How to Grow Garlic (Part 2) | Water, Fertilizing, Pests & Diseases

[@epicgardening]

Cultivate that like button to bless me with NO SKUNKS THIS YEAR 🚫

[@trish_says_hi]

I will gladly trade blessings to the gardening gods for our respective garlic patches.

[@debihediger4760]

Kevin, remember that rodents etc. don’t like the touch or feel of Tulle fabric netting. It’s light weight enough you could just lay it over your crops and stake it down with landscape staples, or even rocks and bricks work too. It’s been helping us keep the birds out of our grow bags and pots. They sure like new seedlings....YIKES!

[@epicgardening]

@@trish_says_hi #blessed

[@epicgardening]

@@debihediger4760 Noted!

[@sbilalx]

Its late spring in my area and is starting to get hot should i plant garlic now or after summer

[@marilynH66]

I first planted garlic in the fall of 2013. It was a huge success for a first timer! The harvested garlic bulbs were huge. I proudly gave some to my family and friends with a tag “proudly grown by me”. Plus, I discovered that your garden grown garlics are the best compared to store bought. From then on, I have been growing garlics every year.

[@epicgardening]

Well done!

[@trish_says_hi]

Anyone else greatly enjoy listening to Kevin go Mama Bear on anything willing to mess with his garlic babies?

[@legendaryurbangardening1930]

😅 He’s like a wizard 🧙‍♂️

[@silkrose32]

😝

[@TheDido5]

Plant Daddy🤩

[@hotuballoon]

“I like big bulbs and I cannot lie!” Sorry lol first thing I thought of when he said we want big bulbs 🤣🤣

[@fab9db]

LITERALLY SAME

[@desotodiva]

😆😆

[@californiacatmoma4360]

what a RIOT!!! I LOVE that song, we listen to it often. Now you got me thinking like you ❤ Thanks for making my day much better!

[@marcusbrutus9578]

“Other gardeners can’t deny!”

[@rai55]

Better to be a garlic “single dad” than a garlic “baby daddy.” Indeed - keep on growing (parenting)! 🧄🌱💫

[@clytieking8883]

I live in a hot climax and are problem growing garlic please help.

[@shasita3361]

I planted lots of garlic for the first time last fall. They survived the week of severe frost and are starting to grow again, after not growing much throughout the winter. Wishing good garlic harvests on us all :)

[@RaspyOB174]

You really have your shit together and I encourage my children to watch your channel. Thank you for literally everything. Not only is it time consuming to learn and know all of this but to film it is next level

[@larrythompson2116]

I have successfully grown garlic for more than 50 years. I always plant on the shortest day of the year and harvest on the longest day of the year. The varieties make no difference to this technique. Thanks for your entertaining (we want big bulbs) video. *****

[@BladeAddict8]

So you plant on the Winter Equinox and harvest on the Summer Equinox then... What zone do you live in? I'm in zone 9b just wondering if I have a chance of growing any garlic this season? Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I am new to all things garden related. 🙃

[@larrythompson2116]

@@BladeAddict8 I have lived on both coasts of the US, ane in OK and TX. I currently live in Guadalajara Mexico and I continue to use the 2 equinoxes.

[@cuttwice3905]

Yellow tips can be a sign of sulfur or nitrogen deficiency. Overwatering can also be a cause. A manure/compost mix prevents needing to add fertilizer. When bulbing start add a couple handfuls of bonemeal. Put ~1.5" hardware cloth over your garlic bed soil to protect it from pests bigger than a mouse.

[@epicgardening]

Great tips!

[@RJRJRJ26]

Like Hulk handing over tacos in endgame, Kevin hearts all his viewers comments. Happy to be a epic gardener subscriber.

[@mrwhitten7704]

I started the vernalization process about 4 weeks ago with the cloves in some potting mix and placed in the fridge. I already have a root system on every clove. First time growing garlic. Keep up the great video content.

[@JennTN411]

That's a great idea! How did your garlic turn up?

[@petermenningen338]

For Skunk Scent Antidote wash: 1 Qt. Hydrogen Peroxide, 1/4 cup baking soda, 1 Tsp. Dawn to 1 Gal water use immediately and soak clothing

[@deniseb2571]

Zone 6. I planted mine last November. They are looking good so far. Thanks Kevin!

[@bradmaas6875]

Also as the garlic matures it will send up a center stalk with a flower/seed pod on top, called a chance. I remove these prior to seed production and make a nice garlic pesto. Dig up your bulbs a month after you remove the chances. You can leave the pod for the seeds, but your bulb will be smaller.

[@janzebuski3559]

Last fall I thought I'd just give it a try & put a several cloves in a grow bag & mulched it over. Hardnecks in Connecticut. After I saw my snowdrops & crocuses were coming up, I checked on the garlic. Success!!!! At least so far. I'm thrilled!!! Wish I had put in more!

[@marshanotbrady3193]

Blessing to you for huge, healthy garlic bulbs and keeping skunks away! 👏🏼 Thank you for posting on this, can't wait to see the harvest!

[@gardenturkey]

NOT FIRST ! lol I'm chilling in my hamac in the garden, it is always good to have a notification for new gardening video! Cheers mate from France

[@beckypeterson7522]

Garlic scape pesto is delicious and freezes well!

[@sky_3023]

I just starting planting garlic and the timing of this couldnt have been any better 😍

[@sky_3023]

This video*

[@annmarienoone9879]

Garlic should be planted in the fall or very early spring. I would say it’s too late to plant garlic.

[@sky_3023]

@@annmarienoone9879 All good! I live in Australia and it's currently fall

[@Tara-id3rk]

Last fall was my first time planting garlic. It’s still buried under snow, so we shall we how it does throughout spring & summer. Luckily we don’t have digging pests. This video is helpful for the next steps in caring for garlic babies. 🌱

[@ryanleblanc2925]

We want big bulbs and we cannot lie! Other growers cant deny

[@Bananacustardcostuming]

I don’t know if you mention it, but in the uk rats HATE garlic, if you plant it in areas where they frequent, they soon leave! It worked for us!

[@legendaryurbangardening1930]

No way! That’s awesome! I’m going to have to plant more garlic now 🧙‍♂️

[@TWIBU1]

Hey, man! I had to come find you(KZbin just didn't have you suggested, idk) & behold! You posted a new vid 3hrs ago! At any rate, just wanted to say I'm proud of you Kevin! It's a trip watching folks grow & just become themselves, if that makes any sense. You've done a great job & I look forward to seeing where else you go on this journey! Alright, be safe & keep cultivating these awesome videos!

[@epicgardening]

Hey, thank you so much!

[@typorter-pp6lh]

Motion-activated sprinkler helps keep squirrels away from my garden, might help with skunks too!

[@legendaryurbangardening1930]

That’s a pretty neat idea for pest management 🤓

[@jaa7286]

I'd be concerned with a skunk squirting back. It'll run if it sees you, spray if it's hit/ in immediate danger

[@krysten3308]

I would love to grow some garlic. I cannot wait to see the end results of your garlic garden.

[@backyardfarmingwithalex9172]

Your square of garlic is looking great! I've been having a blast following the development of your homestead! My copy of Grow Bag Gardening just arrived and I've ordered plenty of grow bags to experiment with this year. Thanks for al the inspiration Kevin!

[@epicgardening]

That's so awesome! Thank you for your support, really hope you love it

[@kinleypiano]

It always impresses me how informative this guy’s videos are

[@BeastMaster-64]

So happy to see you finally succeeding in this, you have been trying to plant garlic for a while I’m glad all this effort and research paid off 🙏🏼

[@tasgardener7923]

I only grow hardnecks here and they do really well. I plant in autumn and will be putting them in this month. We get the really cold winters so they do exceptionally well here in Tasmania

[@xvgonzales]

a botanical enchantment? I need that. You are "liked."

[@themaddscrapper-mayradalla6354]

Well...this is my first year gardening seriously and I bought some garlic cloves at Home Depot. Now that I've done some reading, I see that I am planting in the wrong season for 9b/10a but I'm going to give it a try anyway because., well I bought them! However, now I "know" better and will be planting in the fall! Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I've learned something! Thank you for your AWESOME videos...it helps that you are pretty much in the same "zone" as we are. I'm north of you in La Verne, CA.

[@sloanschwindt9718]

I started my garlic last October (I'm in Colorado) and was ecstatic to see that it survived the winter and is coming up through the mulch. This is the first time I've been successful with garlic. I've got a long way to go and we're still getting snow and cold temps, but hopefully it will survive! Really enjoyed this video. We have quite a few skunks around here and I have that they don't discover the garlic!

[@nathansquires5551]

Lovingly pet that garlic brother. The neighbors and I do the same thing when we talk to our garlic.

[@Eric-fl1kh]

My garlic from last fall was just dug up. Heartbreaking, but I feel like I've joined a pretty cool club of people now.

[@epicgardening]

Oh no :(

[@annmarienoone9879]

Way too early to dig garlic

[@kelleymcbride4633]

I companion crop garlic throughout my roses, greens, herbs it's awesome and we never run out if garlic! Starting to produce homeade garlic powder and salts as well 🌞👨‍🌾🤙

[@debbietampasheher3682]

What a great idea!

[@rockyusa2012]

I also fail with garlic. I'll try again. Happy harvest

[@gardenturkey]

I tried garlic in my garden from some supermarket cloves , I failed and not in some sort. I never got a bulb but the clove i threw in the soil developed to a big clove. When i ran out of garlic i whent to the garden and used them.

[@cheriromain9097]

I had a problem with skunks digging up my garden. After repairing and replanting 3x, I put light weight bird netting down, and planted in holes in cut. The skunk dug a little, but when it hit the bird netting it seemed to think it was a trap, cause it left and never returned!

[@Fenimore.Cassidy]

I've bounced back that botanical enchantment you sent my way. Hoping it helps on your garlic journey this year. Looking forward to more garlic videos, especially any that involve the culinary uses of scapes.

[@epicgardening]

Appreciate you!

[@NoOne-tt1wo]

My friend uses garlic as a border around other plants to deter critters

[@heididecoursey331]

How did he say “we want big bulbs” with such a straight face?!??!

[@epicgardening]

LOL

[@ohio_gardener]

Size matters!

[@rachael11]

Planted red russian in grow bags in the fall and in the spring right before "second winter". All but two have sprouted. 🧄

[@epicgardening]

NICE!

[@clairemcconway6266]

Great video! Kevin, you mentioned on a recent video that you didn't know why your growing ginger video has had so many views. It's the first thing on the left to appear on the home page for your channel. I think that's probably why.

[@epicgardening]

It's there because it's the most popular, you have the causality flipped :P

[@clairemcconway6266]

@@epicgardening oh! Probably that keeps it that way too though.

[@olivergarcia2459]

Great video Kevin and I live on East Coast of the USA so I planted my Garlic on Fall and can't wait to harvest my garlic on June and I am 15 so I really hope I get the size of garlic I wish to get. Thanks for the tips and Keep on growing

[@DanceintheRaine666]

That is so cool that you're growing edibles at this phase in your life...Im 62 and have yet to have large bulbs...but I'm optimistic for this year, (given the additional knowledge). Starting at your age, the direct experience you'll glean and the knowledge you'll amass in your lifetime will be encyclopedic!

[@madgeland]

Liking for the hilarious skunk footage 🦨 rip garlic

[@boothgoodies6348]

Trying garlic in Florida for the first time this year and I see the be already made some mistakes. Thanks for the tips. Also- your sense of humor is awesome! Blessings!

[@nataliemarshall3991]

God of garlic, love your passion.

[@matthysloedolff]

Yes! Love this video. I learnt exactly what to expect and how to be more prepared for my gralic growing attempt. Can't wait until I can plant my garlic here in Australia.

[@cherovimsolar1978]

Thank you Kevin for sharing this video.

[@dianagraham4545]

You could also water after the liquid fertilizer to rinse the leafs.

[@Mstymntntop]

Great video on garlic. Last year I ordered mainly hard neck varieties for the scapes as well. It was my first time growing garlic and I didn’t realize that the bigger the clove you plant, the bigger the head gets. I was late to buying so only culinary (small heads/cloves) were available. I got pretty small heads and tons of scapes. We thought the scapes were good, but not too much different from scallions. This year I purchased 100% soft neck from the Walmart produce aisle. The heads and cloves were huge. I put them in the fridge for about two months and planted in the garden at the beginning of January. I would say at least 95% of them are now about 18 inches tall, but will wait to see how the heads form. Lots of the garlic sellers say that grocery store stuff will not even sprout since they are treated to prevent it, but who knows....I’m hoping to make some of those really cool garlic braids that you can do with soft neck garlic and gift them.

[@83ValleyGirl]

This is my first year gardening and your videos have been so helpful! I want to try growing some garlic next year so thanks for the video 😊

[@sweetnerevar3509]

Thanks for the good info, that's a lot of garlic variety. I didn't even know that many existed :o I accidently an left out an old Thai garlic for a 4-5 months on the side of recycling bin in the garage and thought I'd grow it. Now KZbin recommends me your garlic videos :D It's growing really well, I had no idea about keeping them cold I guess I've done that by accident over the winter.

[@Dreamdevil]

Perfect timing! My garlic just today starting peeking through the straw up here in zone 3B. Looking forward to the next video in the series!

[@kathleaneoleary4734]

I almost passed on viewing this video until I saw "10 Types of Garlic". I love garlic and yet I've never even considered planting anything other than the grocery store cloves I picked up a few years ago and keep replanting as I harvest them. Looks like its time to stretch my garlic boundaries!

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

Kevin! You are the man! Im working in a video right now showing the progress of my fall planted garlic and onions...maintenance fertilizing etc. Great video brother🙌🏾🙏🏾💪🏾

[@epicgardening]

That is awesome!

[@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock]

Hey man, sending you gardening blessings and anti skunk spells

[@bsjourney8545]

Perfect timing Kevin! Thank you, this is my first time with garlic.

[@Lastman737]

6:36 Gallonsworth sounds like a good name for a butler. "Bring the wheelbarrow around Gallonsworth"

[@calebrogers5283]

Its my first time planting garlic so im happy i came across your videos as it has been very helpful. Keep up the gardening videos i love them

[@lisadunphy2085]

Single daddy to 100+ garlic, and protective at that. I love it 😎

[@NVclosetmedgrower]

Love garlic. Such a good plant for the garden for many reasons. Well done kevin

[@epicgardening]

Thanks!

[@sarahebart]

You're super down to earth! Love it!

[@SorenSackreiter]

The bad luck skunk has been replaced by the good luck cats

[@epicgardening]

Exactly!

[@swanii.8731]

I’ve been waiting SOO long for this video

[@BeauteeInTheGarden]

LOl, You are the father of 110 garlic Love garden humor🥰🪴🧄 Happy Gardening!!

[@TheNewMediaoftheDawn]

Funny, I grow lots of garlic and onion bulbs in my beds and have lots of skunks in my backyard, but so far no digging... fingers crossed. Although squirrels can be a pain sometimes.

[@icecreamcake510]

Great tips! Your garlics are looking very nice since the last time you've sowed them.

[@patrickholmes001]

Hey Kevin, can you talk to your friends over at Modern Grower about making some 10x20 trays to go with their 6-pack seed starters? I love these robust, reusable, recycled starters, but the flimsy hardware store trays need to go, as they don't even last a single growing cycle anymore. We need something more durable, the same way they made the seed starters!

[@epicgardening]

We're actively working on that!

[@thatsalt1560]

A skunk! Haha! I have the neighbour's puppy rolling over delicate plants, pulling them out of the ground and stealing my equipment. She's innocent, of course, and deep breath, keep going, but yes. It is certainly not fun. About garlic: I love garlic. I also failed at growing it, while successfully growing everything else. I'm going to watch this several times and take notes. Thank you! You have such a useful and interesting. channel

[@michellestout9348]

I needed this! Thanks for the video! Your garden beds are gorgeous!

[@ismailaurum5321]

fnialy, garlic is bac boys

[@CamMcB]

Another Channel recommended placing in dirt in a zip lock bag in the freezer. The bulbs liquified when they thawed and did not sprout. FYI

[@epicgardening]

Yeah freezing them is a terrible idea, ruins the cell structure

[@andrepacheco8265]

My garlics are looking great. Trying to get this e big bulbs this summer!

[@TitanUranusOfficial]

I garden in pots, and eat a lot of garlic so at grocery I often buy the large mesh bag - sometimes the last couple start to sprout, and often there are a couple of tiny cloves in the middle that aren't worth using but I hate to throw away.... I've now got a large pot of garlic, planted at all times of year. The first two I popped in are blooming, but there are literally a couple of dozen little sprouts this Spring - will pop a picture into the Discord server asap. Can't wait to see what I'm doing wrong - and how to store/use the crop!

[@nenemaria-cornfieldsgarden]

They're looking great! I've got two lots of garlic this year, one in ground and one in a raised bed. The raised bed ones have started to look pale , not yellow tips, just pale all over. I'm thinking they might not have had enough water as (surprisingly for a UK spring) it's not rained for a couple of weeks. I'm going to give them a feed, water and mulch with manure tomorrow and hope that helps.

[@pshngo]

Foliar feeding garlic is one of the best ways to feed garlic.

[@matthewfarrell317]

I am so glad in Australia we don't have those small/medium pest pressure for veggies you guys do, snakes and spiders do not like garlic lol. Ours went in a week or so ago, and pretty much all of them are up, the tail end of the late autumn warmth has helped. Now the waiting game..... next to them is the onions, I have failed to grow 9 times, fingers crossed on the 10th lol

[@melissageorgi6017]

Thanks Kevin for all your videos - it's nice to have a web resource for warmer climates - I'm in the low desert in Phoenix (zone 13) and planted my garlic last fall - I know I'm coming up on harvest - but I don't know how I know when. I can't wait to see your next video...

[@sethcassiel7364]

Perfect timing, all of my 3 garlics germinated

[@candacetoms4927]

I planted garlic for the first time this past fall. It looks like it’s doing great so far!

[@tvs9978]

Do you water them every day?

[@candacetoms4927]

@@tvs9978 I haven’t needed to yet. I live in the Seattle area, and so far we have gotten enough rain that the soil has stayed moist. As we move out of our wet season, I will probably need to start.

[@tvs9978]

@@candacetoms4927 OK, thanks

[@luci_datum]

Youre reading my mind, I'm gonna be growing garlic soon

[@camayleblond-lussier9600]

Yes me too!

[@legendaryurbangardening1930]

That’s exciting! 🤩

[@RyansTraining]

Now you just need some FPJ Kev! Awesome video about the garlic here! Winter has passed here in Toronto GTA so my garlic will hopefully spark up real soon enough!

[@jbigfeather]

Looking forward to hearing what you do w/so much garlic! Skunks! We’ve never had them but one was spotted on my neighbors camera recently. Reminds me of the time lived on 130 acres in northern CA when I went to feed the horses by the time I returned to the house the Great Dane & Hound dog were skunked & porcupine! What a mess & not the last time I dealt w/skunks!

[@ChefGracesPlace]

Garlic scapes are so good! I used to get them in a CSA when I lived in Philly.

[@epicgardening]

I'm so stoked to eat them

[@ChefGracesPlace]

@@epicgardening I think my favorite way to use them was using them as a fresh garnish, they really ad a nice crisp crunch. Also everyone thinks they’re scallions so it’s fun to play with people lol

[@ZenTeT]

i live in Vancouver Canada garlic is easy plant in the autumn and pick in the spring for the most part.

[@Mrbfgray]

Often best to use what ya got for mulch--one of my faves is redwood detritus mower chopped, Coastal redwoods are messy, may as well use it.

[@tales_of_the_crypto1583]

Yep started mines in the fall, and it's great to get this information 💁‍♀️ thanks 😊!

[@leidycasadiego3535]

Watching this whole process and knowing the succeeded was so nice. I have everything ready to plant mid October here in zone 5. But my i have a family of skunks living nextdoor. So Let's see how it goes.

[@anthonyshea5946]

Good job on the garlic!! Looking awesome. Looks like putting in the fridge to “winter” those bulbs worked. Their on par with mine that over wintered in ground up here in Oregon.

[@epicgardening]

Worked SO well it's crazy

[@gardencare]

Nice information👍🌱

[@HealthyGirlTV]

I literally just harvested my garlic yesterday LOL

[@avg1712]

Garlic is the easiest to grow. You just need to make sure your garden bulbs protected. I put chicken wire around mine. is a good companion to broccoli ect. I seriously just plant, water and leave. never fails.

[@BladeAddict8]

What zone do you live in? And when do you usually plant/harvest?

[@bizzyandbart]

Perfect timing! After reading the grow bag book I planted my first batch of garlic and they just sprouted yesterday! Although it is autumn here, or fall as you call it, so doing it a bit different here

[@jimriley9697]

Grow a giant pumpkin! I'd like to see a 1000lb fruit!

[@riffhurricane]

Looking forward to seeing what you do with the scapes; I wasted mine last year.

[@bryandavid4580]

You can make Garlic pesto. So must better then using basil

[@riffhurricane]

@@bryandavid4580 that sounds good!

[@benjaminbroudy2982]

I am planting some shallots, I got the seeds and later on learned they are long day (oops) but hey, it'll be a fun experiment. I hope they also grow well b/c I am planting them in spring. Maybe that will help with the long dayness stuff since summer days are longer

[@JaanikaRiiel]

Funny to see your garlic video only few hours after I saw that 5 garlic flowers aka tens and tens of garlic seeds have fallen on the garden bed and they have ALL STARTED SPROUTING! As soon as I saw them I thought of you, Kevin. And the craziest thing is that I hate garlic, but it grows almost like a weed here in northern Europe, Estonia. I can send all the garlic to you, hahaa! Greetings, Jaanika :)

[@laurelcook9078]

Bruh I just went online, turns out I’ve been growing shallots instead of garlic. 😂 Many years ago my mom and I planted shallots and I totally forgot, so when this year I found a bunch of fragrant bulbs growing all over the place I assumed it was garlic.

[@epicgardening]

Noooo! Still good th o

[@pitterspatter]

Please make a video on chamomile from sowing till harvesting

[@waynewestfall83]

I like big bulbs and I cannot lie!