Wild Garlic - How to Identify and Harvest

[@ross-smithfamily6317]

Excellent video ... we were trying to identify whether we have wild onion or wild garlic (or wild camas/ leeks, etc.) in our yard. It is definitely wild garlic. Thank you!

[@ExploringExotics]

I have tons of wild garlic in my yard! So exciting!

[@sophyroeun46]

Asian people pickled this wild garlic and eat with bbq meat or chicken, fish and rice. Actually it tasted delicious.

[@marywhitefield4174]

Love your information!!

[@polyprinz]

Wild garlic in my area have big spear like leaves, and the beautiful smell of garlic!

[@LT-cp4qs]

Spear like leaves is Onion, Garlic is Hollow like a Chive.

[@AAHomeGardening]

Lovely, have some in my backyard

[@johnhughes3963]

Great tips..we have some great ones here

[@painz4162]

I don’t know why but I always have to harvest these

[@elmsyrup]

That's a totally different plant than what we call wild garlic in the UK. I would call what you have chives.

[@EatThePlanet]

yes. I believe your species of wild garlic is allium ursinum. We have a similar species to that here called ramps allium tricoccum. The species in the video is often called crow garlic, wild garlic or onion grass. Even though it looks like chives which grow like onions. The reason it's groups with the garlics more often than onions and chives is because the bulbs grow similar to garlic with cloves instead of just one single bulb like onions.

[@rick31869]

We got garlic from a yard that claimed to have a variety from early 1900’s. They come back every year . They don’t look like todays 🧄 garlic where it’s a head of many cloves. These are the size of golf balls and are individual and are shaped like globes

[@jiayouchinese]

I just found a bunch of these in my yard in SE CT

[@EatThePlanet]

Cool, they are really easy to spot right now. I'm in New Haven County. I've been seeing them all over the place.

[@Dredziowata]

And there we have an issue Wild Garlic allium vineale (USA edition) AND Wild Garlic Allium ursinum (Europe edition )

[@tamaraparadise3444]

Mine has a garlic/onion smell.. have a little bulb growing on top. All my plant I'd says it's wild garlic. Mine are not hallow and come to a point on top. Is that garlic?

[@raquelapicella3]

Do bulbs get bigger? I found ton today (leafs smell good-taste like strong oniony/garlic) but bulb doesn’t smell/tiny like kidney bean.

[@EatThePlanet]

The bulbs for this species only get about as big as they are in this video. If what your finding has smaller bulbs it could be a different species or might just need another month or 2 to get full size.

[@dl8619]

I have a ton of this in my backyard in zone 8b georgia

[@siddharthpatel3423]

How do they grow next year if you pull them out with the roots?(where can I get seeds for this plant

[@EatThePlanet]

you would only harvest a few patches and make sure you leave enough to propagate on their own for the next year. These are very common in my area so I'm not too worried about harvesting some.

[@justinsgarage1125]

The wild garlic I found had shoots that were really tall….like over 2ft and had what looked like mini cloves at the top that were sprouting flowers. There was a single bulb, with single shoot, under ground that was east to pull up. What sort of variety am I looking at

[@EatThePlanet]

It's actually the same species. That 'clove' at the top is called bulbils. It's basically genetic clones of the parent plant that act as seeds. I noticed that when the garlic is a single bulb underground vs a clump of bulbs it tends to create bulbils more often.

[@joelboardgamerpger5393]

i had few tablespoons of old wild onion seed 2-3 years old they were all dead dry as a bone inside. instead fo throwing them in the garbage, just for fun i put them in a dish of water, and many of them are germinating now. Its almost july. What can i do to preserve and plant them so they can be productive, or did just plain mess them up? Maryland resident. Jay Dee

[@EatThePlanet]

Your best bet is probably to put them in the ground at the end of august or in september when it starts getting cool again. this should allow them to go dormant over the winter and then continue their normal cycle in the spring. You don't happen to know what species it is do you?

[@joelboardgamerpger5393]

@@EatThePlanet it doesnt have the floppy wild garlic leaves. narrow stalk about a an eight to a quarter inch wide. wild onion seed head must be wild onion. ok. so, they have tiny roots. Ill use container soil? peat pots?? or 2 inch plastic square pots? how deep should i put the rooted seedlings? the roots are about a milimeter long maybe. How far apart? how many seeds per hole?

[@EatThePlanet]

@@joelboardgamerpger5393 if they have tubular foliage then it could be this species allium vineale.

[@five_star_images3019]

I have tons of these in my yard. Not sure what it was,now I know.

[@EatThePlanet]

make sure you smell them. star of bethlehem and some other bulbs like crocuses look similar.

[@five_star_images3019]

Eat The Planet it smells like onions or mild garlic.

[@billjim334]

Yes! I’ve yet to find wild garlic. How common is it around here and where does it grow?

[@EatThePlanet]

you're in MA right, According to plants.usda.gov it's pretty common there. Which makes sense because its very cold tolerant here in southern CT. I find it in yards and wooded edges, over the next few weeks is a good time to look for it. I always look for the bunches of dark green, once i know what I'm looking for they tend to stand out.

[@billjim334]

Ok thanks!

[@madhatter3881]

Valuable info. No bs. Well done full armor of god #WEDONOTCONSENT

[@birdyelke775]

Everyone kept saying smell, I don't had two of my senses after 6 OP, which is taste and smell. so how do i identify scallions, shallots, garlic and onions, without picking the wrong one.

[@EatThePlanet]

The best way to id without smelling is to learn the potential look a likes in your area and make sure you know all the minor ID features. What area are you in.

[@birdyelke775]

@@EatThePlanet Thanks the Alps in Europe...

[@EatThePlanet]

@@birdyelke775 here's a few to start looking at Allium vicorialis and Allium schoenoprasum.

[@EatThePlanet]

@@birdyelke775 Just look up description and look a likes. Especially the flowers, they are often distinctive for Allium species.

[@birdyelke775]

@@EatThePlanet Thank you dear...

[@BushcraftingBogan]

They are great in omelets.

[@nancytabor8302]

Just moved and flower beds are full.

[@EatThePlanet]

this is the season. Did you do the sniff test to make sure its onion/garlic

[@nancytabor8302]

@@EatThePlanet hands smelled even after washing!!

[@Rose-ui5dk]

This is not wild garlic..wild garlic has lowish lying wide leaves

[@EatThePlanet]

People use different common names but the important thing to know is that this is Allium vineale. wild garlic is an acceptable common name for this plant. Garlic and onions are in the same genus and many people interchange the common names of the wild varieties. In my opinion its fine that they do that because detailed discussion about which plant is being identified usually includes reference to the genus and species.

[@CenturyOfCid]

You're thinking of Allium Ursinum and Allium Tricoccum, or Bear's Garlic and Ramps

[@ladya3742]

I’m confused

[@EatThePlanet]

about what?

[@litoreggie]

That’s wild onion, not garlic

[@EatThePlanet]

the common names very, the point is it's allium vineale It's different then what I would call local wild onion which is allium canadense, which I've never actually seen in my area.

[@zakjames1248]

I found some wild chocolate mousse the other day.. Turns out it was just dog shit

[@EatThePlanet]

how did it taste?

[@zakjames1248]

@@EatThePlanet a little nutty