How to Grow Garlic In Spring or Fall - Complete Growing Guide |MIgardener

A complete growing guide for anyone looking to plant and grow their own
garlic. With something so simple, I would recommend anyone try this.
Garlic is not only expensive in the stores, but it is easy to grow and
very beneficial for health, Making it a MUST for any gardener. On top
of that, I show you how to grow it from start to finish, all organic!
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[@lolalay1]

my family loves your videos. thanks for always being so informative, positive, and friendly.

[@claraslate]

Excellent! Thank you for your videos. I feel fortunate that YTubers like you share your expertise with us newbie gardeners. Blessings to you and your family! p.s. Do you ever do "meet and greets"? Like at local nurseries or whatever?

[@susanfuller3027]

I'm new to your channel. Gardened many years ago and am now starting my first gardens in 20 yrs. Im excited and have learned so much watching your videos!! Keep them coming

[@groganzolla1]

First off, thanks for the videos. We live in the Canadian Rockies and grow great garlic. We mulch in the fall, but only to keep the weeds away. We get hard frosts (2 or 3 feet deep) and it does not adversely effect the garlic at all. We also top up the straw mulch in the spring for the same reasons of weed control and moisture retention. Miles of smiles...

[@OneYardRevolution]

Excellent tips, Luke! We've been planting organic garlic from Whole Foods for years too.

[@suburbanhomestead]

Very thorough video Luke. A great guide. I've gotta go plant mine before it gets to late.

[@timehasbegun5828]

suburban homestead do you water how often

[@pamfriend5984]

It would be nice to have a time line of growth then harvest

[@amyrios5548]

About 9 months long. I have some 3 months in and two months in the ground.

[@stephaniegreen2876]

Where I live we plant garlic the first week of October and harvest around the first week of July.

[@growingwithpanda6935]

Love your style thanks for what you do. I've been watching your videos for over a year now.

[@mystrength2009]

Hello. New subscribers here: This week husband and I decided. Yep garlic and ginger and tumeric is expensive and it's what we buy the most. We have a house with enormous back yard. Problem is, it's a fenced yard and we can't figure out how the neighborhood rabbits get in and eat out vegetables, so we decided to plant the three roots, hoping that the rabbits will hate it and it be a deterrent to them. Lol.. . We are retired and tired and arthritic but we still love to garden and seeing things grow. So thank you so much honey. We will follow you because we enjoyed your video and all your advice and tips. Thanks

[@heidimartin1835]

So funny Luke You have changed your mind about seed garlic

[@tinasikkema9983]

So happy to find something I can grow over winter to keep my garden producing!

[@scottjohnson8576]

THANK YOU!! The two season tip was a first for me, a new garlic grower in south Louisiana. Everyone is saying start in the fall and winter the bulbs for a summer harvest. I planted cloves this March in hopes that I’d be able to harvest this year.

[@kathynching7337]

YES! YES! YES! I absolutely LOVE your video's! Iam a 3rd year gardener and learning ALOT STILL!!!!!! I LOVE GARDENING!!!!! Iam originally from Hawaii and I was NOT familiar with ZONES!!!! My Daddy planted WHATEVER WHENEVER he wanted. I now live in Utah, Zone 7 and have had to adapt to zone planting. You are AWESOME!!!! MAHALO NUI!!!!!

[@justeenwade9601]

I can’t wait to plant my very first garlic in September.

[@Workinggirlhomestead]

so true I havent bought potatoes or garlic from a seed catelog in years

[@kevindecoteau3186]

Love this, first year gardener, def want to plant garlic this fall, a lot of it!

[@whyaddnamehere]

This was a great video! I have a spot ready to grow garlic for this late fall. Thank you for doing this video.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Great video Luke, I appreciate that you are thorough. I will be giving this a go this year in our new square foot garden beds. Thanks again!

[@MIgardener]

SSLFamilyDad Square foot beds are perfect for growing garlic. Nice soft soil, allowing for nice deep root systems. Let us know how they do!

[@danielgarrett4238]

Thank you for all your tips. With the economy how can we not do as much at home as we can.

[@MIgardener]

+Daniel Garrett you got that right. We save so much money by growing our own food.

[@xiovlogz]

Thank you so much for this video! this will be my first year planting garlic.

[@brandi8040]

Woohoo! I'm so excited to plant garlic this fall! Thank you for this video!

[@studypuppy]

Mulch/top dressing/straw is to prevent going to seed when spring heat hits in hotter zone 9 climates. Keeps the ground and bulbs cooler longer means proper larger bulbs.

[@AlbertaUrbanGarden]

Excellent guide to playing garlic !

[@MIgardener]

***** Thanks for watching buddy :) Did you plant any?

[@AlbertaUrbanGarden]

I have to do it still. It's been a wildly busy fall. And I have to raise on of my beds before doing it and finding day light these days is tough lol. I like the new profile photo !

[@ctgardener6026]

I would rather buy my garlic from local nurseries than a conglomerate like Whole Foods. They work very hard and appreciate my business. 😊

[@patrick05020]

I live in michigan and I have a telly's greenhouse a mile away, I freaking love them.

[@Estella0707]

Thank you!! And especially thank you for keeping your seeds at a decent price. You have no idea how much we appreciate it! God bless your family.

[@ashleighmatos8246]

This was very helpful! Can’t wait to start up my garlic bed

[@heavymechanic2]

I like your comment about growing corn, I have the same opinion of potatoes, its so cheap in the store so why bother LOL!.. I planted some garlic cloves around September, I put mine about 3-4 inches deep. Nothing came up and it was also quite dry at the time. Around January when the warm weather came, garlic shoots came up (zone 6b-7). Anticipating home grown garlic from the grocery store, out of one bulb there was 2-3 large cloves and even some of the small ones are growing.. Next time I will try planting them shallow like in this video.

[@backyardmetalcasting]

Thanks luke. ..I was munching on a mixture of garlic I grew this year, ginger and honey to sooth my sore throat as I watched this!

[@MIgardener]

David D MMMMmmmm ginger, honey, and lemon is SOOOO good.

[@sjpiran]

Thanks Luke. I won't be buying my garlic from the seed catalogue ever again. I'll buy some organic bulbs and plant them this weekend. :)

[@MIgardener]

Steve T-J Way to go steve! Please let us know how it goes :) Thanks for commenting and watching.

[@ctgardener6026]

Support your local nurseries.

[@ctgardener6026]

I just bought your Trifecta + to show my support. I could have just gone to a big box store.

[@shalonamaranth]

@@ctgardener6026 sure. But in that case, you'd be spending a LOT more on all the constituent parts. Blood meal and Epsom salts and so much more.

[@chantelwade3299]

I love your seeds and shows. Just placed an order for seeds.

[@paulcorsetto6047]

Thanks for this video. One question I have is what is your process on watering the garlic? I tried for the 1st time planting garlic last Fall. It was nice to see them sprout in the Spring. However, I was not really sure when to harvest and how much watering they needed? Any advise on these two questions would be helpful. Thank you again!

[@mericsmith25]

Thanks. I have been a bit weary of planting garlic, but you make it look easy.

[@Brainmalfuction]

What happens if you plant in the spring, in a climate where you get winter ?

[@siry5164]

What if you plant them in warm now hot weather, due to heat wave we just starting having? Will covering them with dried leaves or straw help also from this Hot weather? I’m worried about my green onion I just planted also. Please help anyone? So new at this Thank you

[@joanfernandez4072]

Thunder Rolls Media Thanks l didn’t know garlic need so long to grow. Thanks.

[@danvankouwenberg7234]

In my experience, they will put up tops and grow, but not separate or "bulb up". I planted some very early last spring.

[@Stokjockey]

It is a Good Thing that Syndi puts up with your Garlic Breath !!!

[@MIgardener]

Stokjockey Hey, At least I will be alive for longer ;)

[@Stokjockey]

***** Yes that is true Garlic is amazing stuff and it wards off Vampires.

[@lisalemaster9383]

Thank you for this video. Oh boy, I have never planted garlic before, this is my first year and I bought from a seed company. Should have watched this video first. I over paid.😐. Will but from store next time for sure. I just love all your garden information. Love from Ohio.

[@vickihoehn5520]

I didn't get my garlic planted in the fall. It is March. Is it too late to plant for the spring?

[@jasontraska2616]

Great how-to! I love garlic but the rest of the fam - not so much. I can now use late fall garlic that's started to sprout to grow my own. Cheers!

[@benjaminpike1180]

Hey man. First time i've seen any of your videos.Just getting ready to plant some garlic in Newfoundland Canada. Your video was simple an easy to follow. Im now gone to break down some garlic heads and plant them. ... Thanks for the help 👍👍

[@TheTrueabundance]

Thanks for the clear explanation - I'll be growing some garlic this winter on my balcony in pots. Hopefully it'll be successful!

[@user-cl5sp4ik3s]

Did it work?

[@verawallace9055]

Didn't know you could plant in the spring time, thanks

[@jennifer-my6wg]

Absolutely love you and your videos. i am definately a "beginner" I find that the entire process of gardening is very beneficial. To me and everyone and everything i come in contact with. My goal this year is to help provide fresh produce to one of our local food pantrys. I really hope i can succeed. Thanks again!!

[@russellgibson5013]

One of the finest demonstrations . Thank you

[@diantangey8128]

Russell Gibson

[@sheliasockey9332]

Thank you so much for all your help...... On growing different things......

[@chadmikaels]

Great video but if you ever do another garlic video you should probably touch on the watering of garlic crop as it’s water requirements are different from other plants and what happens if you overwater as well.

[@ihearya5228]

I love all your videos

[@badassuchiha4875]

This works on Potato & Onions to right

[@pagelivingbeautifully8252]

Great information!

[@shannonstephens4245]

I think i will buy all my seeds from you this year!

[@erikpreston8976]

Can't wait to try this next year

[@ThePeepingEgg]

planting garlic for the first time, I'm so excited! Thanks for sharing this great, very informational video. It was very helpful!

[@MIgardener]

+The Peeping Egg We are thrilled it helped!

[@prekeujkaj1625]

Hey Luke! You are master gardener,you doing great explanation in your video. Just I planned my garlics in my garden in ny zone 6 b ,the last frost date is October 15 ,when i will get my harvest around, Thanks Peter Westchester ny

[@Smileface68]

So excited for october now! Going to plant some garlic!!!

[@anupamaprasanna3339]

Will be trying this. Thanks for all your really informative growing guides.

[@boxer3056]

Thank you that was very informative I've never played but I'm going too! Organic is the way to live! 👍

[@normamead4511]

Thank you for your great videos I live in Los Angeles and just planted garlic for the first time and I thought 💭 that using my store garlic may not work but I don't really get out because of the current medical situation. I am grad you clear that for me 🏡😊❤️😺

[@rickthelian2215]

Garlic like onions are easy to grow, just in Sydney Australia we have had a warmer season than usual for the past 3 years.

[@gerhardbraatz6305]

I bought garlic right out of Food Lion last year and they grew just fine.

[@essiesplace774]

I have 20 garlic growing in a box..i put mine in a moist paper towel until they grow roots then when they have roots i plant them..

[@mgsantaclara]

Elephant garlic is not true garlic but is a kind of leek. It is flavors of garlic and onion both. Very mild and delicious. We produced a video lesson demonstrating how to grow elephant garlic.

[@royalindication]

@J B Yes garlic, onions, chinese onions, leek, shallot.. They all belong to the same genus the genus Allium.

[@LearnToGrow1]

Great video Luke! I need to plant our garlic asap!

[@MIgardener]

Learn To Grow thanks mesilla! Let us know when you plant it :)AKA - don't forget to make a video!

[@lauramckendric5]

Man, you are freaking me out today. This came up next. I was just talking saying how I was trying asparagus from seed for cost reasons. Now you have reminded me that my elephant garlic isn't in yet. And right when you were talking about straw mulch I was touching a mulch I'd made from stray, dry rabbit cage straw and hay (to check how wet it was)... ;)

[@MIgardener]

+Laura McKendrick I am so glad I was able to freak you out! lol. Get the garlic growing! :D

[@lauramckendric5]

Sorry, it's 25 mins away in the shed. I've been pricking out mustard and flower seedlings. And plotting my next spot of guerrilla gardening. Scots law does not recognize trespass as an offence. :)

[@richlaue]

With Asparagus from see it is usually 3 years before it starts to produce. By year 5 the production should be good.

[@georgeordonez4813]

see now I live in West Central Florida where we don't get a deep freeze so I can plant in the spring and fall correct

[@ToastAndJellyfish]

There's a local farm that sells a varietal called Music at the farmer's market, and it's the single BEST garlic I've ever had! Hardneck and just the most amazing spicy pungency. It's like garlic flavor on steroids. I'm looking forward to attempting to grow my own this year, because I use so much of it that it gets pretty damn expensive at $3/head (where are all these cheap farmer's markets people apparently go to, LOL).

[@MIgardener]

+ToastAndJellyfish Grow your own for free! :D

[@williammueller768]

This helped out a lot.

[@jimclaire7996]

Do you plant hard neck or soft neck garlic? I enjoy your channel even though I garden in The Philippines and in the Texas Gulf Coast. Thank you for sharing.

[@seanbush5313]

That looks like soft neck

[@georgewarner4003]

Great video...TY

[@scmarih]

I'll be prepared to grow garlic this coming fall. We love cooking with garlic and I buy them in abundance. I do not have any space to plant them in the ground, plus we have heavy clay and just can not afford to amend the soil for conditions to grow anything edible. So, I only plant in pots, do you think I can still plant garlic successfully?

[@philomenekoenig1197]

Most videos I have watched do not mention anything if the soil should be watered before adding the cloves of garlic, or after, or if we should not water at all until spring.

[@justineeliza9462]

Your videos are excellent! thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! I hope to grow all our own food eventually :-)

[@barbararickman8543]

Soft or hardneck? Which do you plant when and where? I know there is a difference. What is it?

[@randylynnr]

I have both for the first time. I want to know when to harvest it?

[@amyrios5548]

9 months

[@katechristiansen3256]

Did I hear him...unthaw? I thought we only said that in Manitowoc WI, hehe. I'll be planting my garlic here soon, thanks!

[@karantha333]

You mentioned growing what's expensive, have you ever tried growing artichokes? I love them, but they are around $4.00 EACH here in CT. I saw seed packets this year, I may try growing them next year if I see them again.

[@ThatGuy-vr2jv]

Great vid as always. Keep it up and thanks.

[@desmondjordaan8234]

absoluely fantastic. i really like your videos

[@DeminicusSCA]

funny I save all the tiny cloves from the fall cooking and put them in the greenhouse in my now empty tomato buckets and those little cloves make nice size heads in the spring

[@GillHuyton]

Can you plant garlic from seed if your plants have produced seed heads? I got a lot of seed heads and poor garlic bulbs and now I know why! Many thanks for your growing guides I am learning so much from you

[@shawhit3462]

Another great growing guide. Non GMO organic heirloom corn is very expensive and hard to find. Especially ones with a short growing season. Always looking for those seeds!

[@MIgardener]

sha whit Indeed, Heirloom corn is growing in popularity. Thanks for commenting!

[@Lew_and_Phyllis_White]

Thank you. Full sun? Can we use part sun?

[@susannehubbell2799]

I live in north east Texas, it is the 28th of Jan. is it too late plant my garlic, we have been expecting 60 to 70 deg temps this whole next week. We have only really had 2 frosts this season so far, as in the grass froze but the ground very rarely does.

[@theresegilbert5735]

gréât vidéo, do you water after planting garlic?

[@rockhardrockmetalpop]

Great and helpful video....thanks for sharing.

[@larrywhite4667]

I will try this. Thanks

[@MIgardener]

Larry White thanks for watching larry!

[@rhondabrethorst8135]

I heard when planting garlic to not break it off the main stem until you are ready to plant it.

[@trinityyouth4179]

I may have missed this, but how do you know when to harvest the garlic? What is the indicator to let you know it's time?

[@zachw.1096]

Trinity Youth leaves start to tilt over or turn brown

[@Lornadoone72]

So helpful!! Thank You

[@MrWilariba]

Thanks for the advice

[@kerrilynn2265]

I live in Edmonton and want to grow garlic. I've grown peppers for the same reason peppers, garlic, expensive

[@mariskavyent5262]

thanks for the great video Im ready to try it

[@transamgirl4443]

I like to buy garlic in multiples at foreign markets. You can find them packaged in 5 whole heads of garlic for as cheap as 50 cents. Thats right 5 WHOLE heads for 50 cents. I bought a few and am planting them today in the greenhouse

[@amandaleavitt7935]

You should try to bucket garden

[@catonfarm9757]

How long do you cure dug garlic before you separate bulbs to be replanted?

[@justinalam8993]

Quick question.. I live in Long Island NY and will be planting my garlic at the end of September for the first time .. when should I harvest them?

[@NipItInTheBud100]

I wish I could find the video on preparing the beds for fall but your video list doesn’t go back that far

[@jasonbonville815]

Awesome thank you

[@michaelwalsh2190]

nice job thanks . question should the garlic bulbs be rotated around the garden each year .. instead of planting in the dame place year after year

[@grantdm]

Nice video. Thanks. I just realized I planted my garlic too deep. Now I am going to plant more! Do you eat all that garlic? That is a lot!

[@DaDaDo661]

Luke what do you do about squirrels? Don't they dig up your beds?

[@PinkChucky15]

Very nice video, garlic seems like a cool thing to grow and it helps that it's so easy :-)

[@MIgardener]

PinkChucky15 One of the easiest in my opinion!

[@tinatarr]

wanting to try my hand at growing garlic wondering if I can start late now Jan 30th in my grow room in containers then set out in spring? Hope I can cause Im going to try.

[@SmittyWolf1]

I'm just curious about the 2 planting situation. If it over winters, why can't we plant in Spring where there is frost. If we are planting in a frost area, and planting in fall, obviously the garlic will be subject to frost or freeze. But if we plant in spring, then there wouldn't be any chance of freeze or frost at all, so I don't see how that is a factor determine when to plant.

[@voidremoved]

dude garlic is cold weather it loves winter u need to plant it in the autumn. just don't plant too early or it will grow before winter. plant it deep and cover it with mulch.

[@bhawthorne5654]

you plant in fall bc it gives the roots a chance to establish before dormancy. if you planted in spring before frost lifts you'd have new roots still and they'd freeze burn.. by putting in in fall, roots are established and get below frost line. so by spring when the frost hits, they've already got established roots below the frost line