Garlic Harvest 2024

[@gardeninjake]

That was quite the haul. I finally cleaned up and brought the ret of my grlic in today. I have 34 bulbs left. Ive been giving them to various members of my family and have used a few myself. Again I cant thank you enugh for sending me the garlic last fall. It is being put to good use and givin out to various people and I set back a few to plant this fall. Take care Steve!

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

Glad the garlic I sent you worked out. Hope you got some big ones from it for replanting. I have enough to get me through until the next harvest. Thanks for watching Jake.

[@gardeninjake]

@@stevefromthegarden1135 The ones I kept for replanting arent giants, but considering all the rain we had this spring, I am suprised they didnt all rot in the ground. And speaking of rain, Im at 3" today and counting. Thatll keep that grass growin!

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

@@gardeninjake lol. If the grass is growing, that is good for your business. 😀

[@gardeninjake]

@@stevefromthegarden1135 Im lovin it. 4 3/10" total.

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

@@gardeninjake That is a lot of rain. Did you get any flooding from that?

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

❤🧄❤ Beautiful harvest tour Steve ❤Peggy❤

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

Thanks for watching Peggy.

[@Truongthikimcuong92]

❤❤❤❤

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

Thanks for watching.

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Fascinating harvest, Steve. I will try again this year to plant garlic in a pot again and maybe cover them with cedar mulch. Tried leaves and bulbs all rotted.

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

I have given some thought about the troubles you have had with garlic. I think you might a bigger container. Something like a 27G HDX tote with holes drilled in the bottom and some near the bottom on the sides. Since you're in the local area, maybe this fall I could stop over and give you a hand with it. I will bring some of my seed garlic for planting, so you don't have to buy any. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks for watching Tom.

[@brianseybert192]

Great harvest Steve! The initial investment is definitely worth years of self sustained planting. Looked at Keeney Garlic website for tips on curing, they recommended the way you put yours up. Only 2nd year for me growing garlic, I am hooked. My harvest was way more than I anticipated, very pleased, looking forward to this years planting. I did find the cloves I soaked prior to planting in worm casting/compost extract were on the larger size. Congrats on yet another awesome harvest! Stay Well!!!

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

Keene Garlic is a good site and right in your area. Interesting about the presoak in worm castings extract. Not something I had thought about doing. I might try that myself this fall. I will give the garlic a little more spacing between cloves this fall and grow a little less overall. Thanks for watching Brian

[@RobinGardens]

Great harvest! Did a soft neck variety Red Toch for the first time...impressed thus far. Hope to have even longer storage capability.

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

Nice Robin. It's good to try new things. Thanks for watching.

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

That was a nice looking harvest! I’m going to spend Monday putting away my now cured garlic, like you I will put aside the nicest bulbs for replanting in the fall. Those big Porclain varieties (like Music) need at least a six inch spacing all around to attain full size, most other types can reach full size at a four inch spacing. Personally I just grow all my varieties at a six inch spacing. I guess that explains the high cost of Music garlic, they need more space in the field and they have fewer plantable cloves per bulb than other groups.

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

I might move to 6 inch spacing next year as I don't need to grow as much next summer. Thankfully, we can keep replanting our own garlic every year, dividing out the initial cost of buying the seed garlic. Are you growing to plant anything in the bed the garlic was in? Thanks for watching Klaus.

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

@@stevefromthegarden1135 Yes! This year I am trying a second round of cucumbers in that bed. Now that I have T-posts and Hortinova trellis it’s easy! I had the cukes under lights before the garlic was out! They have already started to climb. It’s so much better to regrow our own garlic. For one thing it adjusts to our specific conditions over at least five years! I also think that every time we bring in a new cultivar, we take a slight risk of bringing in some dreadful garlic pathogen such as (perish the thought) white rot! I will take the risk to bring in a new cultivator I want to try but I don’t want to take the risk on a regular basis! Did you follow your garlic with something else?

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

@@WhatWeDoChannel Fall carrots are going into that bed soon, although not in the exact spot the garlic was in. I need to replace the wood sides of the bed before I plant anything else in it. I will try to pick up the wood tomorrow. I will use 2x8x10 this time instead of 2x6x10. I bought the 2x6s during covid when wood was crazy expensive, so this time I will go a bit taller

[@donutdomination139]

I think I was actually the first to see your video! It popped up and watched it but had to go so I couldn't comment right away. Soooo glad the bulbs I sent produced! They seem to have small number of clove yield but big cloves (which I love). The ones you sent me did very well! I truly enjoyed the exchange and thankful for the opportunity to do so! Thank you for this follow up video!🧄

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

It was a great exchange and worked out well for both of us. For next year, I am going with 6 inch in-row spacing between the cloves since I won't need as much garlic overall. Thanks again Kathleen.

[@backtonature433]

nice harvest my friend 👌🧄🧄🧄💚💚💚

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

Thanks for watching. 👍

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Instead of wood, what do you think of just cinder blocks? That way, it will last instead of buying wood. In the cavities you could plant marigolds for color in the garden. Just a thought.

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

I thought about using concrete blocks but I not sure how long I will stay at this house once my daughter finishes high school in 2 years. My son will be a senior in college as my daughter starts her freshman year in college.

[@GardeningwithBarchuckin]

A few really big bulbs of garlic 🧄 Can you grow soft neck? Will you replant garlic in that same bed or rotate? I need to look into getting some drip tape/lines.

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

I'm sure I can grow softneck garlic. I have planted some from the grocery in my strawberry bed as a bug deterrent and it grows just fine. I rotate which beds I grow everything in, including garlic and onions. For next season, I will grow Garlic and onions in the bed that my 1st planting of sweet corn was in this year. I have a cover crop of buckwheat in that bed now. That bed didn't get any amendments last fall vs the bed next to it where the rest of the sweet corn was grown which had buckwheat in it then fall leaves. Having drip tape and running it on a timer has been great. The beds gets watered 4 days a week and I don't need to think it. It just works and has been a game changer for me. Thanks for watching Rick.

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Have you ever tried planting elephant garlic? Is that a spring bulb? Just wondering.

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

I have not grown elephant garlic but if I did, I would still plant it in the fall so the cloves can divide over the winter.

[@NanasWorms]

Do you use the garlic starting with the ones that don't keep the longest, Steve, or do you vary it up? Sounds like they all have different taste and culinary properties. ~ Sandra

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

For the most part, I grab whatever suits me at the moment. However, the Amish rocambole garlic is said to have a shorter storage life, so I will use those more early on. I want to dehydrate and powder 1 bulb from each variety for use as garlic powder in the kitchen. (as in mix it all together). Thanks for watching Sandra.

[@brianseybert192]

@@stevefromthegarden1135 Do you slice the garlic cloves before putting into the dehydrator? I have more garlic than I thought, freezing some chopped up in olive oil, I read online potential botulism if stored that way in the fridge. Stay Well!!!!

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

@@brianseybert192 I do slice the garlic cloves before I dehydrate them. Goes much faster that way.

[@lispottable]

Steve do you use all those different varieties in different ways?

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

They all get used for cooking. 😀 But the Georgia Fire is supposed to keep some of it spicyness even after cooking. 4 of the varieties are new to me, so we will see if there is a noticable difference between them. I also want to make a garlic powder where I take 1 bulb from each variety and dehydrate/powder it then combine them all together. Thanks for watching.