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Since I have been going to farmer's markets, I have encountered garlic scapes but I didn't know how to cook them. I found a farmer that sell 7 to 8 different varieties of garlic. I am starting from mild and going up. Going to farmer's markets is a true learning experience.
I love your restaurant! Your portions are perfect, the food is delicious, & you're so trusting of peoples' generosity to 'pay what you think it's worth'. Amazing in this day & age! We grow 400 garlic or so a year. Start in the Fall. Prepare beds. Plant. Cover with compost. Ready by July. Cure 3 - 4 weeks by hanging up in a dry area with good air circulation. Loved the garlic braids. Thanks!
Thank you for adding the Egyptian Walking Onion to your list:)! I promise you won't regret it! My grandmother gave me a coffee can full and from that one little can I separated them and grew a one foot by twenty foot row over the length of a summer! I pulled the main one, replanted the top and bottom "sets" and tada I had another ten-fourteen onions! It was impossible to run out! The flood got mine. I will be looking for them.
I've been planting garlic for several years now. I live in new Jersey and hardneck garlic does very well. I tried softneck and it didn't work. I did plant 240 garlic this year and hardneck garlic stores up to 9 months!
@@ekholmfamily141 - As long as your basement is not damp. I cannot store garlic or pantry items in my basement although it is ideally cool enough because for some strange reason it is also damp. I live in Southeastern Ohio (East of Columbus).
All very good tips thank you. I normally buy all of our seeds from your company and recomend you to other growers as well. I have never been disappointed with any seeds I've planted. We have hard winters, a short season, cool summers and very poor clay and rock soil. We moved to this location, off grid 2 years ago. We have put up 2 high tunels and 2 raised beds with A-fram style cold feam lids. Garlic can be planted in both grow areas rhis fall. Geowing at our last property we grew in raised beds with cold frams and our garlic came up and had green leaves through the winter! Yes all of the cool season plants in the cold frames froze, but as soon as the sun thawed them, they were all like new with no damage! I'm talking about Swiss chard, spinach, 2 varieties of kale, and the garlic.
I wish ya'll would carry Egyptian Walking Onion? I lost mine in a move, bought more and lost it when the creek came up last year. It is unbelievable. I ordered several onions from ya'll, including the bunching onions:)! I can't wait to try! I don't know why I have trouble with garlic, so thank goodness for this video:)!!! I need the help, lol! I don't know where to start.
That was a very informat information regarding different garlic and the types of garlic to grow in what ever temeperate zone you live in. Thank you very much.
I chuckle when I hear people say to pay attention to d and long the winters are for garlic. I will say from personal experience that it doesn't matter. I grew garlic where the winters have several days to week of -40 and last from about October to April. Now I am in the Ozarks and plant garlic Jan 1 and harvest July 1.
AHHHH, I get soo excited about planting food and this will be a great adventure for me come this Fall. I'm glad I buy my seeds from Rare Seeds, I love everything about your company and will also buy my garlic bulbs. I'm in zone 7B so planting in November is just perfect as I'm hoping my brassicas will be harvested by then as well. Life time customer and now a subscriber as well. Was wondering if raised bed (I'm all raised beds) or direct soil planting makes any difference in garlic size? Its probably just about the right soil (neutral PH?) and amendments like phosphorous and some fresh compost and fertilizer 5-5-5. Direct soil will be an experiment for NEXT years sowing. Cheers!!
Thanks again for another wonderful,helpful video, can't wait for the heirloom expo next month. I've got so many seeds I can't wait to collect for next year and can't wait for the first frost so I can get my garlic in for next year. Bless you 😍
You are awesome! Thank you so much for your, dennce to the point, very helpful information. I love your down to earth knowledge sharing style. I appreciate it. Little helpful hint for folks that don't mind their garlic a bit more intens. Laying a vegetable knife on its side on top of a garlic clove and pushing down firmly or giving it a good wack with the palm of your hand will make peeling very quick. Alternatively cloves in a metal bowl with a similar sized bowl on top shake it like you mean it for about 30 seconds and open up to find all your hard neck garlic peeled. Hope someone finds this helpful. Feel free to pass it on.. Thanks again KcJ
Thanks. Been growing hard neck for the past few years...successfully. I usually plant late Sep for zone 7. I think I will push it to mid Oct just to see what happens.
When I sold seed garlic I charged more than Baker Creek does. When buying seed garlic you only pay once. After each crop you replant the best cloves and never need to buy that variety again.
You can cut the scapes and then set them aside and they will still grow into the bulbets on there own without the mother plant . Yes I have done it and planted it and they all grew. It took several months to develop the seed before planting.
On the more bang for your buck equation, I’d like to add that you can use less if you use a more pungent garlic but more if you have a mild one. The question there is more along the lines of fresh eating or cooked. Mild garlic would probably be better fresh on a salad. Now, which one should we use to make garlic powder?
Hello from FL. What do you recommend for Florida weather? BTW, thank you for changing my life. I'm a chef on "retirement", just cooking at home now raising 2 Irish Twins (today both are age 4 actually), and I'm teaching them how to garden in the city. (A chef is a chef all the time). God Bless You Guys!
Iowa Zone 5a. The first year it seemed weird planting in November, but we got good results. This, our second year, the results were even better. That's to say, mostly good sized bulbs, about 2 inches or so in diameter. My wife wants to only plant cloves from bulbs with 6 cloves, since that's the ideal count for the Korean Red that we grow. Does it really matter? We have some large bulbs with fat cloves @ 7 or 8 per bulb. I would like to use them for planting.
Excellent video. But, are you already out of elephant garlic for the season? Or, is it just not showing up on your site yet? I tried to order and it says out of stock.
Store your artichokes (soft necks) and do not eat then till late in the winter. The clove skins come off much easier then. Eat your Rocambole garlics in the fall. The skins come off easily right away but this is why they do not keep well past Christmas. Eat your purple stripe varieties after Christmas as the 3 month storage from harvest to Jan. allows the skin to come off much more easily. Silverskins store the longest but also has frustratingly small cloves. This is a very good video but barely scratches the surface. I would also suggest that buying garlic seed from a reputable LOCAL grower will give you more success as garlic can take up to 5 years to adjust if you get it from far outside your area.
We will not be selling garlic at this event unfortunately, however it is possible that other farms/seed companies participating in the event will be selling them
If you put the unpeeled cloves of garlic in a metal bowl, cover it with a lid or plate, or another bowl and shake it for 20-30 seconds. It peels the garlic. Really. Martha Stewart does it as well.
Thank you for this video. I live in zone 6b. I will try a hard neck variety this year. What plants can I grown near them in the spring time? Also, I want to try growing the soft neck. Should I wait for the last frost in the spring time to plant them and then harvest in mid- late fall?
Hi Debbie, sorry for the delayed response! Garlic and all other members of the allium family really do not do well when crowded by other plants and competing for nutrients. Be sure to give them space! Cabbage family members, as well as chamomile, do well as companions for garlic. Softneck garlic should do fine in your area, and you can go ahead and plant it in the fall. Softnecks don't like very moist or soggy locations over winter, so planting in a raised bed or on high and dry land is best.
Thanks for your question! The scape is edible (and totally delicious). Allowing the bulbils to mature is not advisable, as this will divert energy from your clove formation. Bulbils are very hard to peel and the flavor is pretty much scorchingly pungent. It is best to harvest hardneck scapes when they are thin as a pencil --or thinner -- and enjoy them pickled, sauteed or blended into pesto!
Generally, Hardneck Garlic will do better in Kentucky's winters, but Softneck Garlic is still a possibilty, and thats what you would be after for a mild type! Also be sure to find some well draining ground to plant on, as Shannie suggests for those in cooler climates looking to plant Softneck Garlic! :)
Many years ago, I grew Czech Red. I was told there is no such animal. Have you heard of this? I braided these and they were so easy to hang. Will you have these? Thanks
any varieties or tricks that will make garlic ready to harvest by mid june? i'm asking because im growing in containers, with limited space, and i would like to somehow be able to harvest my garlic at about the time i'm ready to transplant my summer crops, and amend the potting mix at the same time, which is harder if garlic is still growing in the buckets!
Hi Paul, that is a great idea, depending on your location there may be a small bit of flexibility in your harvest period but since the maturation of garlic is daylength dependent, you may find this a difficult task. The other option will be harvesting the garlic in the "green stage" it has an excellent flavor but won't have a storage quality! I think your best bet is to harvest early and "flip" the pots as planned! Happy gardening!
I guess you know you can easy peel any garlic by smashing it with flat of a knife or your hand.. if you want the cloves whole,, take flat rubber sink stopper and roll them in it back and forth. Between your hands or against a countertop... quick and easy..
Rick, you can choose to leave them intact or snip them off and let them dry. Be sure not to cut too close - you don't want to cut the papery skin and leave the clove exposed to the air.
Do you have any recommendations on where to buy garlic to grow in Idaho. The handful of companies I have checked out don’t ship garlic to Idaho. I believe it has something to do with state laws.
IDK if this would help. KILLARNEY RED Bulk Outstanding Rocambole from Idaho. Original source is unknown. Better adapted to wet conditions than most others.
B OLM we got some garlic bulbs last fall from a farmers market and grew it from that. We were hoping to find someone who sells for growing, not cooking.
Franklin, I am not sure where would be best to purchase in Idaho, we do sell garlic on our website rareseeds.com otherwise perhaps a local organic farm will sell you some seed garlic.