Harvesting Garlic, White Rot, Radish Issues & Challenging Year Chat: AWATP 20-26 May '24
Tuesday 21 May - an early morning visit to the plot to open up a fellow tenant's and my greenhouse, and looking at our hardneck garlic as it's now ridden with rust and definitely going or gone over... so time to harvest! And with the very rainy weather we're due over the coming days it's best to get them out whilst they're dry... I'm back at the plot in the afternoon, though the rain due in 24 hours came very early, and I decide it's still best to get the garlic out, even if I need to do it in the pouring rain... though I am rather happy with the harvest! I decide to cut back the roots and the stems as with it being damp and these being wet this will help them as I want them to dry as swiftly as possible;
Friday 24 May - I hadn't intended to film today, then Georgie arrived and wanted cuddles, so... and I also look at how our chicory has been munched, as well as the broad beans and our carrot seedlings... I also check on how the garlic is drying in the polytunnel. I also wonder how our radish are doing... they don't seem to be bulking out. I also discuss how I think the year is shaping up and the challenges that quite a few of us growers are having this year;
Saturday 25 May - we have a guest coming over the weekend, though I was keen to get our modular-sown beetroot in, so I was at the plot pretty early again to do this job, and discuss what I've done.
00:00 Titles
00:04 Looking at our Hardneck Garlic (Tuesday morning)
08:24 Harvesting Hardneck Garlic (Tuesday - afternoon)
22:54 Cats & Munched Plants... and Slow Radish (Friday)
33:59 Planted Modular-sown Beetroot (Saturday)
39:57 Endpiece
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My son has a cat just like that called Margaret. It's great to be at the plot. Lovely update Paul.
Good video 👨🌾
Richard and Paul, Subscribed because your videos are so much fun!
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
Thank you. 👍👍👍
Those foxgloves are beautiful Paul!
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
Indeed. 👍
Paul you are looking great and fit...love how you take care of one another on the plot we have been having alot of rain too. Finding time is the truth. It is a responsibility but we love it. Blessings your way Sweet Man❤❤
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
Thanks Anna. 👍 I think at most sites some tenants will invariably club together and help out when needed, and I am grateful our site is one. 👍🤗👍
Richard and Paul, I really liked this video! I subscribed too!
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
👍👍👍
I love Georgie…thanks for the video Paul,i feel for you ref the slugs,they are dreadful this year.
Lovely garlic haul Paul. Mine are still in at the moment and will leave them for a couple of weeks. Don't mention radish. Exactly the same, I don't know what I do wrong. Mine are half the size of yours so I'm waiting.......I've tried sowing in modules (like Charles Dowding), planting them in groups, sowing straight into the soil, spacing them etc etc.....nothing seems to work. Drives me bonkers 🤣I've also got voles here who are uprooting all my broad and runner beans. On the subject of slug pellets, I put safe organic ones down and they got eaten by the voles, apparently because they have molasses and apple by products in them. Happy days lol !!
Lovely garlic 🧄 well done 👍🏾
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
Thank you. 👍😊👍
This rain is never ending isn't it. I'm a window cleaner & struggling to catch up. I've been working cleaning windows til 7.30pm a few nights, or even 8pm now the evenings are lighter if it's dry!
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
The rain is relentless this year... and slugs and snails are loving it! 😳
@StevieWeevie66
Ай бұрын
@@paulsavident Yes I had one crawling up my front door yesterday, close to the key hole. Ewww. I let it go about it's business.
So hard to find a good and reliable compost source. Makes it hard for the gardener without their own animal sources.
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
Indeed. 👍
According to "googlay" the radish problem is due to either too much nitrogen, rapid onset warm temps or crowding.
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
Interesting... this bed hasn't been fertilised since mid-summer, and this is seed tape, so already optimum spacing I guess, BUT the temps have varied wildly in the poly for ages; sometimes 20° plus, but nighttimes less than 8°... 🤔
Have a great week! 😉
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
You too. 👍👍👍
I have had same problem with radish in Connecticut, didn't plant any this year. Appreciate the info on garlic, my first time growing it and looks good so far. 😊
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
Well, I'm glad it's not just me that struggles with radish. 😁 Good luck with your garlic. 👍😊👍
You reminded me of Johnny Morris when you were doing a voice over for George 😆 Are the ants telling us something? I believe they only eat invertebrates. 😬
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
I used to love Johnny Morris. 👍😁🤔 I think the ants eating the brassicas is very unusual. 😳
🐝Thanks for the great video🌻
Your plot is very fruitful I have only just in the last couple of weeks started direct sowing my seeds into the ground … it’s stressful lol
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
I think it is proving more fruitful for the slugs and snails than ourselves so far, though I am very happy for the garlic harvest. 👍😊👍
Another great episode of Week on the Plot, Paul! ☺️ I've really enjoyed listening to you talk through your week with us. I'm sorry to hear that more of your veggies have been munched on. Wonderful about your garlic.😃 Excuse my ignorance but I'm not an experienced gardener, I was wondering on account of the white rot, will you need to treat the soil at all? I wasn't sure if this is something that could potentially hang around in the soil spoiling further crops. Lovely to see Georgie, again. He's adorable ☺️ I hope you and Richard have a super week. I shall look forward to more from the plot next week.🤗
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
The advice is that if you have white rot (onions, garlic... alliums basically) you simply stop growing them for seven to ten years, as the spires can hang around in the soil dormant for ages. 😳 If I did that I would never grow garlic so I'm careful to TRY and harvest when is best for the soil and me, rather than necessarily at the perfect time. 👍😊👍
@zoenorman9846
Ай бұрын
Oh goodness, I'm really surprised to hear the spires can remain active in soil for up to ten years. I can totally understand why you wouldn't want to wait that long to grow more garlic. You had a successful batch of garlic this time so your method is working very well. Thank you for explaining. I'm learning such a lot from your channel. 🌼🤗
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
@@zoenorman9846 I find what I do always works... until it doesn't!! 😂😂
@zoenorman9846
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂..... I'm guessing it's all trial and error but you're doing a fab job, Paul!! 👍☺️
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
@@zoenorman9846 👍😊👍
The garlic harvest looks good.
I have the same problem (for years) when I try to grow radishes. 😒
@barbaraboom5377
Ай бұрын
Me2!!
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
It seems the Failed Radish Club is thriving! 😁
@barbaraboom5377
Ай бұрын
@@paulsavident 😂😂
@bewoodford2807
Ай бұрын
me too. I have sown 3 varieties, all round ones- sherry belle, sparkler and viola- all the same- radishes turn out long and thin instead of round. They are grown in good soil that is well mulched every year. need some advice
What about the old sunken dish of beer to attract the slugs? Also just read this: Sharp grit, ash and bark can help to ringfence your plants, and most slugs will not cross over the barrier. I saw the same thing as Robin - below - about the nitrogen, etc. Good Luck this gardening season. My last two have been crap. ; )
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
I did think about the beer trick, though then you need to deal with the 'soup'... 😳 I haven't found that grit deters slugs, not bark which they seem to just glide over, though ash is a possibility BUT is not an easy to source resource these days sof central heating and non-burming. 🤔
I was able to grow radish one time, and it was in really sandy soil. They don't grow properly in my home soil. So frustrating. The leaves do make a nice addition to pesto, though.
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
Sandy soil sounds about right, dad was very successful with radish at one of our homes that had VERY sandy soil. 👍 This soil in the poly is very light and well draining, though not sandy. 🤔
What type of radish are you growing, Paul? I learned the hard way that some radish varieties grow above ground instead of under the ground. They also need 6 hours minimum of sunlight to develop the bulb. Your garden looks great considering how much rain you've had. We all need warmer and sunnier weather.
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
I will see if I still have the packet, though it was seed tape and I simply did what it said in the instructions, so... 🤞 I may sow some more outside. 👍🤞👍
I have no radish luck either. Mine were stunted, a few (maybe 10 out of 50)) made bulb roots but they were the size of a pea...cute but disappointing. The others I planted elsewhere in the garden looked like yours...sad. I have a pill bug apocalypse in my garden there are hoards of them! Eating everything...Wah! Take care & nice gardening!
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
I'm glad I am not the only one who can't grow radish. 😁 I will have to look up pill bugs. 🤔
Slugs and Snails Pub...provide them with a dish of Ale. 🍺
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
Indeed, though I then need to deal with disposing of the 'soup'... 😳
Greetings, I am in the same camp of "Radish Fail"! 🤷🏻♀️ Cheers 🍷 Upstate NY
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
Yay for the Failed Radish Club! 😁
@bewoodford2807
Ай бұрын
@@paulsavident I need to join too, LOl!
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
@@bewoodford2807 👍😁👍
Love garlic❤ slugs are nasty things, had them on the East Coast of US, but here in Sonora Desert its way to hot and dry.
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
I guess we have had a very wet winter and spring, and rather mild winter, so... 😳
dry your garlic make garlic powder and garlic salt God Bless, believe me it pays to invest into a dehydrater
Looking for an update on the asparagus growing in pots. Just watched your initial planting of crowns, but I can't see any mention of them in the following video titles?
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
They have done OK. I lost a few in the cold winter of 18 months ago; my struggle is making sure I keep on top of weeding the pots. 👍👍👍
🌦🌂💦🥰👍
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
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Could you grow garlic in pots/buckets the same way some people grow potatoes? Just in the sense that it would give you more control over what it's growing in to be able to reduce the risk of white rot? Radish aren't impacted by nutrient levels like some plants ie they put on more growth of leaves rather than "fruit" if the balance is wrong?
soil could be too rich -don't feed the radish
@paulsavident
Ай бұрын
Interesting, though this bed has not been fed since last summer. 🤔