How to grow great garlic, onions, leeks and spring onions | Growing vegies | Gardening Australia

In Australia, April is the time to plant your alliums.
If you're going to grow garlic, leeks, onions or spring onions this year then Tino's tips should give you the best crops possible.
There's a myth that garlic should be planted on the shortest day of the year and harvested on the longest. In the UK and Europe that might hold some truth but in Australia it is just a myth - you need to get your garlic in earlier. April is the prime time to plant!
FEATURED PLANTS
02:11 GARLIC 'SPANISH ROJA' Allium sativum cv.
02:21 GARLIC 'DUNGANSKI' Allium sativum cv.
02:33 ELEPHANT GARLIC Allium ampeloprasum
03:20 POTATO ONION Allium cepa
03:53 LEEK 'DURABEL' Allium ampeloprasum cv.
04:28 SPRING ONION 'RED BEARD' Allium cepa cv.
Tino's Top Garlic Tip - Garlic needs a good chill to start shooting, so he plants the cloves into furrows so they're just covered - that way they get a touch of frost. Backfill around the shoots as they grow.
HOW TO ... PLANT ALLIUMS
Pick a sunny spot
Add a barrow load of homemade compost for every 2 square metres
Add a bit of aged manure, about a bucket per square metre, but absolutely never use the fresh stuff; it will lower their resistance to pests
00:48 Cultivate the soil to a fine tilth to clear the way for the bulbs
Sweeten the soil with a tight fistful of dolomite per square metre
- plant garlic and elephant garlic bulbs 15cm apart
- plant potato onions 20cm apart
- plant seedlings 10cm apart
Water in seedlings, but not bulbs as they can rot
Timing is CRITICAL - plant in April!
In Australia we've got over 100 different cultivars of garlic that work in different climates and different places. Worldwide, there are probably over 1000 different cultivars of garlic so there are plenty to try!
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[@looloo4029]

We planted a big patch of Elephant Garlic, Egyptian Walking Onions and 3 varieties of globe type onions...Gladalan, Ailsa Craig and Pukekohe Long Keeper earlier this week. Thank you for your excellent videos.

[@GardeningAustralia]

Thanks for watching. Hope all your alliums go well. The Walking Onions look really interesting!

[@La_Space]

Mate, really enjoy your videos. Lots of knowledge. Thanks and keep up the great work. 👍

[@GardeningAustralia]

Thanks for watching them! Plenty more coming you way

[@Daniel-nf8pp]

In Denver CO. I plant garlic in the fall. ( September October ) harvest July first or a little sooner. They are easy to work with. Low maintenance. Peace.

[@PermieCulture]

yep in Australia our Fall (autumn) is now (March, April, May)

[@ACOB6]

Thanks my friend, good tutorialnya. Be support Acob6 FROM INDONESIA. New Subscriber

[@mickhua9113]

Thank you for your teaching. I will plant them later this week. Cheers

[@GardeningAustralia]

Hope you get a good crop.

[@beesplaining1882]

Thanks for these tips.

[@xombiekitty]

I would like to try growing garlic and onions. How long should I wait before watering them?

[@PermieCulture]

If you're in southern Australia the autumn/winter rains should take care of it

[@franksavignano942]

Hi tino,I’m in Sydney any variety of garlic you can recommend,not elephant,thnx regards frank

[@Bernie5172]

what ever happened to the garden that Peter Cundall was working on in Hobart.?

[@hortihorteae]

The caption really need attention.

[@GardeningAustralia]

thanks for the heads up. Should be better now

[@tezzasbigbuz3933]

3:52 rusty nail in your garden next to the potato garlic

[@TuanNguyen-ir5re]

thank you for such a helpful video

[@cassieoz1702]

I grow my garlic in the 5cm compost topdressing on my no-till garden. Don't plant elephant garlic unless you're sure you want it. You'll have them forever

[@da1stamericus]

Oh. I just planted some last fall here in Europe. Then again I love garlic.

[@chezgirlrose7654]

Great video 👍🏼

[@jayakadark3]

@3:52 nailed it.

[@chrism3845]

Garlic love Fe (iron) I guess.

[@GardeningAustralia]

keen eye!

[@jayakadark3]

Great tips too, it definitely gave me something to go on with my own garden patch.