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Do you mean at harvest time or during the time you're breaking apart the bulbs? If just before planting when you're separating the bulbs, the cloves can be really tight against each other. I try to cut the outer paper part between the cloves with a knife. This makes it easier to open the bulb where I can get the knife in between the tight cloves. I always end up with some that lose the protective skin. That is why I hold back more of the largest bulbs than I should need to make sure I have enough I can go through to get the cloves I need for planting. Also, for hard neck garlic, once you break the stem and root section off from the bottom of the cloves, they have less support holding them together.

Thanks for watching Mike. Hope you had a good season.

Good luck on your garlic. I use the regular hydroponic nutrients for growing lettuce with good results. Brian did the natural route. My most recent video on it was titled "Restarting Hydroponic Lettuce - Growing Lettuce FAST" Thanks for watching

Yeah, it has been much warmer than a typical October. I usually target Oct 15th but it was much too warm at that time. Now though, we are starting to get some frost here and there so should be a good time. You had a good survival rate with only losing 6 of them. Plenty there for replanting and use in the kitchen. Do you turn any of the cloves left over from planting in to garlic powder? Thanks for watching Robin.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 Yes I have dehydrated and made powder...but I find I like to freeze if they start to get a bit edgy. Roasted is probably our favorite way to use.

Doing well Jeanne. With the garden season at an end for the year, I have been busy working on other things. Thanks for watching.

I'm looking forward to seeing how it all turns out. Between doing a cover crop and giving each plant more space, each bulbs should have what it needs. Thanks for watching Sandra.

Thanks for watching Duncan.

Snow coming already? lol..Winter comes quick in the mountains. Good luck on planting today and your harvest next year. Thanks for watching Leslie.

Good plan Tom. Something like a 17 G tote should work for garlic and give the garlic the weather protection they need.

Thanks for watching Tom. I think you might need a larger container than a milk crate. Maybe something 50% larger.

Thanks for watching Peggy.

I planted a total of 84 cloves. I'm planting later this year because it has still been warm. I had to look up Big Boy garlic. It appears to be well suited for your climate and is said to be similar to Music. The garlicseed web site (in Canada) that carries that variety recommends doing a cover crop the season before planting garlic which I found interesting. Most web sites don't include that little tip. Since I did that with my planting, I curious if it will make a difference next year. Thanks for watching Klaus.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 I wouldn’t be surprised if the website you are referring to is John Boy Garlic Farm, that’s where ours comes from. They are organic growers! I am thinking about buying their garlic growing E book!

@@WhatWeDoChannel You are correct. It is John Boy Farms. 😃 Their prices seem pretty reasonable for the Big Boy.

I add all the nutrients at one time. By the time they start to fade, it's time to change out the water. ( a couple of months later) I don't know about the aerogarden specifically. Being much smaller than a 17 G tote, I would go with the instructions that came with the unit. That likely means smaller doses of nutrients each week. Keep an eye on the water level. It's surprising how fast the plants can take up water plus the evaporation. For example, once I have 6 plants growing at different ages, I'm adding 1/2 g to 1 g of water each week. I mainly just grow lettuce. Basil or other small leafy greens should do well with the lettuce type of system. I tried growing strawberries using the same method as the lettuce. That didn't work. After more research, I figured out that strawberries need a different setup. Peppers do well in hydroponics but they also need a different setup. Hope that helps and thanks for watching.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 sorry I am just using the aerogarden nutrients in a 10 gallon tote. I will try adding all at the start. Thanks!

You should get quite the harvest from that. Did you put a mulch over the planting area? Thanks for watching John.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 Not yet. But once the leaves begin to fall I collect and use them for all sorts of jobs in the garden and with the chickens.

I put the onions on wire shelves in the garage until the tops dry out. I then cut off the dead vegetation (and roots) and put them in large mesh bags that I hang in a small storage space under the basement stairs. That space is dark and stays about 60 F during the winter. The garlic is also stored in that space in paper grocery bags. Hope that helps. Let me know if you have other questions. Thanks for watching.

Thank you. This little experiment was a failure but that is how we learn. It's important to show when things don't work out and not just the success stories. 😀

This used a balanced orgranic fertilizer. With carrots being a root crop, they don't need much nitrogen which can result to too much top growth without growing out the root. Thanks for watching

Thanks for watching Tom

I'm guessing you would need someway to crush the seeds for that. 😀

Hey Brian, how have you been? What did you use in your cover crop mix? The grafts on the apple tree are still doing well but the critters got to the apples before I did. I will need to buy some of the mesh fruit bags to put over the apples next year to keep the critters and insects off of them. Thanks for watching and have a good weekend.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 I have been fine and dandy, just trying to keep up with the garden, that dry spell really sucked. Had a bunch of different cover crop seeds getting kinda old, so I just mixed buckwheat, hairy vetch, daikon radish, clover some old radish, beet, and bean seeds broadcast them over the soil and covered with an inch of this years leaf mold. Without the leaf mold I never would have been able to keep the seeds moist enough to germinate. I have some rodent taking bites out of my ripening tomatoes, so I have to ripen them inside, damn critters. Have a good week Steve! Stay Well!!!!

@@brianseybert192 It was a very long dry spell. Over 3 weeks. We got a good soaking rain yesterday. That is quite the cover crop mix...a little of everything. 😀 Since they all mature at different times, what is your plan for managing it? Also, are you set this year for garlic?

@@stevefromthegarden1135 I will probably just let it sit as is over the winter, if the buckwheat begins to flower, will probably cut the tops off with a hedge trimmer. In the spring will probably cut anything growing at ground level and tarp it. Had a pretty decent garlic harvest this year, I have a good number of large cloves to plant this fall. I really enjoy the cycle of growing garlic, plus you have extra garden space for a few months after harvest. Have a good one Steve!

I will be topping the cut plants with some compost tomorrow to accomplish the same thing but without the soil disturbance. It was pretty hot last weekend, so I didn't want to be out in the sun hauling compost. Thanks for watch Klaus.

Good timing on that one. 😀 The bees really enjoy the buckwheat as they prepare for winter. Thanks for watching Sandra.

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The tall beds are really nice. I have the strawberries in a bed just like the new one, which makes for easy picking. Thanks for watching Robin.

Keeping the soil active and adding organic matter. Thanks for watching Sandra

The new bed is certainly tall enough to allow for some long diakons. My potato harvest turned out ok this year. I will need to do more amending of the soil in the root pouches next year. Thanks for watching Tom.

Nice. The ears sound about the size of the Japanese hullless popcorn ears. I put down buckwheat seed in the last corn bed yesterday. That will run for the next 30 to 40 days then I will put the bed to sleep for the winter.

I drove 16 inch PT wooden stakes in on both sides from the center of the bed. I spaced them 2 ft from the center. That will keep the sides from bowing out. Plus having metal mending plates on the inside and outside of the boards should help also. I'm not sure yet what I will plant in the new metal raised bed but I have all winter to think about it. 😀

The growing season is wrapping up here with the final stage being the planting of the cover crops. Won't be long before I put the beds to sleep for the winter. Thanks for watching Peggy.

Understandable about being nervous when it comes to using cover crops. I like using buckwheat because it grows fast and winter kills in my zone 5 garden. It's also easy to terminate since it does not have hard or fiberious stems. For more info on cover crops, Jesse at No-Till Growers has quite a few videos on the topic. He operates on a small commercial scale but the information still applies to our backyard gardens. Thanks for watching Jeanne.

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Welcome to the channel. Quite a surprise on the growth differences between the 2 beds. I started buckwheat in the bed that will have the sweet corn next year because of the results I got. Thanks for watching.

I'm sure I can grow softneck garlic. I have planted some from the grocery in my strawberry bed as a bug deterrent and it grows just fine. I rotate which beds I grow everything in, including garlic and onions. For next season, I will grow Garlic and onions in the bed that my 1st planting of sweet corn was in this year. I have a cover crop of buckwheat in that bed now. That bed didn't get any amendments last fall vs the bed next to it where the rest of the sweet corn was grown which had buckwheat in it then fall leaves. Having drip tape and running it on a timer has been great. The beds gets watered 4 days a week and I don't need to think it. It just works and has been a game changer for me. Thanks for watching Rick.

Yeah. Kind of crazy that plantings 4 and 5 came on at the same time. With it maturing at the same time, I will have more than we can eat fresh. I think you work the weekend that it will be ready. I might end up needing to can the extra. I put up 6 jars from plantings 1 and 2.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 Sounds like a lame excuse not to bring me some! Just kidding, love ya brother! Good job!

Hey Mike, I'm doing well and hope you are too. It was surprising just how much more growth the cover crop bed got. Thanks for watching.

@brianseybert192 I have 1 big gourd so far with several on the way. Man those plants grow like crazy. I'm out there every week trimming them back. 😅 Good thing 1 season will give me plenty of bird houses. If I ever grow these again, I will need a separate, stand alone spot for them. 😲 Today I seeded the 1st corn bed with buckwheat. Garlic and onions will go in there for the next season. Thanks for watching Brian.

This fall I will burn the corn stalks along with a giant pile of brush. I just got done cutting down the stalks from plantings 1 and 2. If I had a shredder, I would use that then throw it into the compost bins. Corn stalks are pretty fiberous, so they take a long time to break down. Another option would be to put them on the bottom of a Johnson-Su compost bin and let the fungi go to work on them over the course of a year. Thanks for watching Rick.

The cover crop certainly seemed to help. I will be doing another cover crop this summer in the bed that the corn will grow in next year. Thanks for watching Tom.

lol. Beans will surprise you as long as you keep picking them. Thanks for watching Robin.

The original intent for the corn was just for fresh eating but with plantings 4 and 5 coming on at the same time, I will can the extra. I put 6 pints up so far this year. Thanks for watching Peggy.

Cover crops are a great filler for empty beds and keep the soil active. Thanks for watching Nick.

The growth in the cover crop bed is really surprising. Far more than I was expecting. Thanks for watching Kathleen.

Come on over. It's looking like I will have plenty. 😃 Thanks for watching Sandra

I would love to! I promised my granddaughter I would show her my worms eating corn. As soon as I'm over this $#*!$ Covid, my worms are going to join you in a corn feast! I had to buy a cob because our current home doesn't have the sun to support growing corn. Maybe our next place! By the way, I am VERY close to getting my hourly total over the line - any help you could provide in the next day or two would be greatly appreciated! ~ Sandra

@@NanasWorms Congrats on the hour count. That is a major hurdle to get over. I will help to get you over the line.

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Yes there was. The cover crop bed did really well. Thanks for watching Klaus.

@@stevefromthegarden1135 Who's Klaus? 🤣😂🤣 (I do it all the time mate LOL)

@@DigwellGreenfingers Sorry about that Steve. lol. I threw in the wrong name. Don't write replies just as you're stepping out the door. 😅

@@DigwellGreenfingersha, I’m Klaus! It doesn’t matter because I’m a Digwell Greenfingers fan as well!

@@WhatWeDoChannel Guessed it was you, Klaus! Not many Klausses around on the gardening channels LOL (Plenty of Steve's though 🤣)

Thanks for watching.

It was a great exchange and worked out well for both of us. For next year, I am going with 6 inch in-row spacing between the cloves since I won't need as much garlic overall. Thanks again Kathleen.

I did pretty well overall. There were a few runts and I had those couple real oddball ones that divided into small little bulbs. Plus that 1 red onion. There must have been a quality control issue with the seed supply this year. Thanks for watching.

They all get used for cooking. 😀 But the Georgia Fire is supposed to keep some of it spicyness even after cooking. 4 of the varieties are new to me, so we will see if there is a noticable difference between them. I also want to make a garlic powder where I take 1 bulb from each variety and dehydrate/powder it then combine them all together. Thanks for watching.