I store most by peeling, processing to coarse mush then make little pucks with s small cookie dough scoop. Flash freeze then put into a bag in the freezer. Instant garlic when needed and no storage worries once cured a bit.
This was my first year growing garlic. I only grew 8 bulbs but they did great. I just finished the curing process last night. I grew German Extra Hearty and Northern White. I am in northern Ohio so I picked those thinking they would do well with our cold winters. I have ordered some different ones for this year to see how they do also. I am pretty excited to see and hopefully I will never have to buy garlic again.
HI JEFF, We lost out on garlic, onions, potatoes, strawberries and lettuce, okra, and corn this year. If I'm still here next year, we will try again hopefully. Thanks for all your teachings. Love yall 💓
I pulled my garlic out sometime in March because they had fallen over. They were brown and well. I did get some at harvest out of it. This year I’m going to plant a lot more!
Thanks for all the help! My garlic always rotted until i saw your video that said to put some sand in the soil. Can't wait to actually try some of my garlic this year.
It was my first year attempting to grow garlic. I should have documented my progress for others to learn from my experience of what NOT TO DO. It was a fail for me. I google how to cure bulbs and your video popped up. Having watched your video, I know the whys of my outcome. I subscribed. Wish I came across your videos last year. Here's mud in your eye! From the Great Lake State of Michigan 🐢
I love the Music hardneck variety and wow this year's crop is phenomenal! I mulched with tons of chopped leaves and chopped weeds in late October. That are still very green with only a few leaves dying off so I harvest 100 at a time. My only issue is that it has been rainy so much so not able yet to harvest when soil is dryer. Thanks for the tips Jeff and appreciate you! 👍🌱🥰 Have you ever pickled garlic? I tried it last year and it's very good.
Thanks Joan... Storage is easy.... As long as it's not in the oven or in the freezer, they are getting planted in like 2 months. That's why I didn't mention it because the timeline is so short, it kind of doesn't really matter.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I’m growing hard and soft neck in my vegetable garden here in Sydney Australia lucky to be able to grow both kinds, traditionally only grew soft until I tried hard neck. Harvest will be in November/December as to all the onions. Enjoy your weekend too Jeff😀🇦🇺
This is my first year growing garlic. Just waiting for them to die back. Bulb size is good and I'm excired to harvest. Will definitely save some to plant late September. Thank you for all your info.
Hey Paul, the best time is to plant around 4-6 weeks before your first frost date (you'll have to look that up for your area). Here's a good guide to get you started!: ua-cam.com/video/Hj0Sy-2FpTY/v-deo.html
Getting really close to harvest time here. Maybe 1/3 of the leaves are yellowed and starting to die back. Can't wait for harvest time. I still have garlic from last season in the pantry and it looks great. Thinking about experimenting and making black garlic with it, maybe.
Is I just pulled out one, can I just go ahead and eat it? Also the ones that are steadily growing....can we eat the leaves with stopping the growth of the bulb?
Oops, I hung my garlic to dry like I did my onions, bulb up sitting in a rack with leaves hanging down. 😬 One site said to let cure 2 weeks...I hope once I trim and clean these bulbs they will keep well.
I like to cure them slowly...baking in the sun I've had a few rot quickly. This time of year, the sun is SCORCHING.....no freshly-harvested crop wants to bake in it.
I’m still waiting for mine to die back, my scapes have been collected, powdered. Just waiting for the bulbs to mature. We’ve had so much rain, I fear I may not have a dry day to harvest anytime soon.
This was my fist time and I planted 11 cloves and only got 3 Not sure what happened. I live in Southern California and grew the soft neck variety. I watered them periodically so maybe that was too much
I'm very sad this year out of 150 heads, only 22 harvested. I know the problem and it's not happening again. root rot, over watering, and the person entrusted to look after, totally my bad. so sad starting from scratch again. the gardening game live and learn
We’ll, I made a few mistakes… this is my first time growing garlic. I harvested my Red Russian hardneck about a month after cutting the scapes, and only after the bottom 2 leaves had dried up. I did not stop the watering (drip) before harvesting. And I used a garden fork to help loosen up the soil. But I only had one bulb that was split!! It’s been drying in my shed with all the windows open, but not hanging them bulb down (I’m drying them on an open tray). It’s not cool with the heat wave, but it’s pretty good and the best I got. The papery covering is coming along nicely. I harvested my soft neck last week. I’ll give it another week or two, and likely braid them for storage. The one split one tasted amazing though, and most are the same size as your. But I have a question: what do you do to the bed after you’ve harvested. Mine has some straw, but is somewhat dug up. I’m hoping not to add another to my list of mistakes!! I’m not planning on planting in it (I don’t know what to plant), and will likely plant onions next year. My onion bed across the path is doing nicely now too!! I I hope you give us some tips on harvesting onion before then!! Thanks for all your information. I’m a newbie Orchardist who wants to plant things around my new trees…
They are pretty forgiving larry, I've made all those same mistakes 10x over, ha ha! For my spent bed, I still have 2 months of growing left....so I can plant peas, radishes, brassicas, etc. Nice to squeeze in another crop because garlic took up residence for soooooo long!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I’m a little reluctant to put something in the ground… I don’t have much experience, and I’m gone for 2 weeks coming up in a few weeks (meeting grand babies I haven’t met yet!). I’m thinking a layer of compost and a layer of straw!!
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I store most by peeling, processing to coarse mush then make little pucks with s small cookie dough scoop. Flash freeze then put into a bag in the freezer. Instant garlic when needed and no storage worries once cured a bit.
Nice, love it!
I keep about 6-8 bulbs fresh, about 100 cloves for fall planting. The rest follows the same treatment @janw491 does.
I friggin LOVE Garlic!!!!
:)
Great summary video as always.
Thanks buddy! Garlic is the best!
This was my first year growing garlic. I only grew 8 bulbs but they did great. I just finished the curing process last night. I grew German Extra Hearty and Northern White. I am in northern Ohio so I picked those thinking they would do well with our cold winters. I have ordered some different ones for this year to see how they do also. I am pretty excited to see and hopefully I will never have to buy garlic again.
Hey right on Margaret! Congrats on the early success!
This is great information I’ve watched you before on garlic. I wish you would have mentioned something on fertilizing garlic and when to do it.
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Thanks soooo much. I’ll put this in my notes for next season! I enjoy all t info from you.
@@jeanbishop983 no problem! :-)
HI JEFF, We lost out on garlic, onions, potatoes, strawberries and lettuce, okra, and corn this year. If I'm still here next year, we will try again hopefully. Thanks for all your teachings. Love yall 💓
Sorry to hear that melinda....we'll tackle it next year for sure!
I pulled my garlic out sometime in March because they had fallen over. They were brown and well. I did get some at harvest out of it. This year I’m going to plant a lot more!
Thanks for all the help! My garlic always rotted until i saw your video that said to put some sand in the soil. Can't wait to actually try some of my garlic this year.
It was my first year attempting to grow garlic. I should have documented my progress for others to learn from my experience of what NOT TO DO. It was a fail for me. I google how to cure bulbs and your video popped up. Having watched your video, I know the whys of my outcome. I subscribed. Wish I came across your videos last year.
Here's mud in your eye!
From the Great Lake State of Michigan 🐢
I love the Music hardneck variety and wow this year's crop is phenomenal! I mulched with tons of chopped leaves and chopped weeds in late October. That are still very green with only a few leaves dying off so I harvest 100 at a time. My only issue is that it has been rainy so much so not able yet to harvest when soil is dryer. Thanks for the tips Jeff and appreciate you! 👍🌱🥰 Have you ever pickled garlic? I tried it last year and it's very good.
Right on, sounds like a great year! I have not tried to nor eaten pickled garlic....but now I have to!
Thanks for all the tips. I successfully harvested 200 bulbs of garlic. Can’t wait to start my next batch. Never buying garlic again 🎉
Just in time for me to process my garlic. First year I’ve left all the roots, soil and leaves as I dried them. Thanks for your sterling work.
Wonderful video, full of good information. I was hoping to hear how to store the bulbs for planting later in the year.
Thanks Joan... Storage is easy.... As long as it's not in the oven or in the freezer, they are getting planted in like 2 months. That's why I didn't mention it because the timeline is so short, it kind of doesn't really matter.
Hi Jeff thanks for sharing, a wonderful harvest😊
Cheers rick, enjoy the weekend!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I’m growing hard and soft neck in my vegetable garden here in Sydney Australia lucky to be able to grow both kinds, traditionally only grew soft until I tried hard neck. Harvest will be in November/December as to all the onions.
Enjoy your weekend too Jeff😀🇦🇺
@@rickthelian2215 both kinds? That's epic rick! Let us know how the November harvest goes!
thank you for your video. How do you prepare your garlic for planting the next season?
Thanks! There is no prep for planting! Don't even remove the papery coatings... Just separate the cloves and plant!
Thank you
Cheers Kevin, have a great weekend!
This is my first year growing garlic. Just waiting for them to die back. Bulb size is good and I'm excired to harvest. Will definitely save some to plant late September. Thank you for all your info.
Right on eileen, let us know how the harvest goes for you! 🙂
Thank you for sharing I love learning from your videos and the garlic is just running wild💚💚💚 here and Denver Colorado
Thanks so much for all the watching! Appreciate it!
Can I plant regular store bought organic garlic cloves?
Hi Jeff I haven’t tempted to grow garlic. I what to try this year . I live in zone 6. When should I start planting!🤔
Hey Paul, the best time is to plant around 4-6 weeks before your first frost date (you'll have to look that up for your area). Here's a good guide to get you started!: ua-cam.com/video/Hj0Sy-2FpTY/v-deo.html
Getting really close to harvest time here. Maybe 1/3 of the leaves are yellowed and starting to die back. Can't wait for harvest time.
I still have garlic from last season in the pantry and it looks great. Thinking about experimenting and making black garlic with it, maybe.
Black garlic is delicious 😋
Is I just pulled out one, can I just go ahead and eat it? Also the ones that are steadily growing....can we eat the leaves with stopping the growth of the bulb?
My strawberry plant is grow very slowly
What natural fertilizer boosts strawberry plant growth?
Seaweed and kelp extracts work great.
My wife actually asked me to grow "Black Garlic" for her, thinking it grew that way as apposed to being aged. 🤦🏻♂️😂
My garlic never grew i.thinknthe weatherwas just to.wet we had bad winter here in uk.willtry again only this time put in the shed.
Remember, it does need to get cold...basically freeze, to grow properly into a bulb. Best of luck!
Oops, I hung my garlic to dry like I did my onions, bulb up sitting in a rack with leaves hanging down. 😬 One site said to let cure 2 weeks...I hope once I trim and clean these bulbs they will keep well.
You'll be just fine.
So in California am I out of luck or is there a variety that doesn’t need that frozen time?
I’ve heard you can put them in the freezer to fake them out 😉
Yes krazycorw, all softneck varieties of garlic (there's 2 types of garlic) can all be grown in warm climates with no chilling period! 🙂
@@nataliemiramontes4045 Yup, that works too! Trick them into thinking they've been chilled!
??? Any advantage to leaving them in the sun for a few days?
I like to cure them slowly...baking in the sun I've had a few rot quickly. This time of year, the sun is SCORCHING.....no freshly-harvested crop wants to bake in it.
I got allium leaf miners for the first time. 😕 It’s cool. My garlic is under protection already. This won’t happen again. ❤
Oh wow, never had those.... Do they only attack the leaves?
I’m still waiting for mine to die back, my scapes have been collected, powdered. Just waiting for the bulbs to mature. We’ve had so much rain, I fear I may not have a dry day to harvest anytime soon.
Fingers crossed Kristin! 🙂
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thank you, they are!
This was my fist time and I planted 11 cloves and only got 3 Not sure what happened. I live in Southern California and grew the soft neck variety. I watered them periodically so maybe that was too much
I think I missed my harvest time. They've already flowered.
They flower about 4-6 weeks BEFORE harvest...so no, you haven't missed a thing.
I'm very sad this year out of 150 heads, only 22 harvested. I know the problem and it's not happening again. root rot, over watering, and the person entrusted to look after, totally my bad. so sad starting from scratch again. the gardening game live and learn
Dang martin...been there. Sorry to hear that!
We’ll, I made a few mistakes… this is my first time growing garlic. I harvested my Red Russian hardneck about a month after cutting the scapes, and only after the bottom 2 leaves had dried up. I did not stop the watering (drip) before harvesting. And I used a garden fork to help loosen up the soil. But I only had one bulb that was split!! It’s been drying in my shed with all the windows open, but not hanging them bulb down (I’m drying them on an open tray). It’s not cool with the heat wave, but it’s pretty good and the best I got. The papery covering is coming along nicely. I harvested my soft neck last week. I’ll give it another week or two, and likely braid them for storage. The one split one tasted amazing though, and most are the same size as your. But I have a question: what do you do to the bed after you’ve harvested. Mine has some straw, but is somewhat dug up. I’m hoping not to add another to my list of mistakes!! I’m not planning on planting in it (I don’t know what to plant), and will likely plant onions next year. My onion bed across the path is doing nicely now too!! I I hope you give us some tips on harvesting onion before then!! Thanks for all your information. I’m a newbie Orchardist who wants to plant things around my new trees…
They are pretty forgiving larry, I've made all those same mistakes 10x over, ha ha! For my spent bed, I still have 2 months of growing left....so I can plant peas, radishes, brassicas, etc. Nice to squeeze in another crop because garlic took up residence for soooooo long!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I’m a little reluctant to put something in the ground… I don’t have much experience, and I’m gone for 2 weeks coming up in a few weeks (meeting grand babies I haven’t met yet!). I’m thinking a layer of compost and a layer of straw!!
@@larryydens3050 yes, definitely cover the soil. Cover crops work great as well!
I was tricked
By garlic?