Unlock The Secrets To GIANT Garlic Bulbs!

[@GardeningInCanada]

GIC Crew! Here is an example of a Sulphur Fertilizer option. geni.us/3jdoAEg If you want a Sulphur that also adjusts pH then I would go with this guy geni.us/B2ssM

[@janew5351]

Isn't sulphur good for blueberries?

[@erinslack5405]

Thank you! I will use my blueberry (S) fertilizer on my garlic this year...especially great since my blueberries died LOL!

[@LP-qn5uw]

I like big bulbs and i cannot lie...

[@GardeningInCanada]

Definitely needs a song with video

[@MyFocusVaries]

In Vancouver, the major amendment I use is a wooden trellis flat on the soil. To keep the trash pandas from digging up my garlic in their mining for grubs. Rotters. I use the gaps as spacing guides.

[@db8kween647]

This is a super underrated channel. I love all of your advice and the way you talk.

[@GardeningInCanada]

🙏 well thank you 😊 someone just comment I have a baby voice that irritated them like two comments after yours 😂🙃 the internet is wild

[@db8kween647]

@@GardeningInCanada I am so sorry someone said that to you! Screw the haters.

[@GardeningInCanada]

@@db8kween647 😂 it comes with the territory don’t worry 😉

[@suzannestack7784]

4th year planting garlic,4x12' bed. I found, for me, the best planting with best spacing was to remove some soil to my dump wagon ( mix it with compost). Fluff up the bed. Lay out all the cloves then top over with the new mix. Cover that with shredded leaves. I don't need to bury each one and I can see each one all at once. OCD with perfect spacing 😂

[@tugh2986]

Ashley, standing in front of red amaranth in beginning of video…pure genius…so brings out your color! The life rule was awesome too!

[@GardeningInCanada]

😂 I have amaranth popping offf in my garden

[@tobruz]

It should be mentioned that there are two types of garlic, hard neck and soft neck, in Canada we grow only hard neck type.

[@Plug604]

I'm not sure where you got that we only grow hard neck in Canada but I actually have more success with the soft neck. Although I am in the lower mainland in British Columbia so perhaps my climate isn't as harsh as yours might be. Superstore organic soft neck.... Did that 3 years ago and now I've been replanting my own soft neck every year. Not trying to be an ass just saying I have different results than you.

[@dudeusmaximus6793]

I used to lose alot to heave in the winter on my garlic and potato onions,/shallots, so I started putting a small amount of straw or leaves over them, enough to let sun thru, then cover with clear 4 mil plastic and brick it down well. I get between 95-99% germination now. Also use compost in the rows then broadfork and that has worked well. Thanks for the sulfur tip.

[@deegroove6802]

What zone/area are you in that you have onions and potatoes in ground in winter?

[@dudeusmaximus6793]

@@deegroove6802 they are potato onions, and shallots. Zone 5b.

[@janw491]

I get lots of leaf mulch and it really worked this year.

[@janew5351]

I planted in deep plastic raised bed. Warmish zone6b and they rotted! In ground bed but less sun did well. Now that an elderberry took off next to that bed, quite small bulbs this past year.

[@GardeningInCanada]

They are so sensitive to water. So if you had to much water retention I definitely believe it is possible!

[@belieftransformation]

Great info! Thanks for sharing! 🤗🇨🇦

[@GardeningInCanada]

Anytime!

[@JohnJude-dp6ed]

Never thought about watering garlic in the fall but rethinking sounds right

[@GardeningInCanada]

Try even maybe 50% water 50% not

[@JohnJude-dp6ed]

@@GardeningInCanada I'll mulch with grass/leaves combination so the mulch holds all winter on half. I do listen to you a lot Thanks

[@jimgreenaway678]

Grew garlic last year(good harvest). Didn't know about the sulphur, but will add that this fall. Thank you from southwestern Ontario.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Out of curiosity, is it pretty cold out in the Ontario area already? I keep looking at the Weather Network and it kind of looks like the heat wave is only hitting western Canada.

[@jimgreenaway678]

We've been getting down to single digits at night, but right back up to high 20's for daytime.

[@DebRoo11]

It's definitely a cooler early fall here in Ontario. However, spring was SO early I planted a full month early with half my seedlings. Everything thrived so it was a good gamble ​@@GardeningInCanada

[@fitzluna7264]

Ashley! As always, perfect timing. Thank you! Last week I cleaned up my garden spot I plan for garlic, this video had exactly the info I needed to finish it up this weekend.

[@suzannestack7784]

Good to know about the sulphur! I'll be adding it now!

[@danielburns7519]

good advise Ashley

[@katiepuckett573]

I tried growing garlic two years ago in the ground in my food forest. They didn't do well. Last fall I planted all my garlic and shallots down the center of my raised beds to leave room for my early veggies. I did add sulfur, and chicken manure. I also mulched with chopped Alder and Maple leaves from my property. I tested the Costco California bag of organic garlic (only the largest cloves). It did not produce as much as Music, and Montana Giant, and Kettle River that did awesome.

[@rickyry1583]

Thanks for the garlic education Ashley. ❤. Now I can be prepared for the vampires , well I guess next halloween. Will have to stick with the old wooden dagger for now.

[@markgrattan1103]

I always plant the smaller cloves, and harvest them early as Green Garlic, it's like a Garlic flavoured Scallion, you can eat the whole thing, leaves, stem and mono bulb raw or cooked. The leaves can be a bit tough if left to grow too long but the stems and mono bulb are identical to a scallion but with a fresh garlic taste.

[@karenwadlin1761]

Great video - you definitely plan these always at the right time. I feel much more relaxed!! Thank you 🙏

[@GardeningInCanada]

Anytime! We are all on the same clock with Mother Nature so it makes sense. Hahah

[@trevor5290]

Great info on fertilizer Ashley, thanks. I just got some gorgeous locally grown hardneck garlic to plant this year, my grocery store produce manager had just ordered it in for all the local hobby gardeners. FYI I've had great success in the past in zone 4 with Spanish garlic. I'm now a zone 6 apparently but we'll see what happens. Just cut that bed and we are on that whatyoumacallit bedrock in the Ottawa (not too close to lol) area. Hope I don't have to build up too much the garden bed to not hit rock bottom lol. I also always add sterilized straw (comes in bags) from farm supply. Neighbour offered me some cow poop so I think I have to get the husband (his account here) to get me a trailer load. Sorry, I talk too much 🤣🤦‍♀

[@katipohl2431]

Will check that sulphur fertilizer out.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea! You can use it for brassicas and all alliums actually not just garlic

[@Jumpin_Juniper]

Lots of good information. I would like to know how and when to fertilize in the spring and summer when actively growing. My bulbs were tiny this year.

[@PrintrBear]

Thanks for the info . I’ve had great results will purchasing (eating) bulbs from farmers markets and local farm stands as well .look for em around harvest time , keep em till fall to plant em . In lower New England the “music” variety is great. But I also have some “Red German” or something from a farm stand that did great

[@GardeningInCanada]

Definitely believe that! Plus it supports local so it’s 2 fold

[@sonicrootsfun]

Here, we traditionally sprinkle ash when we plant garlic, maybe as a fertilizer but more to deter the onion fly. Last year, I put mulch but then somebody laughed at me and told me that garlic loves clay and nothing else is needed. But most people put grass clippings. We are between ocean climate and continental Siberian climate. Sometimes, winter is sudden. One day it’s warm, the next it’s heavy snow so some people drill a hole through the ice layer when they plant garlic and somehow they have okay results although a bit earlier would have been better.

[@kelleyleblanc5025]

Does the ash help the onion fly? I covered my garlic and onions this year and had very minimal damage from them this year but not zero

[@sonicrootsfun]

@@kelleyleblanc5025 That’s what people traditionally do. I don’t know if it works. They sprinkle ash when they plant the garlic, then more ash on top of the garlic leaves around the time when bird cherry trees bloom which coincides with the time when the onion fly lays its eggs on the garlic leaves. Sometimes even a third round. Ash may contain heavy metal toxins so I would be a bit careful with the amount. Ash does prevent fungal disease. Another way is that some people soak garlic in vinegar before planting. I don’t know how strong the solution should be as it’s quite corrosive. Or they use living mulch around the plant like chickweed or lambsquarter because those confuse the onion fly by their color. Or they plant more attractive onions like red onions around the garlic to entice the fly. Some say it might be helpful to rake the ground in late fall.

[@kelleyleblanc5025]

@@sonicrootsfun wow!!! I definitely learned some new things! Thank you for sharing that! I think I will try sprinkling some ash when those trees bloom. I’ll have to research that for my area! Hopefully using some ash and covering them, I will have a successful harvest next year! Cheers :)

[@sonicrootsfun]

I just heard that all the garlic of the person who laughed at me failed. Mine weren’t exactly great in size but I got plenty. So mulching is good. I used wood chip because that’s what I had available. Now, I was able to give this person some of my garlic and I got some Jerusalem artichokes in exchange. Mine got eaten by the deer.

[@debbievannes584]

Should we remove the mulch in the spring or just let the garlic grown up through it.

[@DennisD-yv4ys]

Intresting I'm planning on planting garlic this fall....would store bought bulbs be a safe bet? Was what I was gunna do

[@GardeningInCanada]

I would go for anything that appears to be local. If you have a co-op grocery store example, I would go there and grab the local farm variety of garlic.

[@jojow8416]

Oh another one of your amazing videos where you download such an incredible valuable of information that most of us do not have time to learn on our own. Just like you, I mistakenly planted my garlic alone the sides of my boat garden and the bulbs where not very impressive.

[@GardeningInCanada]

You have to be so darn strategic in our climates 🥹

[@soldiernomore3843]

We have planted the smaller cloves for aglio verde or green garlic which in our zone is harvested in May. Makes a great pesto , they are not the scapes that weren’t mentioned. Most market garlic are soft neck thus no scapes . No mention of the difference between the two. Nothing on curing the garlic or saving for next season.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Ooo green garlic! I have never heard of that one before.

[@dr.froghopper6711]

I’m in zone 7a in the US, which sounds innocuous. But then I have to add the rest: 5000’ elevation, High Upper Chihuahuan Desert of New Mexico. Full sun literally cooks many plants. Water retention is essential. 100°F summer temperatures coupled with 30-40 mph winds ate my garden this year. We water like we like our sex-long, slow and deep.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Oh yea I believe that! Elevation is a killer

[@NevadaGoats]

Eastern Sierras, 5400'. Same here (6b). Awful gardening year this year. Nearly impossible to water enough. Wind, fires, mormon crickets.... Hoping next year is better (as always).

[@timan2039]

At over 5600’ in Colorado I found the 40% shade cloth really boosted my plants appearance and production. The suns intensity is fairly brutal up here, 20% or so more intense than sea level, making midday reduction for the plants is welcome

[@carmendoyle9786]

So I bought pre order garlic from seed company ! But can I buy sown from a farm here in Canada and replant it ?

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yup! Ask if the use sprout inhibitors (unlikely) and if no go wild!

[@davec1117]

I was buying produce from local farmers for the store i worked in so started our garlic journey with garlic i bought from one of those farmers. The garlic i'll be planting this fall started with me in 1994, haven't bought seed garlic since and rarely had a year where i wasn't still eating the previous years harvest while harvesting the new year's crop. Variety is probably Music and i'm in S. Ontario.

[@colleenbrown6996]

@@davec1117golden acres organic garlic farm is near Guelph. I have ordered from her for a few years and been very happy with all my garlic seed

[@osmia]

7:27 they are putting those cloves in upside down!

[@SerialSpinner-ss]

That's how it looked to me, too!

[@GardeningInCanada]

I’m pretty sure they did too ahahah

[@andruloni]

I think the tops are just deformed

[@marajokegr]

I was like, nooooooooooo

[@solanisomeni]

Thank you. 🙏👍

[@GardeningInCanada]

You are very welcome

[@Tippler0611]

Zone 8b, Portland metro snow pack and ground freezing might happen for a day or two all winter, but often not at all. Would a winter-kill cover crop give the loose soil (as the root decomposed) and surface insulation needed?

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea that would work! Just using like 3-4 “ of mulch will help enormously and then remove it in the spring to let things warm up a bit faster.

[@ninav5417]

do you mulch when planting or after it gets cold?

[@GardeningInCanada]

After it is planted I would go in with mulch

[@orangemoonglows2692]

i once asked a garlic grower what fertilizer was used? told me manure. that was pretty much it. manure.

[@ghidfg]

hi. I'm not sure if you have covered this topic, but do street lamps have any effect on vegetable plants? There is an LED street lamp right above my plants that turns on at night, so they are in the light all day and night. was wondering if this will mess up their light cycle and if its worth doing anything about it like putting up shade at night. thanks. appreciate your videos and the knowledge you share.

[@MiltonWarmikael-o1m]

It affects beans definitely

[@brianseybert192]

There is a local garlic rower near me in WI, Keene Garlic. They advocate soaking garlic in a fertilizer solution before planting. I tried it last year with a compost/worm casting extract, seemed to work. I got wise to seed company garlic last fall, picked up some locally grown garlic from a farmers market for a fraction of the price. Stay Well!!!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Oh yea I could definitely see that working

[@daniellamehlhoff7852]

Ooh farmers market. Smart. I’m worried if I get USA grocery store garlic it’ll be from Texas and won’t survive the North Dakota winter…

[@CanadianChick1000]

What about aluminum sulphate for sulfur? I have some Golfgreen that I bought to acidify blueberries (I also screwed that up so we won’t discuss that 😂) Also, from a Vancouverite - what is this “snow” you mention? We have something we call snow, but it only lasts two days.

[@MyFocusVaries]

We Vancouverites have pretty acidic soil (all that rain) so unless you have some specific soil issues, you shouldn't need to acidify for blueberries.

[@79PoisonBreaker]

For a masterclass education on winter conditions and snow you are invited to Winnipeg for mid January :)

[@CanadianChick1000]

@@MyFocusVaries container plants, so yes, acidification was recommended. Poor conversion from imperial to metric was not. 😂😂😂😂

[@CanadianChick1000]

@@79PoisonBreaker I’ve experienced snow in Winnipeg. In May. On a business trip. I’m good. 😂😂😂

[@GardeningInCanada]

LOL this is so true. I was in Winnipeg and it was snowing in like Sept one night

[@kellymae2421]

‘Google says to watch this, cause they’re watching you’. Lol. Yep 😢

[@anne-9374]

I feel Mother Nature has been smoking some good stuff in recent years. Last few years we don’t get a gradual freeze somehow we jump from one extreme to another. Hotter weather like 10C then suddenly we get -18C over night which freezes everything solid.

[@ammiedoering4205]

Lol. I live in the “shit zone”??? That’s the struggle I’ve been dealing with

[@kendravoracek3636]

💚💚

[@GardeningInCanada]

❤️❤️❤️

[@gabriellakadar]

What I've learned is that where coal was used to generate electricity or smelt ore, there was a lot of sulfur coming out of the smoke stacks. Since there isn't coal being burned, farmers now have to add sulfur to the soil. Probably in Saskatchewan you don't get cycles of freeze and thaw in the early spring, but we do in Toronto. If I plant the garlic only 2 inches deep, it gets heaved out of the soil. So 4 inches it is. Were you trolling with that small snippet of video where garlic cloves were stuck in bumside up? I caught that. Naughty Ashley.

[@nicollekalivoda9454]

The past 3 years I’ve planted locally grown hard-neck garlic but I only end up with 20% actually surviving the winter. My friend on the other side of town has huge yields of garlic. This fall I’m planting tulips and daffodils instead, to try something new. I’m way better at growing onions and shallots, than garlic, so I’m going to stick to those. Cabbages, kale and now garlic are on my no-grow list. Year after year they just fail to produce and it feels like such a waste. I’m totally ok buying those at the farmers market. Ciao for now in zone 3 SW Alberta.

[@jabojobotlex696]

That's just a life rule for everything you do. That part was great bro!

[@GardeningInCanada]

😏 always here for your daily dose of wisdom

[@thecakepopsistars]

Life rules

[@carvedwood1953]

I really don't think made in the US garlic is a good thing to go off of. We are a big country with lots of different climates. I would probably be better off finding Canadian garlic. If I get garlic grown in California or Georgia its going to grow like shit up here.

[@sandrobanganho]

Brazilian portugues???? Isn't any Brazilian portugues... Only portugues, sorry to tell you that 😅👍