What You Need To Know About Growing Garlic | Part 1: Seed

This video will cover everything you need to know about garlic "seed" and how much you might need. From climate considerations, quantity of cloves per bulbs, and what to look for when purchasing garlic "seed." I also go over my plans for growing 600+ heads of garlic this year!
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[@alexs4446]

As someone who prefers softneck garlic despite the smaller cloves here's a protip: if you separate all the cloves you plan to eat for that meal, just dip them in a small cup of boiled water (electric kettle or microwave is easy) for 20-30 seconds and the skins come off the cloves super easily. I've been making lots of confit garlic since learning this trick😆

[@jacquesinthegarden]

That has actually worked really well for me too! I found the microwave trick where you separate cloves and microwave them for 10 seconds. The peels come right off!

[@hankandgreta]

I plant hard neck garlic, which sends up scapes mid season. When I clipped them off, I blended them up in my food processor with a little olive oil to make a paste. I use a small cookie scoop to make pucks and freeze them in cookie sheets with parchment paper. When they are frozen, I bag them up and keep in the freezer. I am usually low or out of my garlic harvest from the previous year, so it a great way to add the flavor while I wait for the new harvest. They are not as strong as the actual garlic cloves, so I use more of them in each recipe to make up for it. They are great in soup, stir fry, garlic bread, or any place that would have used minced garlic. Each year I plant more than the previous year, and I still run out at around the same time of year. Growing about 130 this fall, last year was about 100. Maybe this will be the year I don’t run out!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

That sounds fantastic! This year I harvested and dried most of my scapes to make a powder but a sort of pesto sounds more useful.

[@dinacasey7034]

What a great idea!! Must try that!

[@judyrichardscappello2787]

Do you use the whole scape? the stem and the tip or just the tip?

[@hankandgreta]

@@judyrichardscappello2787 yup, so long as they have not been on the plant long, they are super tender and blend up in the food processor well. Every once in a while there will be a couple that have been on the plant for longer than the others and the stem is a bit thick, I just cut off a few inches to get to the thinner part and toss the thicker more tough section.

[@judyrichardscappello2787]

@@hankandgreta thanks!

[@italiana626sc]

For several years, I've bought the largest heads I could find from the grocery store. No disease at all - please don't worry about that. A commercial grower isn't growing and selling disease-prone varieties. It wouldn't be financially beneficial for them to do so. Sure, I don't know the particular variety I'm growing, but they are always delicious!

[@veronicadoggone5660]

How much garlic do you need? I need, neh... i must have ALL the garlic!!! Every garlic! Give me garlic! 😂

[@franciet99]

Can I have one garlic bulb? 😜

[@jacquesinthegarden]

EXACTLY!

[@Qwrirq]

In very cold zones it can be helpful to mulch the ground above your garlic for insulation. I live in central Sweden where most winters gets colder than -30C (-22f) and I grow spanish morado garlic no problem. If I don't mulch there's a risk that most bulbs don't survive the winter or that the bulbs will be very weak come spring.

[@debrak.6430]

I always cover mine with a good amt of straw...Ohio....so far it's been fine.

[@DanlowMusic]

Wow that's cold! We only get down to 20° here in western WA on occasion.

[@joydavis4087]

Wow that’s cold. NC, US, Zone 8a here Average winter temps are 35 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Can drop colder or get warmer. There’s a definite flux.

[@harrybrandelius7816]

I get temperatures below -40 up north in Sweden (zon 7), all varieties I've tried (~12) have survived the winter. Hardnecks and softnecks all got planted in september. Tip don't collect the hay/grass from around your trees when cutting it, when you rake the leaves you'll get a mix of hay and leaves that doesn't get blown away easily. I use atleast 30 cm of that as mulch, remove it in the spring and then mix it with the first grass clippings to make the first compost of the year.

[@joydavis4087]

@@harrybrandelius7816 Thank you for that. This is my first year growing garlic.

[@HaylasCrafts30]

Thank you so very much for doing this video. I am a high functioning autistic 30 year old woman and this helps me SO very much. I truly appreciate it.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Very happy to hear this! I wanted to just download the general information people need before planting!

[@CWorgen5732]

Yep. A contextualized infodump.

[@HaylasCrafts30]

​@@jacquesinthegarden I will be planting garlic this year, but I'm just scared because I have never done it before. Your videos help me alot.

[@cinnamon3745]

Gardengirl? More like GardenYWNBAW

[@MyFocusVaries]

@@cinnamon3745 go away with your hate. You're not welcome here

[@MyFocusVaries]

Hot tip for folks who have 🦝🦝🦝. I planted my garlic in a 4x8 bed, and I laid a wooden trellis flat on the bed to stop the trash pandas digging up my garlic as they root around for grubs. I lined up the planting holes with the gaps in the trellis. Last year I hadn't noticed the 🦝 activity until they'd already pawed through the bed and disturbed the garlic.

[@scottscriticalmass]

Thank you for this comment... I too have raccoon problems and this is a great idea.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Good reminder for me to fully protect my bed this year

[@barbaradavidson1950]

So glad I watched this before planting. I need to space out farther than I planned. Need to clear another bed for garlic bulbs. I am only 2 more weeks away to planting.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

You can always go tighter but your overall head size will be smaller!

[@sharonknorr1106]

I am with you on using big heads in the kitchen. That said, I did get a couple of heads of softneck to plant this year - want to do braids again and the garlic does last longer. Over the years I have found, as you have, that using the largest cloves planted 6 inches on center gives the biggest bulbs. I didn't plant as much garlic last year for a variety of reasons and am now dealing with the hard choice of how many of my harvest from July to plant next week and how many to save for eating.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

It is a tough choice to make and exactly why I never have home saved seed haha. The softneck longevity is for sure a nice thing to have

[@maestoso47]

Just in time. I just planted my first sets this past week. I’m excited about this experience. I am trying both a soft-neck and a hard-neck as we have mild-temperate winters.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Nice! Doing both is a great call so you get storage later into the season.

[@FishingForLife28]

I will be planting my garlic tomorrow. Was not planning on buying seed garlic anyway. Saved some bulbes to replant. Found a pungent, tasty hardneck garlic that works well in my climate on my first try growing garlic. Too bad I forgot the variety 😅 And tomorrow evening I will be eating homemade/homegrown pumpkin-chili soup 😁

[@pagandragon830]

I make my own spaghetti sauce so I live for garlic and tomato videos! Keene is literally 2 hours from me. The best thing is that it being close means that it's already in my area. And living in SE Wisconsin means I get that winter season. Keene also had fantastic customer service!! All of that being said, please do a video on crop rotation - why and how please. Any reading materials would be GREATLY appreciated!!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

That is super cool that you are near to them! That means your garlic is growing exactly where it wants to be growing!

[@LizThompson-ds1fl]

I’m watching this a second time! And commenting a second time too. I’m planting my garlic this weekend. 7b in Alexandria, VA. It was 75-80 today (11/7). Susan Delafield, Montana Giant, and Inchilium garlic from Mountain Valley Garlic plus some elephant garlic from my last years crop and some I got from the local farmers market.

[@silverfwn]

I really appreciate your calculation. That made it so much simpler to plan out my garlic beds. I'm planting over 200 cloves and it's my first time planting garlic. Yes, I went a little crazy but wanted to try different varieties and soft and hard neck so that I could figure out what I want for next year.

[@mirror71]

I just planted my Botanical Interests cloves in 6b yesterday. Looking forward to the harvest next year!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Now all you have to do is wait and let the garlic do the rest

[@aimeepeltier4489]

Keene garlic is in my state, and I ordered some last year. I pretty much saved all my bulbs that I grew last year to replant this year. I definitely recommend Keeene garlic. Those cloves pack a punch. I ate one plain and regretted it. But, in cooking, it's 👍

[@debrak.6430]

My Keene garlic has grown wonderfully....I followed their instructions to the T.

[@aimeepeltier4489]

@debrak.6430 Mine were a little small, but I have clay like soil, and I think it was a little compacted. So, this year, I would definitely loosen it up a little more, and I think the bulbs would come out bigger.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

They are great growers, this is my second experience with them!

[@Donna_G]

I have not grown garlic successfully since I first started trying to grow it three years ago. This year, one of the other gardeners at the community garden gave me two garlic bulbs from her garden. I asked her if I could try growing them and she said that I could certainly try. After the bulbs dried out, separated the cloves and used the biggest ones to put in the garden. I don't remember how many I planted, 6, 8, or 10. It was about two weeks before the expected first frost, which did not happen when it was expected. I used chopped up plant stems as mulch since that is all I had. This time of the year, it's not possible to find garlic bulbs for sale anywhere in town; except, maybe in the produce section at the supermarket.

[@cherylmartin9994]

Hi Jacques. I love planting garlic. Such an easy crop! I'm super lucky in my part of Québec that there's a farm that I can order garlic from called Ferme Tournesol. There's even a garlic festival nearby at the end of August! Music is a very popular variety here. I bought that plus Chesnok Red this year. Have also planted the Rocambole in the past. Can't wait to see what your garden looks like next year! Thanks for all the great tips!!

[@ericarose3486]

What’s the weather like during the garlic festival?? I’ve always wanted to see Québec…

[@Marty_4Reiki]

Thank you , Jacques, for the video. I ordered some garlic from Keene Organics and received my order a couple of days ago and they’re in the fridge now. This will be my first time growing garlic, I hope I’m successful.🤞Greetings from Sacramento.

[@joycedecker6880]

HI, I enjoyed your video! This is the second year that I bought my garlic seeds from Keene and I use their method of preparing the cloves. They sanitize the cloves in a jar for 10 minutes in hydrogen peroxide. Drain that and fill jar with liquid fertilizer...a tablespoon each of fish base and a T of seaweed liquid in a gallon jar. LEAVE in fertilizer for 24 hours. plant. Best garlic I have ever grown.

[@suekuly4723]

Just planted my garlic today October 14th, zone 3b, Manitoba Canada. 8 degrees Celsius here, 46 F. Hands were frozen when finished, but happy it’s done. Now to wait. 😊

[@jacquesinthegarden]

That is CHILLY! Glad you got your garlic in before your soil froze!

[@annmc3878]

We grow Music in Zone 6b. We bought seed garlic and each year we keep enough to replant, so we have not bought garlic for 4 or 5 years. We made garlic powder of the scapes this year. I think I might used the scapes for garlicky pickles next year.

[@originalwoolydragon8387]

I'm in zone 7B east TN. I plant both hard & softneck varieties and they both do great, even with single digit temperatures for the last two winters. Hardnecks do not store as bulbs for very long; opposed to softnecks.

[@jhorsch94]

How long does your hardneck garlic typically store? I planted my first hardneck variety, ‘Music,’ last year, along with a softneck variety, so this was my first harvest. I noticed that after about five months, 10-15% of the hardneck bulbs had already spoiled. Fortunately, I planted enough to replant this year, but I didn’t have as much as I had hoped to make garlic powder.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Yeah that is the downside, the hardneck should be eaten first as it only last 4-6 months whereas the softneck can last 6-9 months.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

That is about the timeline for hardneck garlic, softneck will last another 3 months or so

[@carissalizotte8977]

Maine here! I store my garlic successfully for a year. I use my seed from year to year and haven’t had to buy more in years. We grow enough to eat all year and grow for the next year about 2-300 planted in the fall

[@carissalizotte8977]

Should say, all hard neck!!

[@robertcanavan6600]

@@carissalizotte8977 MA Here. How are you storing your bulbs. I'm having a hard time getting 6-7 months from my hardnecks.

[@Lee-c2d]

I plant the small garlic in hidden spots and they grow just fine as little hidden surprises.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

That is a great move, I like to plant them super densely and get tons of garlic greens!

[@joydavis4087]

Thank you for this vid. My seed garlic is currently in the fridge. Getting ready to plant soon. 😊

[@tinad6812]

I just planted my hardneck the other day. I’m growing in 20 gallon grow bags on a table with mesh and hardware cloth on top so the squirrels don’t dig it up. I’ll have to figure out how to protect it all in the spring. I’m in Chicago. I’m growing a few different varieties to see which does the best. I use a lot of garlic too, but I don’t have the space to grow more like you. Do I have to protect the bags with frost cloth so they don’t freeze all the way through? Cosmo had his friend with him today. 😊Thank you

[@aimeepeltier4489]

I would insulate it well. I'm in Northern WI, and I just added mulch, and it wasn't enough. They didn't make it. So the bags will definitely need more warmth.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

In a container it can be tricky to insulate. You can wrap the exterior with burlap to probably get a serious boost. Frost fabric would be great to create a mini greenhouse and should also stop squirrels as I believe they don't like fabrics.

[@TavernCrawler]

Bless up Mr. Jacques

[@bballanalytics1552]

Jacque, have you considered doing the "SURVIVAL CHALLENGE" like Kevin? Do you think you could make it out alive?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

It is something I have thought to try and I honestly think I could do it pretty easily as I LOVE beans.

[@bballanalytics1552]

@@jacquesinthegarden Jacque, how many square feet is dedicated to your garden? last question for ya. love the channel!

[@thomasallred3003]

Just planted my first garlic this morning, excited to see how it does in the spring!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Such a fun one!

[@mercurybard9794]

Thank you for this - timing was perfect since my garlic arrived yesterday afternoon

[@humblecourageous3919]

We had root knot nematodes several years ago. We bought a bucket of crab shell from somewhere to mix in the soil. We haven't seen root know now for maybe 10 years.

[@dinacasey7034]

You are definitely planting a lot of garlic!!! Here in Missouri, the best time to plant garlic is on Indigenous People Day (Columbus Day). So I planted my 90 cloves yesterday. Harvest will be around late May/early June. I have reached the point that in the last few years, I am able to plant my own grown garlic. My favorite variety is Music, which has always done well for me. Adding fertilizer with more Phosphorous helps grow large bulbs. Cheers to garlic lovers everywhere!!

[@Danceliketheresnotomorrow]

I bought my garlic cloves from a farmers market here in Gilroy California(garlic capital) 2 weeks ago. Some of the garlic have started sprouting already.

[@camronakins2108]

Thanks for this video! Just reminded me to order some bulbs from botanical interest. Can’t wait to try the elephant garlic 🧄

[@Talula72]

I'm in SE Wisconsin zone 5b and I have done fairly well with softneck varieties. I plant about 4 inches deep and add a couple inches of mulch on top.

[@alexs4446]

I am on Cape Breton Island in Canada and I've been growing softneck garlic for 6 years now and it thrives. It does significantly better than the hardneck garlic I've tried

[@jacquesinthegarden]

This is super cool to hear! I can only go off of what general wisdom says but it is nice to hear that maybe it isn't true!

[@nicolasbertin8552]

In Europe we don't have the hard neck/soft neck distinction. We have a color distinction. Purple and white garlic are planted in october/november, while pink garlic is planted in january/february. And all have a soft neck with 15-30 cloves per head. The only hard neck I know of and plant, is Egyptian garlic, also known as elephant garlic. And it doesn't need the cold. I think cold tolerance has nothing to do with having a hard neck or not. Our purple and white garlic can handle freezing temperatures with no problem.

[@shaliniprasad4535]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge this video was very informative 😊 love garlic

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kellyforeman1703]

I grow soft neck garlic (Inchelium Red), in zone 6b Eastern Washington State... and I plant in the fall and harvest in July

[@susanhenley8240]

Planted my garlic today! 🧄

[@Pamtorres2003]

Dang, I thought I ate a lot of garlic. Consuming about 2 heads a month. 300 heads in a year? Wow.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

We for sure LOVE garlic haha

[@SandraMurray-h3p]

Very informative. Thank you

[@conniegonzalez6068]

I live in utah zone 6a and i plant soft neck garlic every year in October and harvest in july next year and it grows great,,, i never tried hard neck garlic....

[@Angie29449]

Thanks for the great video and the links! I just ordered three pounds.

[@gretchenhiggins3453]

What do you do with 600-800 bulbs of garlic per year? What do you do with it? Totally curious!

[@EJHonn]

I'm also curious. That's about 2 garlics per day! I thought I used a lot... :)

[@jacquesinthegarden]

We really just use an absurd amount. I expect about 50 will end up as green garlic given to family who love it. We often will make sauce or toppings that contain a lot of garlic like our own garlic chili crunch oil for example or salsa macha. In reality we just tend to use 1-2 whole bulbs for any meal we make, sometimes 2+. Like soup with a whole head and then garlic bread which takes another head!

[@gretchenhiggins3453]

@@jacquesinthegarden wow!! No vampires in your house! :) thanks so much for the reply!

[@DiannaAtherton]

I am new to your channel and love it. I am in s e Texas I believe zone 8b. I wished you had a calendar that told me for my planting zone what I need to do month month in advance

[@Gonzalo_M]

Inpressive! How do you like to consume garlic? I’m curious in learning more about different ways of using garlic! 🙂 thank you!

[@CartersGardens]

Essentially the best way to use garlic in my opinion is what ever your cooking mince garlic add it in lol

[@Gonzalo_M]

@@CartersGardens Hahaha, that’s true! 😃 Also dehydrated and crushed it’s a great way of preserving and using. I just realized that I bought some crushed and loved it! 😊

[@CartersGardens]

@@Gonzalo_M I dehydrated some last year and powdered them into garlic powder we also made a garlic salt that we use on everything lol

[@Gonzalo_M]

@@CartersGardens niceee!

[@dustyflats3832]

Wow! 2-300 bulbs of garlic. That’s a lotta garlic😂. If our hardneck dries out in spring I have dehydrated powdered to carry through. We now have enough to replant so no need to purchase and thankful because it’s expensive. I have learned to wait later to plant and pile on the mulch to prevent early growth before spring.

[@CrystalPlattSLC]

I love how smart you are.

[@ChaosOrZen]

Just got 133 cloves in the ground. Hoping to get another 130ish in, and maybe next year I won't have to order any. Had a harvest of around 110 this year. All hardneck. Love the scapes.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Nice! It is hard work bending over and making holes for so many garlic cloves so I know you deserve a break now!

[@fuzzypumpkin7743]

Still too late for me by about 3 hours! I planted mine on Sunday. Just did 18 cloves in about 6 square feet, then planted crimson clover over it. Next year while it's developing, I'll be putting marigolds and dill in the same area. Last year I planted 16 cloves and the chipmunks dug up every last one. This year I put mesh trash cans over them that will remain for a bit. Chipmunks don't eat garlic, they just are curious. They think that stealing my neighbor's tomatoes and putting them on my steps makes up for digging up my bulbs.

[@rickthelian2215]

I think Garlic is already sold out Jaques well at least the good varieties I believe USA😊 You could save your own seed after buying certified garlic. They are good varieties Jaques 😊 Can’t wait for planting 😊

[@lorenzo6777]

Local farmers market may still have them

[@jacquesinthegarden]

A lot are for sure slimmed down on selection but all home grown garlic beats store bought anyway!

[@rickthelian2215]

Totally Agee, many times it’s very old, I do freeze some for. back up if I’m torun out for cooking.

[@MyFocusVaries]

😂 and I thought my 50 garlic starts was a lot. Wow. 700?!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I for sure have a problem! But also my family is always trying to steal my garllic!

[@lawrenberghanson4401]

That sounds like a plan! Since you have a couple of fruit trees, wouldn't it be advantageous to plant some of the garlic around the base to help avoid any fungal issues the trees can get? All my garlic suffered from rust this year; it was my first time growing. So, I will definitely try again next year. I did notice the ones I used the winter sowing jug plant technique faired better than the ones I planted in grow bags.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I can absolutely plant some around the trees with no loss!

[@MariaRamirez-mo5fl]

Jacque I have a question can I plant all garlic’s together in one grow bag bed? And garlic with squash and pumpkin together in the same grow bag bed together? Plz answer me in my comment Ty so much 💕🐾!

[@catherinelanglotz8408]

Thank You❤!

[@melvanini]

Garlic is almost the easiest thing I have in my garden. I live in Australia so it's almost ready to harvest now. I think I planted it in April.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

It is such a great crop top have, almost no work!

[@samanthan.2620]

I’ve seen dozens of garlic planting videos, but no one ever mentions how often we have to water them? Can you explain the watering instructions? Thank you!

[@HealyMeans]

hi jacques 🤗 im a container gardener. is it practical to grow garlic (onions, leeks, etc.) in 15-gallon planter pots - the black ones from garden centers? what about asparagus (from seed)? thanks for sharing and helping. i really you and the epic gardening family.

[@bertarnoldo5199]

I am also a container gardener! I’ve found it’s much better if you spend a little more and go with a quarter or half wine barrel and fill it almost to the top with a nice, organic potting mix. Miracle grow performance organics works really well for garlic in my experience. 4.5-5 in. spacing is choice. I’ve got huge bulbs, year after year going this

[@HealyMeans]

@bertarnoldo5199 hi 🤗 thanks for the info. right now, i only have space for the 15-gallon containers, but ill try to work it in with the other recommendations.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

You can grow them but the issue you run into is that they are all long season crops, I guess leeks are the fastest. So you will tie up all your containers for 4-6 months and that includes the main spring season. So it is possible but you have to commit to that space being taken up. As for asparagus I have some growing in a 15 gallon bag but it is impractical. They are long lived deep rooted perennials and the plants are for sure stunted in the container compared to in ground. You can totally do it but you may only get a few spears once a year.

[@MK-ti2oo]

How do you keep gophers, voles and moles from destroying you in ground plantings there? Just curious how other people deal with these monsters. I do perimeter gopher fence in some areas and just hardware cloth under raised beds but my growing area is getting pretty large to do perimeter fencing and they do dig all the way around my raised beds with the hardware cloth trying to figure out how to get in.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

It is honestly mostly just luck and having pets I think helps a lot. The dogs are constantly patrolling the yard and I think keep away most rodents. I also have a large family of hawks that I always see hunting in the neighborhood! Sadly I have no other helpful recommendations as I don't have enough experience with it.

[@NickGrowsVeg]

This is a great general garlic planting video...kind of a "how to get there" that, like you said, is often overlooked with people going "I was supposed to put them on the fridge a month ago?!" Lol. On a different topic though, I just got an "ad" fomenting hate toward certain types of people and I'm sorry to bring this up here, but after just seeing a particularly inaccurate and hateful ad for Hillsdale "college" I thought how damaging these "ads" are. The kinds of hate-mongering things they were trying to pass off as "higher education" were particularly alarming in that not everyone understands what this really is. I reported the ad with details, but I saw it during this video and wanted to draw everyone's attention to something that I think most of us are dangerously overlooking/ignoring. All it takes for this to spread is... doing nothing. I hope creators can step in on this one. If this particular "ad" were to be believed (it was outright lies)...well, propaganda, fear-mongering... they're the tools of violent despots.

[@TrixieJFerguson]

The creators are not afforded any control over the ads that KZbin runs during videos. May I suggest subscribing to the KZbin ad-free version? I have enjoyed KZbin significantly more since doing so myself.

[@TrixieJFerguson]

The creators are not afforded any control over the ads that KZbin runs during videos. May I suggest subscribing to the KZbin ad-free version? I have enjoyed KZbin significantly more since doing so myself.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Sadly I don't have much say or any say at all in what ads run. They are likely all uniquely targeted to whoever is watching and luckily you have the online reasoning skills and can see these scams for what they are. You can always subscribe to youtube premium and creators will get a small share of the premium when you watch and you get no ads. But it does incur a cost to get there.

[@JohnnyVMcPhersonII]

Thank you good Sir

[@jacquesinthegarden]

You're welcome!

[@crystals14acregarden61]

My first garlic was just an experiment. So I bought some pretty small heads at the grocery store, just to see how they'd grow. We get cold winters. They seemed to be soft neck. Had no stalk in the middle when I planted them. Apparently they were harvested early because they turned out to be hard neck. And some of them grew as big as my fist. When it was time t9 plant again I still had some big ones, so I planted them. Had a bad year, sort of. They were all small. But I had so many, it took me 3 weeks to peel all of them lol. Started with new heads from the store last time, had a total flop. Ordered some hard, some soft this year. First time ordering seed garlic. Didn't know to plant soft in spring. Too late. They're in the ground. We'll see. Haven't decided where the hard neck is going yet, but soon

[@debrak.6430]

I'm in Ohio zone 6...i planted both hard and softnecks last yr....both did fine....I mulch on top with a thick layer of straw...I lay pieces of branches or cut wood on top to keep it from blowing....take them off in spring..also the straw when it starts to sprout. Sometimes depending on the weather it will sprout now...but it's fine. ..doesn't affect it....if u follow Keene garlic instructions it should do great.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

It seems that many people have good success planting soft neck in cold climates. It is possible that is an old wives tale that I am spreading since I don't have the ability to directly test it for myself

[@dinacasey7034]

Also, LOVE your videos 🥰😍🤩😘

[@Bar-nf8to]

May I ask you to talk about grow a garden vegetables in south Florida? Thank you

[@GudrunInTheComments]

I need to find a variety that can grow in Florida, so far, I just got a few tiny cloves. I can't find a variety of bulbing onions that grow well either.

[@jimmiewd]

Soooo, would formula for working out the heads of garlic for 6 inch spacing would be (L×W)×4? So for a 8×4 bed would be (4×8)×4, Do i have that right? 4×8=32 ×4=128 plants in a 4×8 (10×10)×4=400 plants in your 10×10 space... Sorry, long day at work, and math is hurting my brain 😅

[@tahursh637]

Our garlic goes in the ground in August!

[@michellenoel2725]

Okay so now I want to grow hard neck garlic but I ordered all soft neck varieties! I have one question, if my bed I want to grow my garlic in has no issues growing garlic in it last year can I use it again after amending with compost?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Yeah you should be fine! If it is the best spot go for it. Eventually you may run into issues and then you will have to rotate. If you can swing a rotation of location I would do it but if you can't don't worry until its a problem.

[@robertcanavan6600]

I live in zone 6 and have been planting hardnecks. If I want to try softneck, do I wait till spring to plant and will Botanical still have seed garlic then?

[@CartersGardens]

I live in zone 6 aswell and I plant mine November 1st 6 inches deep then mulch with yard clippings and they do great every year.

[@FaceEatingOwl]

Чеснок - Chesnok, is Russian for Garlic.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Makes sense! In bulgarian its чесън aka chessen

[@BenGardens]

Part 2 of this video cannot come soon enough!!

[@sheliaheverin8822]

Some of my papers have come off the hardneck cloves when breaking them apart, are they ok to plant?

[@LizThompson-ds1fl]

I’m out of my grown garlic already! How? Why? I’ll be planting my next year’s garlic in November (Virginia, 7b). I always do elephant garlic. Adding Susan Delafield, Montana Giant, inchilium, and some Dutch shallots. I got my elephant garlic from my farmers market and my own garlic. My others came from Mountain Valley Garlic. They sell smaller amounts. Good for my small community garden plot.

[@amyschmelzer6445]

I like the Montana Giant. It lives up to its name with huge heads as well as large cloves. Normally I grow my garlic in a grid with 6” spacing in both directions. I am thinking of giving my MGs an 8”x8” spacing because I have noticed the plants try to grow outward at the edge of the bed which makes the aisle harder to walk through.

[@LizThompson-ds1fl]

@@amyschmelzer6445 Thanks! It's my first time with these types. I've always done Elephant Garlic but my forays into the "normal" garlics like Music have resulted in tiny bulbs.

[@amyschmelzer6445]

@@LizThompson-ds1fl I have Music. It’s on the smaller side of what I grow. I don’t understand the hype around it. It’s nothing special.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Montana giant sounds interesting! It is so hard to keep garlic in stock, I think we have a garlic eating problem

[@Brenda_Host]

I live in a county that no one will ship to. I’ll be checking a local garden center tomorrow

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Worst case scenario grab some organic garlic at the store and run with it!

[@Jay22613]

Do you need to store in refrigerator softneck varieties before planting in SD?

[@CartersGardens]

Nope soft neck doesn't need refrigerator like hardneck

[@jacquesinthegarden]

No just the hardnecks who need the cold period

[@agwats85]

I buy my garlic from the local farmers market. I can talk to the farmer face to face, it's local to my area, and it's $1 a head

[@itsmeayanna]

Oooooo I’m early ❤❤❤

[@orangemoonglows2692]

i've heard that arugula can also fumigate the soil for root knot nematodes.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

That makes sense to me, any mustard should be capable but some are bred to be EXTRA concentrate in the compounds that help

[@corinne7126]

Garlic! Garlic! Garlic! 😅

[@lyndelgado6138]

How deep did u plant them?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

3-4" deep 6" apart is the safe bet

[@ramontorres2828]

Are the garlic from your company Epic Gardening I got my shallot seeds, but I never did get the two bulbs that I ordered

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I would reach out to customer service we have real humans who look and respond and they will get you fixed up. [e-mail]

[@daniellewagner3926]

What I want to know is how on earth do you eat that much garlic?! 😂 I thought I loved garlic way more than most people but apparently not.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I think its because we cook 95% of our meals and we basically use garlic in everything we cook. I also ultimately have to share some with family unfortunately haha.

[@scootergirl3662]

Did you know you were gonna watch a video about growing garlic? Me neither, but still cool.

[@rambukah76]

Great formula. Thank you ❤

[@CustomCroshae]

I put mine in the fridge and it started to sprout is that normal should I plant them now I’m in zone 8b

[@jacquesinthegarden]

You can leave them in for a bit longer but I would plant within a week or so. Zone 8b probably gets cold enough anyway with any amount of bonus fridge time.

[@patriciahenry7735]

What happens if my clove has been in the fridge for a few months

[@TheNickmista]

Jacques: "Tomatoes: 20 plants Strawflowers: 40 plants Chillies: 30 plants Garlic: 800 plants Cucumbers: 10 plants someone who is good at garden planning please help me budget this. my garden is crowded and family is dying" Me: spend less on garlic Jacques: no

[@amyschmelzer6445]

I spend $0 on seed garlic by saving my own from the harvest from the previous season. Sometimes when people at the farmers market are selling named varieties for eating at $1-2 a head I will buy one for planting. It’s way cheaper than buying seed garlic online.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Haha, luckily most seed is very budget able and like someone else said you can save the seed and propagate it next year. You just have to stop your urge to eat it instead!

[@sheliaheverin8822]

I never know how much to buy....a pound is only about 6-8 cloves depending on the size. If you want to grow 100 cloves you will need a lot....more than I think. I buy my garlic from Keene they are wonderful.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

They have the full breakdown of quantities here: keeneorganics.com/how-much-garlic/

[@W1ND0FCHAN63]

Garlic being a bulb, will it naturalize if you leave it to go to seed? 🤔

[@ChaosOrZen]

It doesn't go to seed like onions

[@jacquesinthegarden]

It CAN sometimes produce seed but only under specific conditions. It does naturalize though and can make little garlic bulblets that are sort of like seed as well. Planting those can take 2 years to get a bulb but it will be much more naturalized to your area.

[@WisGuy4]

There is no rational reason for seed garlic to run $20-$30 per pound - that is outrageous. Garlic costs less than $4/lb at my local grocery store. Tomatoes and hot peppers are much more varied and tasty when home grown. That’s not really the case with garlic. I’ve discovered there are a several plants that make no sense to grow in my garden - broccoli, cauliflower, bell peppers all perform poorly, and are not worth the effort, garden space, or financial cost compared to how cheaply they may be bought in the local grocery store. Same with garlic and that is even more the case, considering the price gouging that seed sources engage in with seed garlic.

[@JustOneAsbesto]

600-800 plants? Let's call it 700. At 6 cloves each that's 4200 cloves of garlic, or just over 11.5 large cloves per day for a year. Seems reasonable.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

It SHOULD be enough!

[@DanlowMusic]

Jacque, how does one eat that much garlic? Lol. I like garlic but that's a lot of garlic brotha. Lol

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I think its because we cook 95% of our meals and we basically use garlic in everything we cook. I also ultimately have to share some with family unfortunately haha.

[@wild-radio7373]

🥰👍

[@TrixieJFerguson]

Ok Jacques, I am also in a warm climate (Zone 9a TX). If I put the hardneck garlic in the fridge for 4 weeks and then plant it, will the garlic be damaged if a cold snap comes 2 weeks later and temps dip down into the high teens or low twenties? Does it stunt the growth in any way if it’s subject to a “second winter”?

[@CartersGardens]

It won't hurt it any mine comes up fine zone 6 sometimes has mild winters so the hardneck I put in fridge then plant and then we get a hard freeze still comes up fine

[@jacquesinthegarden]

No you will be totally fine in the ground! When planted 2-3" deep and covered with mulch there is basically nothing that can hurt it. If the greens emerge and there is a frost coming I would mulch over the tops of them though

[@natematheny8710]

Im not sure you'll be avoiding rust spores by rotating crops into a bed that is 2 feet away from the original one

[@jacquesinthegarden]

It shouldn't be able to mobilize if I am not growing alliums there to propagate the spores! But there is always the chance it is already in the mulch/soil anyway

[@MrTexaninNC]

Are you no longer with epic gardening?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I am! Did I say something that made you think otherwise (genuinely curious!)?

[@MrTexaninNC]

@@jacquesinthegarden no you didn’t, just didn’t hear you give a shout out to your garlic product line…

[@nommindymple6241]

What are you doing with all that garlic? 200 - 300 bulbs at your minimum 6 cloves per bulb is 1200 to 1800 cloves of garlic. You used roughly 1500 cloves of garlic in 4 months (120 days)? That's about 12 cloves of garlic every day.

[@idahofishgamer3560]

Bro it's 30 fuckin years sorry about language me here in idaho we have no diseases for garlic except people backyards because they bought non local or used store garlic mushy garlic

[@williamevans6522]

I just scavenge ORGANIC( no chemicals/ sprouting inhibitors) garlic bulbs from local stores. Plant just the large cloves. Eat the rest.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Nice, that sounds like a great strategy!

[@williamevans6522]

@@jacquesinthegarden Seed garlic is so expensive.

[@marktoldgardengnome4110]

@@williamevans6522 YesserreeBob! First question that came to mind was, Are you adopting Jacques? I'll be good, promise!

[@williamevans6522]

@@marktoldgardengnome4110 Uh, no....

[@wendyarrayga3465]

It takes 46 months to grow garlic ? I thought it was only 9 months 🤔

[@kelleyforeman]

I think he said 4-6 months.

[@marktoldgardengnome4110]

@@kelleyforeman 👍4-6 months

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I probably mushed my words together but I meant to say FOUR to SIX months!