Florida with sandy soil is a challenge, what soil type for my zone can I buy to try
Wow the view is amazing
Any info on bug and disease control?
Thank you for sharing. I leav in Los Angeles, my garlic bulb greens already is one foot. I would like to know when I can harvest those greens for food. Thank you in advance.
Hi, do the scape heads grow bigger garlic than the gardlic heads?
Hi! I liked you video on growing garlic...very understandable! Thank you! One question...what could I use to naturally (organically) feed my soil to increase the phosphorus content in the soil? Thx in advance...I've never left a comment in You Tube b4 so I'm not sure how I'm going to hear back from you...I suppose I'll come BACK to this video and check for replies from you, eh?
Garden compost and rotted/composted manure is all that I use as a soil amendment. Specifically replacing minerals in soil such as P isn't something that the majority of people need to do. Keep it simple and try not to overthink it :)
It’s a bit late to sow my garlic I know but I have been waiting for the courgettes to finish before clearing that bed. My question is should I top up the raised bed with compost and sow into that or plant out the garlic cloves then top up the bed with compost in the springtime?
Love your videos, your garden and allotment look amazing
Thanks Helen 😊 I personally would just top up the compost and plant in it directly. Also, you're not too late! Get them in soon though.
@@Lovelygreens Thank you💚. As soon as it stops raining I’ll get them in😊
smashing video
Great tips 📋📋📋📋
Hiya Tanya,
I've just planted Garlic, Onions and Shallots in my large vegepod, and put the winter cover on. The soil is moist so I didn't water them in. Any further advise would be grateful.
Leave them be, and they'll be just fine until next spring 👍
How do I know when to prune off the scapes of hardneck garlic? I'd like to eat them, and also ensure the bulbs get to full size.
Prune them off as soon as you see them
I break off scapes when they just start to curl and they are delicious!
Do you net the garlic after planting? I have problems with squirrel and foxes, do you?
i put wire mesh over them. It stops foxes, voles and squirrels from disturbing the bulbs. Once they've sent up shoots I remove it.
I need to get mine in if it ever stops raining!!
Same here.
Thank you for the video, we are planning on growing garlic this year for the first time. Do we need to cover them with hay or leaves over the winter?
Not necessary unless you live someplace with feet of snow - they’re very hardy.
Tanya I had some garlic bulbs that were split when I dug them up. Why would they do that?
Bulbs split open if you leave them in the ground a bit too long. They're fine to eat, but they can have a reduced storage life.
Huge head ones are listed at our supermarket they call them elephant head garlic
Elephant garlic is delicious! It grows pretty much the same way as ordinary garlic, too.
Can you plant garlic & over winter in containers...like just a plant pot?
I sometimes grow my garlic in modules and then plant them out in early spring. There's a better explanation and photos over here: lovelygreens.com/how-to-grow-organic-garlic/
I have had a problem with rust on my garlic the last two years. Any suggestions!
If growing in an area where Alliums are grown continuously, rust will not go away. There's no remedy for it, but the best thing you can do is plant late. If growing in a climate like in the video, October planting will mean foliage appearing already in autumn for most garlic. That foliage will be old in spring and more susceptible to any diseases, and rust will appear sooner. If planting, say, early December, the foliage will still be more vigorous in spring and have better resistance against rust. The bulbs starting to grow is only affected by day length, so your planting date doesn't affect your harvest date much, and in the region of the video the bulbs will only start to grow the at end of April. At that moment you want your garlic plants to look their best.
A Great Way to put Nitrogen in Soil for Garlic would be doing a Crop of Green Peas in that Bed during the Season Before.
I also spread Lawn Grass Cuttings onto my Garden. It Smothers the Weeds and also puts Nitrogen in the Soil.
Hello, I'm looking for advice. It is my first time growing garlic.
I planted garlic 10/8/22 in zone 7a from the grocery store.
Look like they are doing well. They are hard neck cause I just cut scapes off 5/3/23 & leaves are starting to brown & die off.
Seems like a little early, but maybe not.
Looks like the first two bottom leaves have turned brown & died off. Waiting for the next two leaves brown & die off, then ready to harvest if I understand correctly
Having problem getting pic posted.
That sounds about right. I tend to harvest when half or more of the leaves are yellow and dried up.
Hello, We have Russian Garlic large and hard bulbs and they are, is there anything we need to watch out for? We live in Vancouver BC and it’s really rainy and lots grass and weed growing here.
Just make sure that the soil is weed-free and the ground isn't waterlogged at any point, and they'll grow without much effort.
1, well rotted horse manure 2, Chech pH needs to be 6 to 7 . 3 use lime to ajust pH .
Do you use any organic fertilizer? I eat really clean and I also grow my food. I would like to grow garlic without using any chemicals. I live a zone 4a which is very cold . Help
I don't usually use any amendments aside from compost. My beds are no-dig, meaning a generous layer of compost on top as mulch and fertility in one. No need for purchased (and expensive) fertilizers when you grow no-dig.
@@Lovelygreens thanks, I plant them today
How about planting those bulbettes to renew your supply. Like potatoes the garlic needs to be renewed after a certain amount of years.
They wouldn't grow into large garlic, unfortunately. It's only the cloves from garlic bulbs that can currently be used to get a decent harvest of garlic. It's not reliable from seed either.
Hello! Last year i bought a garlic braid at a farmers market and i planted some last full moon but the shoots instead o getting bigger the have remained quiet small not sure if this is normal now that we are in Nov. I have decided to plant more and will be doin so. It doesn't snow here but it does get quiet cold do I need to cover them durning the winter? I started them in a cup indoors and once the had roots and shoots I transplanted them
They’ll stay that way until next spring and then begin growing again. You’ve given them a head start on next year by planting them in autumn. They’re also very hardy - no need to cover them unless you have regular sub-zero temperatures.
Hi, I want to ask, how can I store garlic seeds?
Garlic is grown for, and grown from, bulbs/cloves. You can learn more about storing them here: lovelygreens.com/how-to-grow-organic-garlic/
Any advise for poor drainage plots?
If it's just poor drainage in the winter, grow your garlic in modules first. You can plant them out in spring when the ground dries up a bit -- more info: lovelygreens.com/how-to-grow-organic-garlic/
If your plot has general poor drainage, you're going to have more of a struggle for growing anything.
Hello Tanya
Your Accent Sounds Canadian. Are You Originally from Canada?
USA
Can i grow garlic just using a port ?
A pot? Garlic is one of those things that does better direct in the soil. However, some people do successfully grow them in containers
Musik, Red German, Elephant zone 5b.
Last time the onion fly got them :(
When do I plant them
Now or up to four weeks before your first frost date.
Interesting
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What is your permanent job mam?