In (2020-2021) an urban backyard garden in Phoenix, Arizona, USA I am growing: 88 (soft neck / creole) Rosso di Sulmona + 66 (soft neck / silver skin) Silver Skin + 93 (hard neck / unknown variety) organic supermarket variety = 300 Head Total. Planted at 6 inches deep on two different planting dates (9/28/20 & 11/6/20 after 30 days vernalization in refrigerator). Harvest in our warm / desert climate tends to be mid-May.
Very clear, structured, and important information you are providing. Thank you so much for these videos. I'm so very tired of watching other gardener you-tube channels spend 10 mins on garden tours and showing off, while only giving a few mins of jumbled directions and info. You are helping many people get started and passing along useful knowledge. Really cannot express how grateful we are to have this sort of content. Great job.
I'm really happy to hear that. I really enjoy a great, detailed garden tour, but it can't be every other video 😂 I am trying to encourage as many people as possible to pick up this hobby and make it a lifestyle, and making it as easy as possible certainly helps.
Hello sir.Thanks, l am trying to grow Galic when l came in touch with you teaching, l am in Ghana l love garden, please can l grew Galicia in our country sir. Love to hear from you please thanks.
Thank you for your time and knowledge, it's seriously saving my wife and I so much time and headache. We're beginners and I just happened to stumble on your channel, but now I watch carefully and absorb everything.
I'm happy to hear that the videos are helping. That's exactly what I was hoping for. I hope you're seeing good results! It gets a little easier every year.
Doing some research and found this video. I found a garlic grower about an hour north of me that has a farm of nothing but garlic and will sell seed bulbs shortly.
Thanks for the excellent tutorial on growing garlic. I’m in zone 10a and planted four varieties last week, Inchellium, Chesnock Red, Music and Sicilian Artichoke. Music is my favorite, large cloves and great for roasting. Chesnock Red is pungent and potent and is my go to for pasta sauces. I follow your method to a tee except I soak the cloves overnight in water with a teaspoon of 20-20-20 water soluble fertilizer and a 1/4 teaspoon baking soda (to raise the pH) followed by a five minute soak in a mild Hydrogen Peroxide solution (to kill any fungus or other pathogens). I don’t know if that helps but I got the tip from a garlic grower in Gilroy, CA a number of years ago and just do it as a matter of course. You are spot on regarding hard neck vs soft neck. I get larger heads and much better production from soft neck varieties. Thanks again for the very informative video. I’m enjoying your channel and learn something with every post.
That sounds like a great variety. I didn't buy my garlic until October, so most places were sold out of the varieties I wanted. Next year, I'll have to order them around Labor Day and store them. Music is a hardneck type - they will grow for you in Zone 10a? I thought my Zone 8a was borderline difficult for a hardneck. Do you get decent heads? I would think in your zone, you'd want to grow Elephant Garlic since it's a leek and doesn't need the cold like garlic does.
@@TheMillennialGardener Hi. I’m in inland Southern California so we do get into the low 40’s at night. I’ve been growing pretty much the same varieties, mostly hard neck and I do get reasonable good size heads at harvest. I must remember to clip the scapes as we get closer to bulb formation but otherwise I do get OK heads. I did get larger, fuller heads when we lived in zone 6. FYI I get my seed garlic from Basaltic Farms in Nor. Cal.
@@TheMillennialGardener Hi again. I also grow shallots, leeks and onions (short day). Never tried elephant garlic but that’s a good tip and I’ll try next season. Thanks.
Interesting. I guess SoCal has it all - it almost never freezes, but spends so much time in the 40's at night you still get plenty of chill hours. An amazing climate. If only they had land at a low cost 😂
And once again, you have taught me so much I never knew. Can't wait till November to plant my garlic. Look forward to tasting more delicious flavors. Happy gardening! Thank you!
I'm glad you found it helpful! If you live up north, you can plant garlic now. We have to plant them in November here down south, because garlic needs cold weather to do well, so we need them in ground all winter to accumulate that cold. If you live somewhere where it's still cold at night in March and April (into the 30's and 40's on average), you can do so.
@@TheMillennialGardener I live in SE VA. Not far from you. I checked out the Citrus grower's site in SC you told me about the other day. Definitely keeping him on my list. Thanks again.
1st time planting garlic, so I will probably try store garlic. Do you plant companion plants at the the same time? Great videos. I am happy that we are in same zone
I’m planting garlic for the first time here in Middle TN - zone 7b. I purchased 4 lbs of beautiful organic seed bulbs and ready to go into my 2x6 raised beds. What is your opinion on the various pre soaking treatments for the bulbs prior to planting … alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, dish soap, mineral oil, kelp meal, baking soda, fish emulsion, humid acid … these are some of the ingredients I’ve seen used 🤔 Thanks - you are my go-to gardener!
So glad I found your channel it helps me feel more confident in starting my garden! Such great info love the detail! What company do you recommend buying garlic from. I am zone 5 going to try some soft neck and then hardneck in nov
Thanks for watching! Best of luck. Definitely stick with it. It gets easier every year, but there are also failures every year, so don't let something that doesn't go as planned get you down. It's all about moving forward.
Been trying to grow garlic on an off. Your video is quite complete for me. Excellent details. I have to grow them in pots though . Is there a minimum size pot you would recommend if i grow them in pots ?
This is helpful. I’m in zone 7A, near Washington, DC, and I think I planted mine too early-lots of green tops are up already, especially my Spanish Roja. I’ve mulched heavily and am awaiting really cold weather. Fingers crossed, but at least I’ve learned something for next year.
We had a huge warm-up a week after I planted them, so my green tops are all up as well. However, there is a huge, long cool-down coming on, so they'll begin to stall with the green growth. I think we'll be okay. Thanks for watching!
@@afrocraft1 Last year I planted about half of my garlic in mid-October, the other half in early November. Most of it did quite well, although the Inchellium Red never came up. This year I planted German Red and Purple Glazer on November 7. We’ll see how it does next June.
@@daveshep Great, thanks. So did the Oct plantings do better/worse than the Nov ones? I planted at the end of Oct, but I'm wishing I could've delayed into Nov.
@@afrocraft1 The October planting of Spanish Roja did fine. The cloves all sprouted and sent up green tops before the winter came, but the yield in June was fine. The Inchellium cloves did nothing, though, never ever sprouted.
My garlic usually germinates 2-3 weeks after planting, because the ground doesn't freeze here, so the cloves don't sit dormant. It never harms them. I probably don't get the biggest bulbs in the world as a consequence, but the flavor is always good and I'm STILL eating garlic now that I harvested in July.
Great info here, as usual. I’m growing garlic in containers for the first time. How often do I water them? I’m in zone 9. Just by using the finger test in the soil? Thank you for making these videos. You always do an awesome job😎🌵
Thank you. I recommend checking the bottom drain holes to decide when to water. It's not uncommon for the first inch of soil to appear dry, but it be sopping wet at the bottom of the containers. By only testing the top of the soil, we usually wind up drowning our plants. Usually, when the potting mix starts "pulling away" from the container and a gap forms between the top of the mix and the wall, it needs water. If the bottom drain holes are starting to dry out or you can see the medium pulling away from the container, it's time to water.
Love these videos. I’m in North Carolina as well and learned so much here. Do you have a recommend site or place to get garlic to plant? Thanks again for all the great content!
Is it worthwhile to plant garlic now just for the greens and protection for tomatoes? Then replanting in Fall? I recently moved to East TN so just starting my garden.
Garlic takes approximately 240 days to mature. When you're dealing with duration that long, they can fluctuate, though. Garlic is ready to harvest when the green stalks turn brown and die back. Last year, they were ready for me in June. When they're ready for you will depend on your climate. Warmer than mine = probably earlier, colder than mine = probably later, but it can vary based on variety, too.
That is a very rare thing. If you're in Florida, maybe you should try your hand at Elephant Garlic. It's technically a leek and is much less temperamental.
Hi! I’m in Burlington, NC. I’ve never planted garlic before, but I’d love to! Do you have a favorite that I could grow easily? I love strong garlic flavor.
Can you put them in the refrigerator to help????? I live in a hot dry area. St George, Utah. Can’t you eat the small cloves? Make a pot of Italian sauce!!!! Thanks muchly!!!!!
It depends how many chill hours you get. Some regions of Southern California still get hundreds of chill hours since there are so many 35-45 degree nights. A good place to start are softnecks like Lortz Italian, but a hardneck like Spanish Roja is worth a gamble to see how it does. Elephant garlic will perform excellent, I’m confident.
@@TheMillennialGardener In the Los Angeles area chilly to us is nights in the low 50's in the winter time. I watched another video of yours I think that recommended putting the garlic bulbs in the refrigerator for a few weeks. I know this works for flower bulbs like tulips, daffodils and the likes. We have very hot summers all the way to November now so we get an extended growing season. But of course daylight does become less after the summer solstice. So when would you recommend planting? Also I have battled spider mites on my tomatoes during the summertime. Would growing garlic next to my tomatoes for pest control rather than consumption be an option. Thanks for taking the time to respond to my question.
I am going to plant a grafted mandarin as well as a kumquat tmmr. I am going to fertilize them with cow manure and 20 20 20 npk. Do you suggest i do anything else?
Yes, you will want a nice, thick layer of mulch under the tree (but not contacting the trunk). If you're in a Zone 9 or water climate, you shouldn't have to do much more than that aside, of course, give them at least 6+ hours of uninterrupted sunshine a day. If you're in Zone 8 like me, you'll need to occasionally provide some amount of protection.
Do you mean root a cutting in water? Or do you mean plant a rooted cutting after it has rooted in water? I don't recommend trying to root cuttings in water because it is extremely slow and has a high failure rate, but if it worked, you can plant it as soon as the roots are 1-2 inches long (2.5-5cm long).
That's not possible to answer. It will depend on your climate. Many climates have winters where the precipitation rate exceeds the evaporation rate. Some climates have warm, dry winters and will require irrigation. Garlic will rot if you overwater it. It will also die if you allow it to dry up. You'll need to stick your finger 2 inches in the soil and test it yourself.
I just lift for a about 1 hr 15 mins 3 times a week. I used to go a lot harder when I was younger and lift 5 days a week, but I've backed off a lot since. I just try to eat well and spend time in the sun whenever I can. Most of reason why I moved from the Northeast was the lack of sunshine from November 1 to April 1.
Most likely if you plant very early as soon as the ground can be worked. Garlic needs time spent in the cold, so if you wait too long and your garlic doesn’t spend enough time in the cold, it may not bulb. Planting it in the fall protects against this, but it may be possible in late winter/very early spring in Zone 6 since you still have pretty cold early springs. You’d have to experiment and find out.
I was going to ask this same thing but its already been answered! Im planting mine out in just a month about once my first frost comes, im in zone 6b as well, ohio. Thanks!
The Millennial Gardener All plants require similar things: sunlight, fertilizer and water. Plant your alliums with plants that enjoy similar NPK ratios. I had incredible success doing this, and you can see the results here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-K4JAfAyIrO8.html Alliums will enjoy being the tallest thing in the garden in spring and the shortest thing come summer.
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