I planted them in soft loam soil, no compost, a few came up the first year. The rest came up 2nd & 3rd year, by the second year the annual weeds covered the bed, but did harm the corms. I have harvest all of them now. Some times it take 5 years/60 months for all of them to grow, the make cloves.
I planted corms earlier today, but hadn't come across your video yet. What was the success rate? I clipped along the one edge of corms to weaken the shell but not expose the soft interior. I soaked them overnight in a thick slurry that I made from worm castings and rain water. And then this morning I planted them directly in the ground into a new bed. My intention is to have them as a companion plant intercropped between brassicas that I'll plant in the next few weeks. I will plant my biggest cloves next weekend. p.s. My soil type is sand, and it is amended with composted cattle manure & composted chicken manure. I used a plant spacing of about 6 inches in the row I decided to plant today as it will rain today and again next weekend.
I’ve tried many ways to grow elephant garlic corms, yours being one of them. None of them worked. What good is the video without showing the results. It’s highly unlikely that your method worked. Ive seen similar videos but none ever showed any results. One year I planted 300 corms and not one of them germinated.
Do you have experience with freezing elephant garlic corms? Can you explain that a bit more? Freeze immediately after harvesting or when - How long in the freezer ( or do you mean refrigerator? ) When to plant in the ground? How deep? You would be doing a great favor to many readers! Thank you very much for your response! Greetings from Belgium
