Garlic Corms | What are They & What to do with Them

[@LittleGardenBigDreams]

I love elephant garlic 🧄 I foraged some years ago from an old farm paddock where the house was long gone. The garlic would have been from the original homestead garden. Now I grow it each year and pass on cloves to my friends to keep the old heritage garlic growing here in Australia xx Cathi xx

[@ldg2655]

Awesome!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️. I love old things, including gone-wild plants and flowers from families long-gone..

[@fallenangelwi25]

That is truly awesome 😊 so something we all need to care about

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

same here and grew it and bulbs were smaller than expected but will try again

[@bascia3125]

Love garlic, My Mom told me when I was a kid she had to hide the garlic, I used to peel and eat it like candy! I still eat it like that, and I'm 70! Not many friends but I feel good! Hahaha

[@loissouthard5619]

I have a real aversion to raw garlic because my dad ate it raw and the smell of it came out his pores. Lots of people would stay down wind of him. I love the taste of raw garlic but just will not let myself indulge in it. Andrea do you know anyway to help the smell?????

[@lulamamie8524]

barbw - freaking amazing 😉 I am going to have to try eating fresh garlic 🧄

[@shelly8387]

I just pulled up some garlic yesterday and wondered what those little things were on the garlic bulbs. Thanks for sharing.

[@charlenesavant8800]

My brother in law just shared with me some of his garlic corms. I was so surprised and am excited to grow some. I do have wild onions on my property and looking forward to adding the garlic. Thanks for the video.

[@danagreen9264]

Well that was a step i missed about garlic ,knew corms would grow, didnt know u had to replant the big bulb🤯 mind blown in a good way❤❤❤❤👍

[@PeasantPlotFarms]

First year growing elephant garlic, was soooo easy and ready to replant for this fall. Thanks for the tips. I saved every single Corm to replant for future harvest!

[@20787674]

Great video I just started to plant garlic and learn about corms, thanks for the video.

[@nanajane9612]

Andrea, I so love your enthusiasm in your videos. When I feel low, I can watch you and feel better; it doesn't matter the topic. Thank you!

[@truepanda6]

Love garlic, and everything in that family, since a young age! Following in my dads footsteps 🧄🧄🧄

[@tennmcclain]

Great information! Never heard of corms before

[@TalkingThreadsMedia]

BAKER REEK (Seed Stories) has an excellent video on how to braid garlic. Did not know the garlic corms could be sprouted! We always just ate them! Thanks! Look forward to seeing your Fire Cider video later this fall. Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA -- 6/24/2020.

[@Greens5511]

Great info! I have been eyeing my garlic and cutting scapes.....super excited to harvest mine in the coming weeks....I learned a lot from this video, thanks!!

[@mickichikwinya5519]

So glad I found this video from you as you are located very close to me. I’m researching the best garlic to grow in our area since we are really cold winters, but warm up quickly.

[@melissahernandez7468]

Thank you for the great information. I didn't know where corm garlic came from or how to grow it.

[@meganh8169]

Next weekend garlic pulling for us up north!! 😛😜

[@janetwithers7427]

I never knew what a Corm was!! Thanks.

[@atdepaulis]

This is what I needed! I knew you could do this with elephant garlic and have it forever… but when I harvested mine yesterday I thought I left it in the ground too long… thanks for confirming!! I just need to put the corms back in the ground! ❤

[@tutofka]

I love this video. Thank you. I Just have a question to be clear. When, meaning the season of the year,do you plant your corms? I plant my garlic in late fall around the end of October when temperature drops below 50 F here in Chicagoland.

[@1870s]

I always wondered how to use those, I've just added to dressing in the past. Thank you for sharing ❤️

[@trishschultz2749]

Thanks for the corm tip,,, excited to see the fire cider recipe...

[@ajhertzell]

I love garlic. This is my first year having a real garden. So I was trying to start “small” but it’s a lot bigger than that. Lol! I want to grow garlic this fall but everyone is sold out. I live in Northern California and Gilroy is known as the garlic town. They grow garlic year round there. So I may have to go there to get me some garlic I can grow at home.

[@maryclairekalamafoni9524]

Love you, too Andrea! Garlic is a great thing, use it in cooking all the time!!

[@homesteadingatkookergehoft8131]

Thanks for talking about corms! I found some last week when I harvested our garlic. I even tasted one. Yeah. Don't do that. Blah! I'll try your method to see how it goes. I made Fire Cider this year. It tastes sooo good, and I'm not usually a spicy flavor lover, but I crave the Fire Cider. I have eaten the minced garlic clove straight up a few times, and it makes me feel woozy-weird for a few minutes after. Means it's potent and actively doing something for my body.

[@ReapWhatYouSeauxLeJeune]

Awesome tips... thanks for sharing 🤗

[@Honey-_bee]

I LOVE garlic. November was my first time to grow it. I was disappointed 😔. I won’t give up. I’ll keep at it. AND I love me some fire cider!!!

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Love your twang!

[@kristinebeedle657]

Good morning. I love herbs. Thanks

[@petitjeanriverhomestead]

I moved to Havana Arkansas 4 years ago, Yes I know Bobblehead. I have doubled the Elephant garlic that was here when I moved in. 2 Years ago I got one as big as a softball I gave it to Jamye O'Rourke...Bobby

[@gretaknebel8495]

Great info. I planted lots of garlics this year. I pulled it too early because I thought it was ready. Oops! I’m still going to use but, wish they were full heads! PS. I thought those were ground cherries when I first saw the picture in your video, not corms.

[@adampetherick7836]

I was late on planting my garlic so I put it in the fridge for a month-and-a-half then planted it.

[@CynBrown]

Awesome video and great tips

[@carolmilburn489]

Will be planting this fall thanks for information

[@Frankie_902]

After pulling up the corm; which at this time is one full bulb like an onion; how long do you wait before replanting for it to grow into a full cloved garlic head? Does it have to sit and cure a day or two before replanting?

[@VWFamilyFarm]

I would treat it just like a full bulb that has cloves. Pull it in summer and then re-planet in the fall. Some people will just leave them in the ground until the next year. I haven’t tried that.

[@Frankie_902]

@@VWFamilyFarm Thank you. I will certainly try this.

[@lulamamie8524]

I never thought about eating fresh garlic. I will definitely google it! I cook with garlic daily, and didn’t realize the cooking process breaks down the properties. More googling to do! Thanks for another informative video ❤️ Blessings to you and your family 🌟

[@christinaanderson27]

Seriously I just posted on FB about those garlic things. Lol great video!

[@silversummit5628]

I love garlic and grow it every year. You probably have , but if you haven't tried the type of garlic called "music" please give it a try. In my opinion it's one of the best tasting garlic's out there. I've gotten from both baker creek and BJ's organic garlic and it grows and taste great. I hope you all have a wonderful week.

[@gwenmoody8323]

Love garlic.. Love and Hugs from Sapulpa, Oklahoma

[@rosejafari8917]

Try fermenting chopped or crushed garlic in honey and take it for respiratory problems. Saw this on Old Alabama Gardener.

[@tracycrider7778]

It’s amazing as well!

[@stepht5]

What great information! I do love me some garlic! 😁

[@jenniferapiary]

Thanks

[@muhammadamjad199]

Thanks for the video! Can we cut the single bulb into pieces and plant each to get multi clove bulbs ? Kindly do answer!

[@VWFamilyFarm]

You just let the bulb cure for about 3-4 months and then you can just pull the cloves apart from each other.

[@muhammadamjad199]

@@VWFamilyFarm Sir i am talking about the bulb that we get from a chrome/ bulblet. Does it have germination properties in the entire bulb and can we cut it into pieces and plant them to get a multi cloves bulb

[@bettinah.7429]

I LOVE garlic!

[@channelview8854]

Do those corms require stratification or scarification? I planted two handfuls of them last year and not a single one grew. Yet, somehow, I have volunteer garlic grow in the garden where I have grown it before. Oklahoma State U. Extension horticulture specialist told my local extension guy it was not possible to reproduce elephant garlic except from cloves. I'm confused. Could those volunteer plants have come from the tops; the part that appears to be a seed head?

[@andreasmith5490]

I, too, need just a little more info. We are pulling our garlic soon. We r zone 5b. Those little corms you say need to be put in a moist dirt and sprouted. Then planted for about 8 months. Then pulled and replanted. By my calculations, those corm sprouts will be ready for harvest around May the next year. Garlic is planted in late fall,right? Will these corm garlic seeds I just pulled be okay to keep till fall?

[@VWFamilyFarm]

I would sprout them in a bucket for a while before you’re ready to plant this fall and then they should be on the same schedule as the rest of your garlic. Hope that makes sense.

[@memawshippabillyhomestead2714]

I need to order some garlic to plant this fall. I love it and always forget to get it in the ground in time!!

[@fallenangelwi25]

Yes!!! God bless y'all 🙏❤️

[@marniepetty8852]

Thanks for your videos Andrea. I am enjoying learning these tricks when it comes to herbs and making some herbal medicines. I was wondering where is the best place to purchasing garlic for planting. I would like to plant garlic this fall and for my zone it looks like I should plant late Sept/early October. Thanks in advance. Really enjoy watching you and your family. God bless.

[@VWFamilyFarm]

We got ours from Baker Creek and Hoss Tools. Both of them done excellent.

[@christiansingle1]

I have an unrelated question. It's about time to start fall veggies. It's still gonna be really hot where I live when it's time to start planting. Is that gonna ruin cool weather crops?

[@VWFamilyFarm]

You may have to put some shade over them. Are you starting seeds? If so it will be a bit before you put them outside and maybe by then they would be okay.

[@katiengland1529]

Do you like your cover for your black stone griddle? Just bought one for my hubby and need a cover to keep the animals away.

[@VWFamilyFarm]

Yes! We just bought ours because a friend had one and loved it.

[@paulawallace6688]

We have used garlic on a tooth infection and it cleared the infection right up. It was a weekend when it happened and so my husband used it and by the time he got an appt on monday and had the tooth extracted the dentist was shocked there was no infection. Garlic will burn your inside of your mouth but it doesn't hurt as bad as an infected tooth.

[@enchilada1956]

I make avocado toast and always spread raw garlic on the toast!

[@janetk9536]

I love garlic, not much I cook without it. I'm very interested in the medicine aspect thanks.

[@gimzo159]

Should I plant the corms now and let them sprout or wait for a few months. I plant in the ground in October for harvest in early spring. Thanks for sharing.

[@VWFamilyFarm]

You can sprout them now or wait a little bit. Even if you sprout them in a bucket now putting them in the ground this fall would be just fine. Leave in the bucket until ready to put in the ground.

[@theheritagehousesc]

We eat a lot of garlic cooked. My dad eats at least 3-4 raw cloves with every meal. He has done that all his life and he is a great advocate for garlic. I can’t eat it raw unless I chop in small pieces into a salad or in food. Tastes good and if you mix it like I do you can’t even tell is there.

[@chaudharymahmood1876]

ہیلو how are you... Wonderful infornation... Are u from austrlia .?

[@LetsTalkGoats]

Great video love and grow garlic

[@sandygilbert1037]

I don't know if you know about Sawyer Farms Alex just did a tutorial on how to braid garlic. They are friends of Dutch (keeping it Dutch) and Kevin from (hidden Heights). They are a very sweet couple and they love the Lord which goes a long way God bless

[@sandygilbert1037]

The name of the channel is Sawyer Ridge Farms

[@BroqueCowgirlHomestead]

Question on growing garlic. Do you ever plant the bulbils that are in the scapes?

[@VWFamilyFarm]

You can but planting cloves is ideal

[@BroqueCowgirlHomestead]

@@VWFamilyFarm from what I have been reading, garlic growers plant the bulbis as well as the cloves. Because there are more Bulbils than there are cloves. I have found some garlic growing on an old homesite, been there growing unattended for years and years. I want to try transplant some.

[@tracycrider7778]

@@BroqueCowgirlHomestead the bulbils will slowly grow the first year. Space them out when you transplant them and lift/store for a couple of years and you will get a ton of garlic just be patient

[@BroqueCowgirlHomestead]

@@tracycrider7778 Well since posting this question a year ago, I have discovered that my garlic doesn't make bulbils. It makes corms, and those make garlic bulbs the 2nd season. Thank you tho.

[@tracycrider7778]

@@BroqueCowgirlHomestead most welcome 💜

[@ldg2655]

Why plant the corn, pull it and replant it? ( immediately, or do you let it sit out a while?). Looking forward to the fire cider video

[@VWFamilyFarm]

Pull it from the sprouting bucket, plant in the ground along with your other cloves. Just harvest when you harvest all your other garlic and replant the next year. Hope that makes sense.

[@Cindysmiths-homesteadlife]

When do you start soaking the corms for planting in future? This is the first tine I have grown them. I want to keep growing them.

[@VWFamilyFarm]

Soak them a little while before you want to plant them in the ground. Then just plant them with your other garlic.

[@Cindysmiths-homesteadlife]

VW Family Farm thank you

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

I grew elephant garlic in containers but bulbs were small- why? How do I get them to grow larger next time? Was it lack of fertilizer?

[@sandygilbert1037]

I looked on Amazon for fire cider and there's many kinds what brand do you suggest? Thank you I'm very allergic to antibiotics I've had a UTI for months they can't get rid of it maybe this would help thank you for all your help God bless

[@sandygilbert1037]

Also I use young living's thieves I put it in a diffuser and run it all day. Could you give me the recipe for the fire cider?

[@VWFamilyFarm]

blog.mountainroseherbs.com/fire-cider Hope you get to feeling better!

[@sandygilbert1037]

You're holding a bottle in your hand what is the name of that bottle? Also is this very spicy I don't do spice. My husband says I'm very sensitive. If they are spicy is there any less spicy? Thank you for your quick response God bless

[@rebccarae7669]

Is it only the Elephant Garlic is that has the little corns and my husband used to take something that look like that and he'd eat one every day and he took that for hemorrhoids actually and he said it helped a lot

[@TheTinkerersWife]

Only Elephant garlic, which is not true garlic, but a type of leek will produce the corms.

[@VWFamilyFarm]

Yes only elephant

[@muhammadamjad199]

Are elephant garlic and snow mountain garlic the same????

[@VWFamilyFarm]

I’m not sure…

[@WendyK656]

We love garlic! my husband eats it raw with raw onions

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

my first time growing elephant garlic yielded dozens of korms! will replant

[@junetownsend4960]

I just saw someone freeze squash. No cooking and no cooling before freezing. Were you the person who showed how?

[@VWFamilyFarm]

Don’t think it was me but that’s how I do it just chop and freeze.

[@kathiehumerick4694]

What about frozen garlic?

[@VWFamilyFarm]

It would depend on if it was frozen whole. If so, it isn’t effective medicinally.

[@ndrunningriver]

Can you just plant them and leave them in the ground instead of harvesting and then replanting?

[@VWFamilyFarm]

Yes but when you dig them and separate the cloves you will grow more.

[@wendyullstrom1351]

I ferment my garlic in honey

[@tracycrider7778]

It’s amazing 💜

[@carolynmoody9460]

BLESSINGS

[@munchkin5674]

Are garlic corms edible? If so, do you use them like a clove of garlic?

[@VWFamilyFarm]

Yes they are edible like a little onion

[@gelwood99]

💞

[@01woof31]

can't you just leave the garlic in the ground? does it have to be dug up and replanted? zone 7b

[@VWFamilyFarm]

You can. I haven’t personally done that though.

[@lisanowakow3688]

We use the metal porch swing on our back porch, but a squirrel kept getting into the garlic and eating it.

[@ohske]

👍👍👍👌♥️♥️♥️

[@karenhearn1391]

I love garlic I just don’t like the smell you have after eating too much garlic 🧄!!

[@davidj.mackinney6568]

No longer a secret. :)

[@mickichikwinya5519]

So glad I found this video from you as you are located very close to me. I’m researching the best garlic to grow in our area since we have really cold winters, but warm up quickly.

[@halfcenturyfarm607]

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