Growing Garlic from Planting to Harvest

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Gorgeous garlic packs a pungent punch, making it an indispensable addition to so many recipes - and every vegetable garden.
Garlic is best planted before winter in many areas. It's very easy to grow - all it needs to thrive is a sunny spot and good drainage.
In this video we demonstrate how to plant, harvest and store these beautiful bulbs so you can enjoy perfect garlic every time.
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[@russelladams7940]

As a semi-retired chef I now can have garlic year round. Thanks Mate. Keep the videos coming!

[@GrowVeg]

That's really great to hear - you can never have enough garlic!

[@donaldmulcare1498]

Garlic prooved a marvelous companion for carrots. I've read that the onion family chases off carrot boring pests. It seems to have worked because the carrots were the best I've ever grown.

[@swizzleproxi4810]

What a great gardening tip, Im all for companion gardening too. 👋☺

[@Moll0510]

It’s worked for me too albeit I didn’t know this fact before planting. A happy accident!

[@ghillepig2]

Was gonna try carrot eventually and this sounds like a great tip 👍

[@ralsharp6013]

Donald how did your onion and garlic harvest go? Did they obtain enough photosynthesis? Did you plant in separate rows or did you plant them together?

[@JonathanFox-uj1rv]

Ty, will consider that more this year!

[@Tropategan]

Great video. A lot of other garden pages talk to much but you get straight to the point. Thanks for all the info i need in a nice short video.

[@17Mccants]

Thank you for your cheerful and delightful videos. Gardening has helped me combat depression; once I found your channel, I felt more daily joy. May God bless you, and I am praying in Jesus' name over my garlic plants!!

[@southofthesticks]

Best garlic growing video out there ! Thank you.

[@Legend0222]

I love garlic and didn't realize it could be grown in containers, so excited to try this!

[@helliebellielove373]

Hope it all goes splendid!

[@mcs9776]

You are so right...garlic is easy to grow. We live in Zone 3 (No MN). I've been growing Music and Siberian hardneck garlic with great success. I mulch the bed after planting in fall with at least 6" of leaf mulch. After harvesting and drying, I slice and dry some of the garlic for lovely white garlic powder that is extremely flavorful and makes great gifts.

[@GrowVeg]

Sounds like a very tasty gift idea!

[@stephentucker9696]

Great video. Just discovered gardening in my seventies after moving to a property with a bit of land. Tried everything this year to see what works and discovered this you tube site by accident. Lucky me!

[@GrowVeg]

Great stuff Stephen. The very best of luck to you with your new gardening adventure. Enjoy!

[@solihah2092]

I have a project for my assignment and I choose to grow garlic... Your video had help me a lot on idea and method to finish my task.. Thanks a lot to you😃

[@GrowVeg]

So pleased it helped. :-)

[@californiacreekorganicfarm6328]

I love the Inchelium Red variety. I harvested 65 bulbs this past summer and I just planted another 140 cloves last month for next year's harvest!

[@kristenpino4635]

Wow! Do you give a bunch away or store them?

[@karinmeeks3807]

I live in upper peninsula of Michigan zone 4 I plant soft type in October cover with straw to protect from snow 4ft of snow in the spring they are the first plants coming up after the snow melts . then they grow very well and I harvest scapes. The garlic is harvested around end of august . I have been doing this for

[@mdmota100]

We plant our garlic 1-2 feet from our roses in the fall (zone 5 ). Garlic is a natural fungus preventer therefore preventing black spot on our roses. The scapes look funky with people asking where we purchased the different looking plants

[@williamelliott7511]

These have to be the best veg learning videos on the net and are superbly presented. Great Garlic vid my friend please don't leave us and keep upo the good work.

[@GrowVeg]

Thanks very much. Don't worry, we're not going anywhere and have lots of fantastic videos planned for the rest of year and into next. We love producing these videos and it's so encouraging to get positive feedback, thank you. Hope you give the garlic a go - it's a really satisfying vegetable to grow... as well as eat of course!

[@junedewar3551]

@@GrowVeg Can I ask where you order your garlic bulbs from? Thanks for video!

[@day1678]

Very much appreciated your tips to growing garlic. Thanks.

[@GodwinMarketing]

Great how-to video! I've been growing garlic for many years -- home grown garlic is a million times better than anything from the grocery store. One comment with regards to drying -- you don't mention garlic should be cured out of direct sunlight. Unlike onions, garlic needs to cure in a dry, well ventilated area -- out of direct sun! Thanks for the great videos!

[@GrowVeg]

Thanks for sharing that tip Candace.

[@lizbethdiehl318]

Candace Godwin Where did you buy your initial bulbs for planting from?

[@GodwinMarketing]

Seed Savers Exchange and also Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds -- both have a nice selection. I've also purchased seed garlic from my local farmers' market -- in doing so, it assures that the variety will do well in your local area and it supports your local growers!

[@leslie-lynnesinkey1225]

Inchelium Red is a garlic variety that made the Slow Food Ark of Taste for its wonderful flavor. I've grown it for several years, and if it can survive me, it can survive any gardener!

[@MariaANDSunday]

Planting mine today in a lovely autumn Sunday in Melbourne Australia. Thank you Ben. Always enjoy your videos.

[@GrowVeg]

That's lovely to hear Maria. Enjoy your garlic - it's one of my favourite things to grow I reckon.

[@wickramadesilva3855]

Great video- I harvested my garlic today

[@GrowVeg]

Lovely stuff!

[@francesbatycki404]

I love scapes!! I’d grow garlic just for these! Yum!

[@irenejater1101]

I do love your video's,you make so easy to understand. Thank you

[@francesbatycki404]

Trying for the first time this fall. Fingers crossed.

[@francesbatycki404]

They were super!! Yay!

[@jayvier6850]

.thank you! finally a real video of how to plant garlic , complete with when its time to harvest! you don't know how your video lightened my heart. .im sick of videos of showing planting garlic but they never show the harvesting of it.

[@GrowVeg]

Really pleased you've found the video useful Jay. Thanks for the feedback. :-)

[@peterturner1582]

I always soak my garlic cloves overnight in seaweed solution. It results in quicker root development and growth. Here, in sub-tropical Brisbane, Australia I can only grow soft neck varieties. I tried to grow some hard necks but I was unsuccessful. They failed to bulb up. Thanks for the video. I really enjoy all of your videos. I only recently discovered your channel so I have been binge watching older videos as well.

[@GrowVeg]

Thanks for the tip on soaking the cloves - I'll have to try that. Please do binge watch our videos - hopefully some more useful advice in amongst them for you. :-)

[@arlenstrauch]

Good video, I'm going to try planting this fall. Actually tomorrow

[@frankdilaura5712]

I also agree: GREAT (short & very informative) VIDEO. I annually plant 300 cloves in US Zone 13 (Soft Neck : Silver skin, Hard Neck: Agio Rosso di Sulmona).

[@GrowVeg]

That must keep you in garlic year-round. A great result!

[@annagriffiths717]

Just harvested my first garlic which I planted last October 🤗 some are small but a fair amount of cloves on each one , they are hung up in my garage drying so 🤞🏻 thanks for all the tips, Anna 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@GrowVeg]

Wonderful - enjoy!

[@KK-eo6zz]

Thank u for showing me this I’ve always wanted to grow garlic and u give a lot of details on how todo it

[@micheleclifford5184]

Thank you. Really enjoy the learning

[@lully381]

Thanks for that, I have always been slightly confused before about growing garlic but you answered all my questions I had in my head in the video. I am now going to go to my local garden centre to buy garlic!

[@lenderchabaefe1864]

Hellooo, guess what I have already started growing Garlic by using a container n it's so amazing, really appreciate the sense of sharing, I thank you once again

[@lvincentsands2668]

Well today I found that the supermarket garlic bulbs that I wipped off a shelf and threw into a pot ,planted in spring 2020 ( before I did any research on growing garlic) and forgotten about have survived even when overtaken by weeds. Going to be intresting tasting them, so ill start looking after them. Great video.

[@GrowVeg]

Hope you get something tasty to enjoy.

[@brendablack1554]

Love ❤️ these educational and friendly videos

[@Allotment-diaryUk]

Good stuff ! I always grow Solent Wight but only plant in late February and get an amazing crop which stores for 12 months. Cheers !

[@GrowVeg]

That's an impressively long storage time - great stuff!

[@ruthlethem1377]

I have some of these ready to plant out next month! This is really encouraging to hear they may last so long!

[@edaling43]

When do you harvest yours . I too planted mine in February

[@johnwilson230]

Great vid as always this year 2022 I used coffee grounds I get for free. I sprinkle around the garlic it's a great feed plus helps to keeps slugs and snails at bay Infact only today 3 june 2022 I lifted the first of .y garlic out of two beds and will leave on top of the beds for a few days and air dry on racks. All the best

[@GrowVeg]

How fab to have harvested garlic so early - great job!

[@goldenages7089]

I just subscribed because every video on this channel is the best video on the subject I could find. Great content.

[@GrowVeg]

Thank you :-)

[@TheEnglishladyskitchengarden]

Thanks for this. It was really useful and best of all it was straight to the point without a load of waffle.

[@infj-tguy6275]

Thank you for the knowledge amigo

[@GrowVeg]

You're most welcome!

[@infj-tguy6275]

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[@cristallewis7802]

Love your channel concise and all the practical information you need. Thanks.

[@davidmauro8947]

that opening snare is crazy startling

[@GrowVeg]

We've scrapped the opening snare for future videos!

[@kanweribridgetglorybetoalm504]

Thanks for your advice

[@triciaarchie3860]

Thanks for your instructions and good video. Tulsa, Oklahoma USA

[@GrowVeg]

You're welcome - thanks for watching. :-)

[@ynotnot1666]

Thank YOU thank you thank YOU!!

[@athenawatts8824]

Thank you so much! Awesome video!

[@AM4N18]

Hello, just discovered your channel, I'll be sure to check out more videos after this one. I have some solent white bulbs which I bought from a garden centre last year. Am I too late to give them a go now or can I try planting them in a pot and hopefully get some nice garlic end of summer? I'm also in the UK. Thanks

[@GrowVeg]

You could try planting them now but you may not get bulbs as they haven't had a chilling period, which they need. Alternatively, you could place them in the fridge for three weeks and then plant them. This would hopefully mimic the chilling period and you may then get some bulbs, but this would be a very late start for them. I would be tempted to just plant them now and grow them for fresh garlic greens.

[@JustinHallowesOutdoors]

I've watched a few videos 9n garlic tips. and I'm going with this. thanks for posting.

[@Tony95192]

I pop the garlic I've saved from my harvest, in a paper bag. Then pop them in the bottom of the fridge, until I'm ready to plant them out. I believe this helps ensure the cloves have had a good length of cold. Which helps them split.

[@GrowVeg]

Great tip Tony. :-)

[@vabreuful]

Love GrowVeg's videos. Informative, to the point, short and sweet. Thank you!

[@GrowVeg]

Glad you like them!

[@fire.smok3]

Thanks

[@JoRobertsGaming1984]

Good video, thanks for the useful information.

[@MrDJ217]

Excellent

[@BatelSkater]

I Absolutely Enjoyed this Video :) Thank You💛🌞

[@GrowVeg]

Thanks for watching! :-)

[@pawpower1023]

Very cool. Thank you

[@WanderingNature]

Thank you

[@charliecharles8517]

Thank you for this. 🙏🏾

[@No-sv6mu]

Great info. I never have any garlic to store though. I eat it too fast!

[@baskets8429]

Excellent video

[@GrowVeg]

Thanks. :-)

[@lukeswagwalker1435]

really good companion plant for cannabis actually

[@sheenaclovis2065]

Thank u

[@georgejordan9844]

Impressive 👌🏻

[@priyaagarwal2920]

Not a growing tip per se, but garlic leaves can be eaten - and they taste delicious! They seem to have a mild garlicky flavour, except a bit hotter. I've grown some garlic for bulbs, and some others just for their leaves. Great way to add some green leaves to your diet. :)

[@carolschavet3354]

Didn’t know that... have some right now and will try them tomorrow 😄😊😍 thank you and God bless you!

[@disappeared9673]

Garlic ❤️❤️❤️

[@peterbesserer9909]

I understand from some sources that you can trim garlic leaves to help develop bigger bulbs - true or false or needed ? Great video , much thanks for the practical and clear direction . My first year to plant an watch it grow :)

[@GrowVeg]

Definitely don't trim the leaves - this will reduce the energy the plants can make and probably lead to smaller bulbs.

[@victorcheloti4825]

Awesome information 😜

[@treysearcy502]

Thank you!

[@jessicap7052]

Haven’t planted any garlic yet but I just acquired an entire bag of bulbs from my church food pantry that already seem to be growing on their own! I did hear you say in this video not to plant the store bought kind due to possible diseases or not suitable for your area. I might try it anyway. I researched the garlic and it says it is from Spice World out of Orlando Florida. It is not organic but does say Not genetically modified. I might try it anyway. I am in NY. Love your videos as well as garlic. Everyone that can not get enough of garlic should look for a recipe called Toum. It is a whipped garlic, comes out like Mayo! Garlic cloves, salt, lemon and oil! It reminds me of a horseradish sauce.

[@GrowVeg]

That recipe sounds delicious Jessica! You may do okay with your sprouted garlic. The big issue is that it may be more suitable to a very warm climate like Florida, so may do less well in NY - but certainly worth a try. :-)

[@87GP400]

Very nice Thanks !

[@sudhanvakashyap297]

Congrats on 100,000 subs.

[@GrowVeg]

Thanks Sudhanva! Hope you enjoy our videos :-)

[@Coasterrestrepeat]

Thanks that's very helpful

[@exeterbeekeeper]

I have grow garlic on allotments often end up with rust. Elephant garlic is the most successful. This is my no 1 crop, grown in muck the biggest was 900 grams

[@deanperez9426]

I thourougly enjoyed this! I'm in!(9)

[@GrowVeg]

Nice one Dean, thank you for watching!

[@curtisdickinson3612]

Love garlic

[@adionankanasahib4420]

awsome bro

[@zahraansari3710]

I like your veg video as they are shorter but to the point

[@GrowVeg]

Thanks Zahra - I try to cut out the waffle and get to the good bits!

[@lukeyj8331]

Great video, very informative!

[@MockYNinja]

US Zone 9b - Inchelium Red performs perfectly. Large and very tasty and is on the milder side.

[@lizbethdiehl318]

Peter Bergstrand Where did you buy your initial bulbs for planting from?

[@MockYNinja]

I bought them from High Mowing Seeds a couple of years ago. But if I were in a situation where I needed to buy them again for some reason (I now replant from previous crop), I would get bulbs from a place located closer to me geographically. I live in the warm Californian valley while they're located in chilly Vermont. However, I never encountered any issues despite that, so it may be a moot point.

[@learnfengshui4377]

Very helpful! Thank you

[@losonnyboy]

Love your guys cideos

[@8valvestreetsociety012]

thank you for the tip , very good stuff

[@rosewood513]

I love all your videos. Thank you.

[@kleenkitchen]

Amazing

[@pamholloway5962]

For the last five years or so I have been growing four varieties originally bought from the Garlic Farm on the Isle of Wight, planting from my own crop each year. Can't remember what their names were, one is white, one pinkish, two are purplish. The elephant garlic did poorly in Derbyshire, so I have none left to plant now, though it did very well in Sussex. I've got about 80 in the ground now :)

[@GrowVeg]

You can never have enough garlic Pam!

[@bernardmireku3091]

How many months does it take to harvest garlic from planting ?

[@andranikpaltayan4665]

Amazing video thank you 🌷Do I have to cover my garlic plants during snowing season?

[@GrowVeg]

They should be fine as they are. They'll pause growth till spring and the cold helps them to initiate full bulb production when the growing season finally arrives.

[@Kiyarose3999]

I’m growing Garlic for the first time this year, I planted the cloves about mid April and used a shop bought Garlic bulb that had started sprouting. So I thought why not try, I now have 5 of them growing in pots, as I have no garden. I’ll post back here my results.

[@GrowVeg]

Please do keep up posted.

[@roasty80]

How did you get on ?

[@TRPGpilot]

What were the end results?

[@kymbreyonahampton8592]

I am currently doing the same thing for my first time

[@MsKriskohler]

APB out to veteran garlic growers...I didn't quite understand when to cut the softneck's flower and stem. Would appreciate your coaching! Thanks.

[@GrowVeg]

Softneck garlic varieties shouldn't produce scapes during the time they're grown. However, if yours do produce flowering stems, cut them off as soon as they appear so all the energy goes into swelling the bulb.

[@samdumaquis2033]

Thank fot thr vid

[@olgadaviu574]

Hola

[@easther2446]

Wish you could tell me what tool did you used to keep that data for the garden

[@richarddowner4292]

great tips on the soft neck garlic! Thumbs up on the video. thank you

[@rafikchbaklo]

thank you.

[@farmersamforest9393]

Good stuff mate, thanks

[@jacobbartlett5355]

PLACED THE CUE TO SUB PERFECTLY

[@simonebourgeois9544]

Growing Spanish Roja Hardneck Garlic this fall, so excited because I live in growing zone 9 where I can get 2 garlic growing seasons 😋

[@Wingedshadowwolf]

Simone Bourgeois Right on! I'm in zone 1, I hope my garlic makes it!

[@lizbethdiehl318]

Simone Bourgeois Where did you get your bulbs from?

[@simonebourgeois9544]

Elizabeth Diehl ~ I bought my bulbs from a local nursery near my house, Sloat Garden, that gets their garlic bulbs from a local organic garluc farm.

[@murdoc77quiles69]

Very educational.

[@AnthonyPaun]

indeed you have the best info and videos!!

[@lisabooker6405]

Thank you.

[@adrianborden1546]

...Thank you.

[@kutunsama6502]

Thank you sir

[@stpsupply]

Instead of planting in the fall to get your crop next summer you can plant in the spring if you stratify the cloves for 2-3 weeks in your refrigerator and then plant in the early spring

[@GrowVeg]

Great tip! :-)

[@karenritchie4952]

Hi hun can let me what to put garlic for the future plz

[@alexandrealves5457]

Is there any chance you could tell me the name of the app on your blog? I'd like to try and use if possible, Loved the video, straight to the matter and very easy to understand, regards from Portugal 🇵🇹

[@GrowVeg]

Of course, the app is called the Garden Planner and you can find out more about it here: www.growveg.com/garden-planner-intro.aspx

[@carolyncrane7280]

As a beginning gardener, I need tips on growing shallots in a container.

[@GrowVeg]

Hi Carolyn. Shallots take up quite a lot of space in containers. Here's a great article on growing them. You could plant them into containers too, but you'd need quite a few containers to enjoy a reasonable crop. www.growveg.co.uk/guides/plan-for-a-bumper-yield-of-shallots/