Don't PANIC If Your Garlic Is Growing Early - When to Worry + Ways to Save It
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- Опубліковано 14 бер 2024
- Don't panic if your garlic is growing. Here is what you can do if your garlic is growing and how to tell if you need to be worried, and what you can do if your garlic is growing too early too much what you can do to fix it.
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Old shower curtains work great for covering beds. Even if they have a decoration on them, it’s just another cute part of the garden.
Mulch mulch mulch! I got ours planted in early October, and it put on probably 6-8 inches of growth before winter even hit. After a couple frosts I tossed a bunch of leaves on the bed, right before that big January freeze. It got down to 15 a few times here, and never got out of freezing temps for about a week. The garlic is still going strong, but the cover crop I planted with it did it's job and died off!
My garlic is already two feet tall. 🤣 I planted 4 weeks before my first frost date, but the weather at the end of October was super hot, and we didn't get frost until late December. A few mild frosts and some snow in January, but then the weather started warming up again to the high 60s all through February and into March, even though my official last frost date is around mid April. I'm just embracing the growth because there's literally nothing else I can do! 🤣
Same boat! Winter came much later and was much milder than it used too 😅 I've got my fingers crossed and hopefully everything will be fine XD
Mine is sprouting, I planted in October. In 2022, I planted in October and my garlic did just fine. I'm in the mountains of North Carolina. Our weather has been strange, as it gets warm, then a cold snap comes where we get in the mid 20's for one night. I'm going to cover them next time we get a frost or a freeze. Fortunately, our ground never freezes. Thanks Luke. We love your videos AND MIGardner seeds!
yeah same got it dropping to 23 monday
I covered mine with Straw. Keep my fingers crossed it works
Same thing happens with us in SW Virginia. I did the same as you and mine survived well all winter, even when we had snow for a few days.
@@cindyforrst2052it should a friend did same and hers sprouted up and doing fine and we are in Indiana
I am in Massachusetts and I embrace the growth of my garlic. I plant hard necks in early November, and they start growing before the end of the year. I also plant soft necks. I covered them all with a lot of leaves and then i removed the leaves permanently in late February. The winter is kind of mild this year also, so no worries on my end.
This vid is just in time. Mine sprouted early. Thanks so much for the info. I was concerned as this is the first year I tried to grow them. Thanks for what you do ❤
Great work, Luke! This was a perfect and timely video 👌
Awesome! Who doesn’t love garlic!!
I have a nice landrace hardneck garlic that came from my grandma’s garden, where it grew prolifically as a volunteer for decades and was rarely disturbed or harvested.
I live in Oklahoma, and it grows slowly but continually throughout the winter, and shows no signs of damage until temps reach 15 degrees or so. A couple months ago, we hit -2 degrees, and the garlic was briefly killed to the ground level, but had 6 inches of new leaf growth within two weeks of warming up. I almost never water or feed it, and last year I got about 15 lbs of garlic from very minimal effort. I usually let a few go to “seed” and plant the resulting bulbils in the fall. It’s a great way to produce hundreds of plants as well as revitalizing the garlic strain, even if you end up with a few heads that are a bit smaller than they would otherwise be.
Garlic is amazingly hardy.
My biggest issue in TN is getting too much rain which is detrimental to garlic. I’m using big barrel planters and a raised bed this year. I can cover them easier if we are under a deluge.
Thanks Luke for always taking time out to help us out with our gardens
Yes mine sprouted in fall and stayed all winter in rural NY! I covered with more leaf mulch it’s still growing!
My garlic always sprouts early. There just isn't a perfect time to plant it here in Southern Indiana. It still grows nice bulbs and tastes amazing. Thanks for this video!
I live in the low desert of Arizona by Phoenix and my garlic is about a foot and a half maybe a foot and a half tall some of it that I planted a little earlier because we have had a warmer winter with only about one frost and it probably will be ready a little earlier than usual, but it should do OK
THIS WAS PERFECT TIMING! THANK YOU! I WAS GOING TO DO A SEARCH AS TO WHAT TO DO! YOU'VE HELPED ME A LOT!!!!
I planted garlic for the first time last fall. And I got to say, I don't know what to expect or if everything is normal. So yeah I'm a bit worried about the temperature fluctuation! Thanks for the tips ! 🥰
I love ALL MIgardener videos!
I have about 1.5" sprouts 😊
First time growing
Perfect timing because I planted mine in MO in mid October. I planted deep and put straw over and it still poked through in December because of the weird weather we've had. Now it's March and it's sprouting second and third sets of leaves but looks really healthy. So im glad it knows what it's doing better than I do 😂
Also in MO. Mine is doing exactly as yours and I also planted mid October!! 2nd year planting garlic as we moved here from Wisconsin
Im in SE Kansas and have had the very same experience. I planted Music garlic and it looks really good with their 4th leaves, my softneck is a bit farther behind but looks pretty good! My second year is a success so far :)
Perfect timing on this video. I needed to know this! This is my first time trying to grow garlic. I'm so anxious since there's a lot I don't know yet. Thank you!
Thank you . I have a lot of success with your seeds. I have followed you for a few years now and have learned so much thank you thank you thank you
Here in the North of England we can have some very long cold wet winters. I plant my garlic 1st Oct every year and just leave it alone. I don’t cover the beds, mulch or anything. I get a fantastic harvest every year ❤🇬🇧
The temps have been off the charts warm this winter. I waited till Halloween as it was 36 degrees, but the temps kept climbing all the way to Christmas at 52 degrees and raining. Lucky I knew to pile a lot of leaves on to keep them cool. I was lucky to remember to get it off now before they were smothered.
We can’t go by local weather as we have a microclimate that can be 5+ degrees colder or hotter than forecasted. Proud to say my garlic is only about 2.5” tall and doing well.
The last time I bought a roll of 6 mil plastic was quite expensive. We have large gardens.
My concern is the fruit with these warm temps pushing advanced growth too soon. We may not have any.
I am experimenting growing some Inchellium Red (the squirrels kept digging up) in my Greenstalk in my greenhouse. It’s growing great so far!
Had one bulb grow larger than the others last winter, so knowing it would die back, I cut the leaves for a salad. That one took an extra month to grow in the spring and it never caught up to the uncut ones that mostly did great.
Thank you for the info. The weather has just been so warm here in wisconsin and no snow cover. Now I know what to do thanks.
Very happy for this video, because some of my garlic sprouted last November. I'll go check my plants after the video ends.
Planted garlic and onion and both they are coming in good. Onion seed looking better fall planting than trying indoors. Experiment worked. Garlic never died off.
Last year was my first time to try growing garlic. I didn't really know how, but I did anyway😂 My cloves came late in October. I planted as soon as I could. A few days later, we were dropped into -5 to -10° temps, so I grabbed an empty "clear" Rubbermaid tote and turned it upside down over the newly planted garlic. It wasn't big enough to cover all of them, but most. I never thought anything about how soon they sprouted, I was just happy I had saved them! They did very well. I planted a whole lot more this time!
Don't know what kind of garlic I have but is foot high, weather is like a see saw. Never covered it even with extreme cold when it hits even in April and it always does just fine!😊
I planted in oct. My soft necks are 10-12" with some die back, would it hurt to prune the dead leaves to conserve energy? My hard neck are exactly like yours so im doing something right 😂
How cold is too cold? I think it is only going to get down to 28 degrees. Is that cold enough to damage the growth that is too tall?
In 7A, I’ve been growing hard-neck garlic for a dozen years, and over the years have slowly moved my planting date from mid-September to late October. I used to see the garlic sprout before Winter, but even then it was never a real issue in the final product. I keep a couple of inches of mulch on top of garlic from Day 1 to Harvest. Mulch is your friend.
The mulch also helps with deterring squirrels, but for extra protection, I tack a layer of bird netting over the top of the bed that I only remove in early Spring when the garlic growth starts and when I transplant my lettuce between the garlic rows. I’ll use row covers on cold nights, but it’s really just for the lettuce.
I used about 4 inches of sawdust in my bed because I really don't want to have to weed there. The garlic is coming through fine. Is it okay to leave it all until harvest?
Mine always sprouts early. Sometimes in the fall. I never worry about it. 🤷♂️
I’ve been planting in mid-late November and usually get them sprouting late December/early January. I’ve only grown it two years in a row to be fair. Also, NW Oregon has a lot of cold, but not a lot of very cold. So, mostly above freezing and very wet. Winter Cutworms were trying to eat mine at one point.
Our garlic here in Oklahoma is already a good 7-8in above the mulch. Our last average frost is early April, and so far there are no temps lower than 38 on the 10-day forecast. Fingers crossed we are good to go!
Thanks so much for this!!!!
Weird spring,today for the first time I looked into the milk jug greenhouses and saw cabbage sprouts, broccoli sprouts, and poppy sprouts.
I tried soft necks for the first time because it's what I could get for cheap in bulk. We had such a mild winter in central Iowa that lightly mulching them was totally adequate and each one has probably 4 leaves 13-14" tall --the grew slowly from October all through the winter!
My garlic grew to about 4” in late December. Then in January when we had the really cold snap it died off. And this spring with warm weather we’ve had it has not regrown. Do I need to discard it or wait? Thanks for any help.
I'm in the same boat 😭 I just don't know how long to wait before I pull it and replant the bed
Me too.
Same here. 🥴
We don't worry about when it comes up early spring.. It is up now. We pull it when it starts turning brown at the top usually late June or in July. Some if it will grow in spite of what you do. Garlic is very hardy. You can't plant it again until fall anyhow is the way we understand it .
Thanks 😊
Thank you , Luke.
I planted garlic for the first time this past fall and had a bunch of early growth before winter. I'd say about 5-7 inches. All I did was put a nice layer of chopped up leaves on them (not totally covered) and they did great. Some had a little damage like Luke had on the tips of the leaves, but overall they did fine. I'm in MD zone 7a.
University of Maine say hard neck garlic mature in 240 days after planting assuming you plant prior to the first frost. Here in western Washington, where we are at a similar latitude,it holds to the day!
Thank you so much for this video as it put my mind to ease
Thanks Luke. This is my first year growing garlic..
I'm in Texas, and I intentionally grow mine through the winter. Garlic can handle our cold, but it really doesn't love the heat
Awesome video Luke! You always give us just the right info at the right time!😊
I started my garlic in a plate of water on Nov 17th. Planted them a few days to a week later. Some are currently about 12" tall and we're looking at a low of 28 tonight. Hopefully it's the last freeze. I'm thinking about putting a few clear totes over some of the taller ones and just see what happens with any I don't get covered. Last year's super harsh colds took out everything, including the wild onions in the yard that I'd never seen die before.
I already put a light sprinkle of Trifecta on mine last week in zone 5A. Not worried. Looks the same as in the video. Not micromanaging each plant to that extreme.
You gotta go back way more than the 90's for cassette tapes Luke. You are showing your youngness. LOL. And I am showing my oldness. They were actually invented in 1963. Mass use was more like late 70's/early 80's.
I planted mine in November I have elephant garlic German Hardy Korean garlic chesno red hard necks. A few of sprouted it's 50° here in Wisconsin and it was upwards of 60 to 63 ° about 3 days last week. I have about 50 cloves planted I'm going to have a ton.
I have some sprouting but not as tall as yours, and some has not sprouted yet. I felt around in the soil and some is actually bulbing up already, so that is probably a good sign that the energy is going into the bottom rather than the tops. Maybe I'll even get an earlier harvest than I thought! My next door neighbor has garlic that is definitely too tall. She pulled one out of the ground and hers looks more like a bunching onion. My last frost date is April 1st and it has been in the 40s and 50s at night; so far no freezes. The only thin I'm a little concerned about is that there are still some days that it rains alot. My garlic is in grow bags so it does drain easily but I do have to fluff up the soil a bit after a rain so it doesn't get too packed. we've actually had a few hot days already. I hope it doesn't get too hot too fast. Last summer it was impossible to grow much because of the heat and humidity.
Mines about 2 foot tall (zone9b) already but growing nicely in this warmer wetter winter we had. Huge bulbs I hope😅
I saw a squirrel 🐿. Love the garlic 🧄
Here in Ohio my garlic sprouted late November. With temps in the 60’s during the day and lows in mid 40’s for a couple weeks they’ve really had a growth spurt. Have a couple days coming up dropping down to low 20’s. Looks like I may be in the red zone and will be covering them up. Thanks for the info 👍
Mine started growing last year, and I've been paranoid. It started green all winter too. Even under snow. Great timing.
If it's grows too much, you just need to protect it from cold?
Mine are peeking thru over the chopped leaves and a deep layer of straw i put down when i planted them oct 4th.
I just loosely placed some extra straw over them a couple weeks ago... they are doing fine.
Zone 5b, we have been in the 50s-70° daytime and into the 20s at night for the last 5 weeks. Ive pulled the cover back and touched the soil, and its still chilly.
Theyre happy!
We are in Zone 5b, in Maine. What I was taught, recommended to do, is to watch the Long range forecast
and plant 2-3 weeks before 1st hard frost. This gives them time to set down roots before they are frozen in place
for the winter. Covered with 6-8"s of straw. We also soak the cloves in a liquid solution of water, liquid seaweed,
and baking soda for 3-4hrs. Allegedly that helps keep the cloves from rotting in the ground. I've never lost a single
one so, if it ain't broken don't fix it. We leave the straw on until the leaves start poking up through it and then only
about 3/4's of the straw comes off leaving a layer of an inch or two of mulch for the season. Never have to weed.
We plant 162 cloves each year, and harvest 162 every year 2nd week of July. We've also never had a single one
germinate, sprout in the fall.
And yes, the weather has been way passed weird here, actually 2nd year in a row. Avg snow fall is around 68"s.
This year 27"s so far. When checking for soil temp we use an insta read thermometer. If I can't stick it into the
ground, it's still frozen. If it does insert I take a reading. I always plant by soil temp. Checking it daily. Today, all
our beds are reading between 46 to 52 degrees. Except one. My Garlic bed covered in straw, is still frozen!
Like you said, as long as they are happy, I let my Garlic do, what it knows how to do best. 😄
Good Luck this year.
Planted mine in late January, it's way taller than 5 inches but I am in Phoenix so hopefully everything is still good with them
I live in the North West Corner of South Carolina ( the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains), I planted my Garlic in October and its pretty tall ( probably a foot or more).😊
1.Do I need to be concerned?
2. Could I use that top growth for cooking ?
Hope you have time to answer my questions . Thank you.❤
Good vid
Planted mine in January sprouted about 3 weeks ago already 10 in tall live in md been in the 60s and high 70 for two weeks forecasted to get cold this week but not cold enough to hurt garlic
I planted in October in Zone 9. I like hard neck which is not for my area but when I plant in October I get 100% crop growth. When my garlic starts growing too early I wait until the leaves are 8 to 10 inches long and I cut them down to around 4 inches. I did this as an experiment and they bounce back without any problem and made huge bulbs. I think I'm on to something here.
We planted garlic in late October/early November. The tops are up a few feet (!). We’re in 9A, so no snow. I’m worried that we’ll get no bulbs :(
I vernalized my hardneck in the crisper drawer for a few months and threw it in the ground. I’ve come to embrace the growth here in zone 9b and it’s getting large!!!
Had 98% of everything I planted in October 2023 come up. Everything is 3-4" with some 5". I'm in Carbon County PA
Thank you for this!! I tried my hand at garlic for the first time this fall. I'm in west MI and we had very little snow or rain and I was concerned that they wouldn't even grow. I had topped the bed with about 7 inches of straw. I went to check on the 2 weeks ago and green was popping out everywhere!! So now, after watching this, and seeing you have no straw on them, should I take that straw off them? I can put compose soil on them, as you said in your video but still not sure if I should take the straw off.
I started mine in October and one of my varieties is taking off like a rocket. It's probably 8 or more inches tall and it's gotten down to 26 a few times the last week with no issues. My least cold hardy variety just started popping up about a week ago so they are still small. They'll all be fine.
Living in upstate New York and have never fertilized my garlic in the spring (hard neck). Should I be and with what? Your channel is great! Thank you.
I covered my garlic with straw. My garlic is about 8 inches. Tell me what I need to do to my garlic, please! @MIGardner, my garlic is 200 miles from me and has been covered all winter. Should I remove the straw asap?
I planted garlic for the first time in December and they pretty much started growing right away. The winter has been so mild here (MI) that mine are already getting pretty big. This was just garlic I bought at the grocery store and one of the plants did die of frost but for the most part they’re looking great. I’m kinda shocked that mine are actually quite a bit bigger than yours here. The weird thing though is the ones I planted in ground are doing great but the ones I planted in a large container on my porch just will not sprout no matter what. Maybe they have less protection from cold?
My garlic has sprouted too much for my comfort as well. However after viewing this video I am not as afraid. I had it heavily mulched and it was peeking through the mulch. Thank you for this video!
Wouldn't be a bad idea to throw some more mulch on top if it's going to be below freezing at night for more than a few days
I planted my garlic the second weekend in December here in middle/eastern Tennessee and it is already about a foot tall. We had a very cold winter with several inches of snow and it is still exploding. Should I trim the tops off a few inches?
I'm in Louisiana and planted mine in January from already sprouting garlic. First time and the sprouts are up but I don't know what is happening underneath so Imma let it go! Don't know how long before harvest either with planting in that timeframe so any pointers will help😁👍🏾
I'd google it, when you planted it & see what pops up. Good luck 🍀😊
I would love feedback on what you do to prevent those squirrels from digging up your garlic if they are not under a potato sack or cover?
I went by my areas suggestions for when to plant in fall and even when i could buy it for my area, and they sprouted in fall and are growing now....
Soooo how can one predict that then in their area??
Love my Garlic
I have Music, Elephant garlic and French Grey shallots sprouting in Zone 6 Idaho.
I have four containers with garlic planted in them. Two are doing great. Two came up a little bit and then it frosted and what has been up is gone and nothing else has come up yet. Do you think they’re goners?
I planted in October. I live in Canada right on the border to Buffalo NY. My sprouting started in Feb and are about 6" tall now. Wondering what us the next step?
I’m in Minneapolis can we plant garlic now or wait until the fall
Planted ours on 12/25/23 because it was 53 degrees that day and we missed the earlier opportunities. Ours is just a little shorter than Luke’s 🎉
Sprouting hasn’t concerned me. It’s the frigging squirrels! I’ve had a couple dug up already, but have a couple volunteers I might try to transplant.
We live at the tippy top of Michigan...we have on all our beds (I don't remember the name) the on side black, other side white to keep in all last year's work..
Any who, our garlic is doing the same as yours, I'm growing hard neck that came from our garden last season....question is do we take off the cover? Cover it back up at night if it gets super cold again? Thanks for everything
So we discussed & decided...well uncover during day and cover at night (cause it's still gonna get chili up her for a couple more weeks.) Fingers crossed 🤞 (this is only our 3rd year and garlic is ...well, one of those things you don't wanna mess up. Still not recovered from the great "chicken and deer" slaughter of our asparagus last year ;)
My garlic is like a good foot tall but I wasn’t worried at all until I saw this. So far it hasn’t really been cold enough to damage them much. I wonder why mine are growing so much more than yours when I’m in the same climate and I didn’t even plant mine until like December
Was getting worried as my garlic loved the past weeks warm weather and next week the nights will be in low 20’s and one night 18.
Hi there we live in mi and recently moved to a new homestead and left the garlic we planted in the fall behind. Is there a way to plant any garlic or shallots right now at our new homestead?
Was just wondering about this as all of my garlic has sprouted through its mulch. I'm in zone 5 and it is a total white out outside right now. Temps have been in the low 20's at night.
HELP!!!! Some of my garlic is 24 inch high. My garlic greens on the garlic is more than 12 inches long in some of them! We are suppose to have a 29 degrees night in the 10 day forecast the rest is in the 40s but usually in April hits us with another freeze! What can I do? I was thinking in cutting the greens to about 6 inches long but i have no idea! I don't think that a 29 degrees for 2 or 3 hours at night will kill it but what do you suggest ? I am in zone 8 A in Georgia? I planted mine in November. Thank you Luke!
Blessings!
Hi! I'm in San Diego, 10b. I planted my softneck garlic in mid November after cold stratifying the cloves several months. But today, the green part of my garlic is super tall and the stems are huge and thick. I think it shouldn't be ready until May, but it looks like I should be pulling them up. It's already browning. Help?! I think you can see them in one of my "shorts" videos. 🤔
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Should we be fertilizing our garlic plants soon?
I'm new to growing garlic. I just bought a bag of "classic" garlic from my local tractor supply store. I live in Northeast Indiana, can I plant this now and have a harvest this year or did I make a mistake by buying now and can't plant until fall? Please help
Berkshires, Massachusetts. Planted 90 garlic in late October. Sprouted w/ vigor in mid December. No idea where winter went this year. We panicked and was told to cover w/ leaves. They were 12 inches high. I covered and it was too dense. Removed the layers of leaves to find white/yellow wet destruction. I am not sure if they will come back. I am going to turn the bed and direct sow brussels. Carrots for the second area, but will wait a couple of weeks to see what happens Is there any hope for the garlic? So, bummed, but learned to leave alone of try straw coverage. This winter was so mild that they may have done okay. Sad. Peace
Spring Green WI here and my hard necks are already 6 inches 😅
I forget to label. Can we tell hardback from soft neck looking at it?
I am in zones 8B. My garlic are in plastic pots and has green growth in the danger zone. Do I need to add more fertility going into the spring?
I'm in Ohio and I think I planted my garlic too early. I have almost a foot of green growth. I used dry leaves to cover over the winter. They look great so far. I may just wait and see what happens. Thanks for the tips!
My garlic has been up and survived through those lengths of severe negative temps in Ohio the last two years. No big deal
So is this for up north garlic, because southern garlic is much different.
He is in Michigan so may only apply to northern/colder states.
Ours are volunteers or something. I guess we didn't dig everything up🤷 They're pretty tall. We're zone 8. Nights are 20-50 & days are 30-70.