I would say your test proved to be a winner Steve..

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it surprised me Stephen...Steve...🙂

Some superb bulbs there Steve. I Was unfortunate to have my whole crop ravaged by rust, but I left it and surprisingly I have had 84 decent bulbs out of 96! Amazed is not the word. I have always planted all of the cloves from my largest garlic, it was only your original video that changed my mind on doing so for next year, but you've now gone and changed my mind back to carrying on as was! Lol. Well done pal, excellent crop.

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Phil, lets pray for good crops next year!...Steve...🙂

Great job Steve keep filling beds as you empty them pal

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Better to grow food than weeds Tony, its been quite the year for weeds I think...Steve...🙂

Wow, nice garlic harvest, Steven. Now, we have to wait for Audrey's 500 garlic harvest :)

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Oh gosh, she has her work cut out for her there...Steve...🙂

Steve, you have the best Garden, experiments and harvest. And beautiful flowers. Well done, My Friend 👩‍🌾👍🌿💚🌿

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Peggy, I just keep asking myself questions then set out to get answers...Steve...🙂

@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920

2 жыл бұрын

@@GreenSideUp does this mean you talk to yourself 😱 as long as you get sensible answers then you should continue 😉 👍

Excellent results Steve , job well done once again 👏

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Jim!...Steve...🙂

Hi Steve, impressive harvest of garlic and good result on the the small bulbs too 🙂 always detailed infromation on particular isuues with growing garlic and storing it too. Thanks for sharing and take care 🙂

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

I always try my best to pack in the info if I can, thanks Christine...Steve...🙂

Nice test on the garlic, Steve. I would not have expected those results! Thanks for doing that - a really nice harvest. See you Monday, Audrey.

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Audrey!...Steve...🙂

Great results with the garlic Steve, you must be chuffed to bits!

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

I am thrilled Kim, absolutely thrilled!...Steve...🙂

I have grown some small garlic on my balcony, definitely the sizes are bigger where it gets sun and more rain at the edge. But still tasty and makes a nice bruschetta with the small tomatoes I'm already harvesting. Good tip about the small cloves being planted as that saves some money by not wasting them

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

I have not had a bruschetta for what feels like years, on my list for very soon now!...Steve...🙂

Happy Birthday for Sunday 10th July yaay 🎂🎂❤❤

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

💋...Steve...🙂

Wow what a crop of Garlic 😄

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

NO vampires here this year!...Steve...🙂

@timredford6608

2 жыл бұрын

Very Good Ha Ha 👌

Really informative, no poncing about, nice patter, likeable chap 👍. Haven't watched all the vids. but hope there is something on composting, as that's my biggest challenge as a plot owner.

RIP STEVE enough already.

Great harvest Steve....last year on Instagram, one of the CSA growers showed us how he planted the tiny cloves in clusters then harvested them at spring onion size...he called them Green Garlic.I tried it this year and recommend it...

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

That is similar to what I used to do with the smaller cloves, but I would plant just 2 or 3...Steve...🙂

Quality content as always. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

That's brilliant to know that the tiny garlic cloves can produce bulbs as good as the bigger ones. Great little experiment Steve. Keep em coming 👍

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Wesley, I'll be honest, I did not quite expect that...Steve...🙂

I have gardened most of my life, but it is amazing that I can still learn so much from your videos. Thank you Steve,

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Claudia, that is high praise, and very much appreciated!...Steve...🙂

Its been a bumber crop for us too on the elephant garlic front !!

Great harvest!

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Helen, much appreciated...Steve...🙂

Nice one Terry all the best

great video

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Nick!...Steve...🙂

👍

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

THank you Annica...Steve...🙂

Proof that we who are runts can belong!

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

Fantastic crop! - I would be happy with half that size

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

I am very happy with this crop, hope I get the same in years to come...Steve...🙂

Amazing crop of garlic go lovely with a nice hot meal

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

So many uses for me Mark...Steve...🙂

Absolutely fantastic crop well done and yes I'm guilty of throwing away the small inner cloves but never again great to see your test results [Lawrence]

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Lawrence, surprised at the results myself to be honest...Steve...🙂

Lovely to see that you got a great garlic crop. I'm not growing garlic any more. Third year in a row my crop has been wiped out by rust, plus this year alliium leaf miner and rotten roots. But thankfully other crops are doing well.

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

It is heart breaking to lose a crop one year, but three in a row is seriously demoralising !...Steve...🙂

Very interesting how large the smaller cloves grew, Steve. Have they formed separate cloves in the bulb as you'd expect in your larger clove plantings? All the best

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Yes they have, all properly formed and grown, it has surpised me...Steve...🙂

Cracking video!!! Ill be planting the smaller cloves now too!!

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mick!...Steve...🙂

Wow well done 👏👏👏👏

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Gloria...Steve...🙂

Wow, what a wonderful video. I grow mostly elephant garlic, saving the biggest to replant each year and I am now getting a lot of attention from the "old boys", asking what is the secret of growing such large garlic 🤔😎. So when I started watching I did not expect to learn anything new. How wrong was I. Lots of new info to make my growing even more successful, thank you for being so generous with passing on all the experience you have. A new trick I discovered this year is you can eat, not just the escapes (seriously yummy), but can eat the whole plant, like a leek, before it starts to form the bulb. It was wonderful, so next year I will be planting very close, then take out every other one as "leeks", leaving the rest to develop bulbs. Have you tried this 🤔, if not give it a go 😁😎 Looking forward to your next video 💖🤗

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

I have not tried this, I feel another test coming on!...Steve...🙂

Hi Steve. I've had a good run at garlic for the first time. It was very interesting about the smaller garlic. I must have missed it but when did you put the turnips in and is there still time to get more planted? Regards, Elaine

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes Elaine, sow some Turnips right away and you will get a good harvest from them, just remember to thin them out a little when they have germinated...Steve...🙂

Another great video! I dream of growing garlic as big as your small bulbs! I think I'm harvesting them too soon as I pulled mine up a number of weeks ago and I'm way up in the North West on the Soleway coast. Any tips on when you absolutely know they have to come up? Or should I try just leaving a lot longer regardless to see what happens. I'm thinking refrain from ever harvesting until 1st August or something.

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

HI Denise, go by the colour of the foliage, never dates in gardening. When the foliage is starting to yellow it means it has done its job and its time to lift (not pull!)...Steve...🙂

@UpthePottingShed

2 жыл бұрын

@@GreenSideUp Thanks Steve! Yep, I'm going to lift not pull in future 👍

After you lift the garlic what do you do to the soil to prepare it for the brassicas?

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Pete, these are "No Dig" beds so I dont not do anything to them until late winter early spring, just replant. On real soil I would dig through and rake level, then sprinkle some blood fish and bone onto it and rake in, a small handful per square yard or metre or as it is brassicas going in next you could use a high nitrogen feed such as poultry manure pellets, same amount...Steve...🙂

I bought some large organic garlic last year and planted the bulbs from it. June July I've been pulling them and the garlic head is smaller than the bulb I planted lol. Any idea what went wrong?

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

It could be many things but obviously growth has suffered, so either not enough feed in your ground or enough water for them to drink...Steve...🙂

do you keep your own cloves for next year? I've never tried elephant garlic, think ill give it a go next year

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

If the harvest is good I doi Pauline, so this year I will be doing that, in a porr harvest year I will buy in new stock...Steve...🙂

where did you buy your elephant garlic bulbs please?

Hiya Steve ,where do you order your garlic from?

@fletchybabe6172

2 жыл бұрын

You can separate store bought garlic bulbs and plant the cloves and never have to buy garlic again 😁🐛☀️

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Tara, I ordered these from the Garlic Farm online, my aim this year is to now select my biggest whole bulbs for replanting this Autumn...Steve...🙂

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

@@fletchybabe6172 Yup, or in my case use my own crop this year as it should be used to my conditions now...Steve...🙂

Oh my goodness, what an amazing crop Steve. Sadly mine all got rust, so pulled them up last week, very disappointing size but I can at least eat them. With rusted garlic could I still use them for replanting for a crop next year or is it best to buy completely new? Great vlog as always, thank you 😊

@PhilC74

2 жыл бұрын

Mine to got ravaged by rust and I tried to slow it by removing the most heavily infected leaves, however it totally covered the whole crop in the end. Thankfully it must have been quite late on in the development of the bulbs as they are mostly of a decent size. In answer to your question, yes, you can use your bulbs for next years crop as rust doesn't effect the bulb and doesn't carry through till next year. It requires a 'live' host / plant to over winter so your bulbs will be fine to use. Good luck. I'm going to cover mine with a cloche for as long as possible to reduce rainfall impact and wind effect of spreading / infection possibility of rust. When I remove the cloche I will also be applying a heavy mulch as well. Maybe worth considering for you?

@alisonjanecarroll1042

2 жыл бұрын

@@PhilC74 Ahhh, thank you Phil. Thanks for answering my question, that's great news that I can use some of them for next year's crop, sadly mine were very small though, but hopefully that won't matter 🤞. I'll take your advice on the cloche and mulch too, they're great ideas 😊 Many thanks again 👍

@PhilC74

2 жыл бұрын

@@alisonjanecarroll1042your very welcome. just out of curiosity, where are you? I assume the UK, but where approximately? I am in Wigan near Manchester and I'm just wondering if the rust issue is all over or has been localised to the northwest due to weather conditions this year. Lots of rain and tons and tons of wind!!

@alisonjanecarroll1042

2 жыл бұрын

@@PhilC74 I'm in the south West Phil, Bristol area, so I think it's not just in your area sadly 😞

@GreenSideUp

2 жыл бұрын

Yes you can reuse cloves from this years crop, I'm sure I heard once that it can stay active in soil for about 5 years but I would go with Phils line of it needing a live host...Steve...🙂