Garlic is a great crop. My 'formula' for calculating how much i need to plant is extremely simple: i use on average one bulb a week, so i need 52. Calculate about 10% loss/failure, so i plant a round 60 cloves

Didn't watch this for the garlic. I was having a bad day and your soothing voice and cuteness always makes me feel better. And I did learn a bit about garlic. :) :)

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about your bad day, hopefully your new found garlic knowledge has helped! Thanks for watching :)

@Jillian143

2 жыл бұрын

@@HuwRichards it did help! I'm going to plant hard neck garlic this year! Thank you!!!

@nelliesfarm8473

2 жыл бұрын

I love his accent !!

@nelliesfarm8473

2 жыл бұрын

I have found that listening to positive affirmations at night while going to sleep helps

@ejlrecording9931

2 жыл бұрын

Lonely farm gardening ladies

Huw's top garden tips for warding off vampires this October.

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha 🤣 They just love taking over my garden at night!

I plant mine a bit deeper at the beginning of October - Lincolnshire. Also don’t bother buying expensive bulbs from garden centres, Just buy a few big bulbs from supermarket.

Use it fresh and dried. Plant it in pots if you only have a balcony. I started gardening on a balcony. Now I have a 100m2 vegetable garden. Getting more and more vegetables and even small fruits out of the garden. I am becoming self-sufficient. Our grand parents did it. My garden is my bio shop.

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Great tips there! Sounds like you have an awesome garden

My grandma taught me to plant diagonally to increase yield and I’ve been doing it every year! Great tips as always 💚

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

It's great fun and also very satisfying!😉

@naomi2646

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, trying garlic here in north central Texas this year. Thank you

@russellmoore8187

2 жыл бұрын

It's how I bake cookies too

So much information packed into each clip. Thanks Huw ☺️

What an amazingly informative video. Thanks. Seems like my interest in trying to grow garlic has arisen at just the right time of year! You can never have too much garlic!

"ton of garlic.." ...where was the "let's get into it 👍" Mark would get a good laugh from that for sure 😂😊😁

@GutenGardening

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! Caught that one.

@csgowoes6319

2 жыл бұрын

First thing I thought, too!

@GutenGardening

2 жыл бұрын

@@csgowoes6319 Right! Haha

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh yes of course🤣 Love his channel!

I am still enjoying your book. The information and illuatrations are just so inspiring. Thank you for doing these vids which are content rich and helpful for new gardeners.

Hi we're from the Philippines. Thanks for the informative video about garlic. We follow your tips about how to grow garlic and we love the results. We'll also upload it soon :)

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Thanks for watching. Good luck with your garlic!

I'm in zone 4 and we plant our garlic in the fall to harvest the following summer. Our winters are brutally cold and lots of snow and my garlic does awesome every year. The only thing I do is mulch it heavy before winter.

Greetings from Cork, Ireland! Glad I watched this video because I am just about to go out and plant some garlic and that diagonal planting suggestion is great, thanks! I'll try that. Brilliant video all round, lots of other great info that I wished I'd known last year :D

Brilliant Huw, very comprehensive. Loved all the extra tips on growing, storing and eating garlic 😋

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad it was helpful! :)

I don't know why but we love garlic in Romania 😅 especially raw, uncooked. Even the spring green one, in soups and salads, heaven 😍 so many recipes, but the fresh pressed one mixed with olive oil, salt and fresh parsley goes great on a big juicy steak

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds delicious, I'll be sure to give it a try :)

Thank you...great videos, channel, presentation, demonstration, naturalistic principles... approach to nature

Thankyou! First time garlic grower here. (Long time garlic eater!) Great info!

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Awh awesome and best of luck Terri!!😊

First year I made garlic scape butter! It is delicious!

Great tips, thanks Huw. I always followed my Granda's method of planting the bulbs at 2" inches apart, then by around May I can pull out the 'green garlics' in between each plant, this gives the remaining plants the space they need to form properly by August ish. This gives me two harvests of Garlic. I also think the 'green garlic' can often be stronger flavour.

@GameTimeWhy

Ай бұрын

Oh that's a super cool idea

Just got my garlic ready to plant and then i see your video pop up! Impeccable timing. Garden goals watching your videos, thank you 🙏

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Donna! Best of luck with your garlic :)

Looks like I need to plant some garlic!

Your garden looks spectacular. Thank you so much for your tips re garlic. It is wonderful to see such above average looking compost. As a compost maker of fifty years, I suggest you try adding some rice/split pea sized coarse sand or fine gravel to your compost after it is finished. Even one bucket per barrowload will do wonders. I am going to try unwashed beach sand this year for the first time, as sea water has the entire range of trace micronutrients, and most living things seems to enjoy a small amount of salt. I will see how the mix works with finer sand - I am expecting it to work well. Rodale reports that sea water has 78 elements in it.

Any chance you could ever go over spacing/sizing that you use for your garden? I'd love to see some general measurements that you use.

Hello Huw. This is my first year cultivating garlic. I got elephant garlic. Here in my country, it is called "chilote garlic". It is from the south, very rainy and cold weather, oceanic weather. Lat -42,46 long -73,8. I am in a mild area and they are growing very well. Thanks for sharing and for your advice. See you.

I’ve never heard of honey garlic. Thanks for educating me. I’m going to give it a try!

thank you , glad I found your channel!

Love it! Thanks for the video this helps. I am planting my first crop of garlic soon! (I am in a cold climate).I ended up buying local organic Russian red garlic at an organic grocery store, was way cheaper than online. 😂

Thank you so much

I pick leaves from the garlic during the growing season. It tastes great, and can be used in cooking just as well as the cloves.

Your voice is soo smooth. I wish i had that voice.

Good stuff, Huw

Thank you for a great guide :). My order of garlic sets got a bit messed up this year, and it cost too much to return so... I have 200+ cloves to plant, lol. We are two people in this household... Seeing this video made me realise I can actually plant them way way closer than I normally do, so it is one step closer to taking care of them all. A help much appreciated :) Those itty bitty cloves I sort out and plant in another bed (later on in containers indoors) and keep them just to harvest them as "spring onions" or garlic greens. So delicious and less of a waste, can't really squeeze much out of those cloves for a meal anyway.

I'm in zone 4 Canada. I planted 177 cloves Oct 4 & 5. Diagonally, spaced 4"/10cm and 4"/10cm deep. The garlic bed is on a 4 year rotation. I cover them with straw when it gets colder, around early Nov. Our ground is usually frozen by Nov 20 and snow's down by early Dec. I must try that honey-garlic method with some of this years harvest!

@jamess1787

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

@gabriellakadar

2 жыл бұрын

Further south, Toronto, we get a lot of freeze thaw cycles so if I don't want the garlic heaving out of the soil it's got to go down at least 4 inches. My planting stick has a mark on it so it might be that the base of the cloves are at 5 inches. I only plant the biggest cloves. How deep Huw plants his, over here they'd be on top of the ground in the spring. Usually I plant after Thanksgiving but so far this year we've had no frost. Don't know when it's going to happen but the Nasturtiums have to flop down first since they are in the future garlic bed.

@marvinkatt7807

2 жыл бұрын

@@gabriellakadar I know this is 5 months late but you just solved my garlic problem for me! Toronto here too. :)

@gabriellakadar

2 жыл бұрын

@@marvinkatt7807 That's wonderful. Garlic went in sometime after mid November last year. By planting them deep you also don't have to be overly concerned about watering. If you stick your finger into the soil 2 inches down and you feel moisture, then you know they are doing fine. That's my way of checking. They also won't sprout too early.

Great vid! Any chance you could start using seasonal time-stamps instead of dates, for your international viewers in the southern Hem? Thanks mate.

timeless ~~ 🌿🍃🌲

Brilliant thank you for your videos, I’m a no dig fan and so enjoy your extra input on specific things with more detail. Will be watching out for your next video. Heather

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Heather that's so great to hear! Thanks for watching :)

So helpful thanks! I'm currently going to grow my garlic with some spinach as a snail protecting system LOL got a serious snail hive going on this winter.. I need to exterminate

What a beautiful video, your phrasing is perfect and the informations simple and clear. I’m in Canada where can I buy hard neck cloves for planting this autumn?

I ordered different garlic in the mail then low and behold, this video drops! Great tips for this first time grower.

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing :) Glad it's helpful! Good luck with your garlic!

Lovely, I love garlic. I cant wait to have fresh garlic! i love garlic. i think this will be a great garlic year! with the cold weather!

Thank you for this very clear video. Precious and simple information.

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

My absolute pleasure!:)

Muchas gracias Huw!!! Muy clara tu explicación!

Absolutely inspiring! Thanks Huw.

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome - glad you enjoyed! :)

Yes! Thank you Hew 🙏

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!:)

Thank you for your videos, this is helpful

Hi Huw, thanks for the very informative video, after watching it I have planted some garlic in a large pot! Fingers crossed I might get some fresh garlic to use during the winter!? I am also trying Ginger and Turmeric in large pots.

2-3 years back I lost a planting of certified seed stock garlic ( I think Lautrec Wight) they had a rot/underground infestation with fat grey aphid-types. (Perhaps too far north cold & wet). Had far better success with store-bought Spanish garlic (planted in a different location) ! I also found that the Spanish garlic left in the ground all year (after foliage died away) regenerated early in their second Spring with no soil interference.

Thanks for the great info! Wish my garden was as huge as yours! Someday.

Also delicious is to chop green garlic and store in sealed olive oil jars along with any small garlic bulbs. the longer you store the stronger the oil will taste of garlic. Quick and easy and yummy!

A great watch as always. I was actually staying in your area a few months ago. Beautiful area. You are blessed. Keep doing what you do Huw. From another welsh plot holder to another. Danny @ the grapevine allotment channel .

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Awh thank you so much! Also very pleased to hear you like the area :)

Guerrilla gardening works well with garlic. I like to cram garlic in between small berry bushes such as gooseberries. This saves space in my formal garden beds for row crops and also help prevent weeds.. also if you could do a video on how-to prune berry plants that would be awesome. Cheers!

@GutenGardening

2 жыл бұрын

That is a great tip! We always take too long to decide where we will plant our onions and now garlic.

@moiragoldsmith7052

2 жыл бұрын

My tiny garden is randomly planted like this...I just shove things in here and there in amongst edible weeds. It serves me well. And yet when I had all the children at home I was a typical 'row' gardener. It's nice to be a 'please yourself' gardener methinks 🥰.

@GutenGardening

2 жыл бұрын

@@moiragoldsmith7052 Haha, I like that! We usually say, as a gardener you have "total/complete creative freedom". Love it

@sschul5886

8 ай бұрын

His purple book has directions

@sschul5886

8 ай бұрын

For the pruning, that is.

Thank you!

Thanks, Huw for sharing that very useful information.

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad it was helpful :)

Thank you for sharing

like it verry much. u told me something i dident know in a wonderful way. thanks a lot, to let me be part of your knowledge.

Thank you so much for this video, when I watched it it changed the way I grow garlic. I appreciate that this type of video is not beneficial for the algorithm. However I still miss them and wish there would be more. Especially for bulb fennel since I heard you say it is your favourite I figure you will know all the tricks.

Great video. Well done.

Thank you! Very efficient and thorough. All the best from The States!

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You Carol! :)

I've been growing garlic for a few years, but have had issues. You have answered all my questions and (I think!) solved all my problems. Thank you so much, Huw.

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome and best of luck!😊

Hi Huw, great video with very good explanation of how many varieties there are, take care 🙂

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Christine - So glad you enjoyed it!

I come here for superb knowledge and the graphics 😍😍

Oh green garlic sounds yum. I did 59 bulbs this year! Kind of crazy for 2 people but I really have begun to use it more.

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how much garlic people use! Thanks so much for commenting :)

Great tips, thanks!

Great tips. We grew and harvested our first garlic crop this season. It was a last minute decision so we used some grocery store bought organic soft neck garlic and they did great! We love growing our own food and each year we add more items to our list. We added garlic and it here to stay. Thanks for sharing.

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Well done with your garlic! :)

Just planted about 60 cloves about 2 weeks ago. Can't wait to see how they do. 5 different kinds and hoping to get a good seed crop by mid summer so I can double the amount I plant next year. I love garlic.... 😃

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Great ! Sounds like you'll have a lovely crop of garlic, Good luck with it :)

Thank you for the very good video!

Just about to get our garlic in up here...great to see Rosa's cameo appearance ;)

Great tips.

Watching from Bhutan and your vlogs are very interesting and helpful even though started watching today. Thanks

Glad to see you are ok Huw. Any news for the Patreon videos? I was a bit worried. But not now. Great video, you always give so much extra info!

I love to make garlic chilli infused olive oil for cooking. Delicious and a good way to use your harvest and it keeps for ages

@TM.BECK14

Жыл бұрын

I do the same with grapeseed oil!

Very informative thanks what's best to feed and when to feed thanks

I love how your soil looks like. Is that only compost?? The garlic looks amazing 😍.

Your videos are great! I have a lot of experience, but I can always learn something. In my country (Croatia), we braid the stalks of garlic and onions into braids about 1 m long. We tie the ends and hang them in a dry and airy place. Greetings!

@katnip2u

7 ай бұрын

That means that you're growing the soft neck garlic in Croatia (makes sense, because your winters are not so harsh), because the hard-neck one cannot be braded.

Thanks x

EXCELLENT AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU...

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You! :)

Garlic planting is on today's to-do list. Zone 2b and we have yet to have a frost (2 weeks overdue). Ground is cold and wet but it's worth it. Aiming for 60 to 70 hardnecks. Honey garlic sounds interesting and tasty! Thanks.

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Great, good luck with your garlic! And highly recommend trying the honey garlic, it's delicious :)

@beth8775

2 жыл бұрын

Honey garlic is so delicious. It's amazing with cheese, and makes a great cough syrup too.

Thanks for the info. Is it ok to cut the green leaves from top and use them for cooking during the 9 months garlic growth cycles ?

Tomorrow i will try to plant garden again...

Thanks for the garlic planting reminder! I am going to actually have to buy garlic to plant this year, everything got nuked from orbit in the pacific northwest and my garlic and onions were roasted in the ground! 114 F (my weather app said the real feel, whatever that is, was 131)

@pilsplease7561

3 ай бұрын

Pacific Northwest doesnt get that hot lol. Unless your in californias central valley that never happened

Thanks so much for these videos! To make sure I understand: is there ever a time when we should let the garlic flower? Does it have seeds as well?

Very intetesting. Did not know there were soft and hard neck varieties. Southern hemisphere grower here. Planted 300 cloves of elepant garlic back in late June. Elephant garlic doesn't get rust. Love it!

@dawnpettiglio6930

9 ай бұрын

Elephant garlic isn't actually garlic.

@meeganneville1205

9 ай бұрын

@@dawnpettiglio6930 I know.

@pilsplease7561

3 ай бұрын

Its not garlic, but it is functionally garlic. It grows and is used like it but its not actually a leek like people say its its own allium family. @@dawnpettiglio6930

Honey garlic is my winter medicine. Haven't been sick in YEARS!!! An apple a day keeps the doctor away. An apple, and a clove of garlic, keeps him WAY away!

another enjoyable video huw

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed :)

Very good and informative video.

@HuwRichards

11 ай бұрын

Very glad you found it useful :)

Great video.. trying to get that garlic in today.

@Warwck24

3 ай бұрын

Today 2 yrs later than you... I'm planting

Brilliant video! Thank you for all the wonderful information. I inherited some in my garden from the previous owner, but not having grown it before, I was not sure when to harvest. I'm in Australia, so planting would be March to April before our Winter? 😊

Perfect timing Huw, my garlic arrived today! I just can't decide whether to fill a whole bed, or plant around the outside edges of several beds to help deter pests from other crops.

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Why not half a bed of garlic, then edge a few beds where garlic will help next year's crop the most?:)

@sinkintostillness

2 жыл бұрын

@@HuwRichards thank you! I am going to do just that. Experiment a little bit.

@hiddengardener6921

2 жыл бұрын

Gardening is all about experimentation. What works in your garden may not work next door! Good luck with your experiments 💪🥦

Lovely channel! ❤

To get it in before December is a good advice. So I still have some time to get them in. I thought that it's too late already.

Thank you Huw. Have you got a video for where a complete beginner can start?. From raised beds, Easy plants to begin with, polytunnels or sheds etc. Or if anyone sees this, help a girl out 😅😊❤❤

VeRy NiCe bRotheR (i Am FRom PAKISTAN)

Great video Huw. You mentioned spraying lactic acid bacteria to stop rust. How do you make a lactic acid solution? 🙏🏼

Thanks for such a wonderful and informative video! Do you also dry the garlic heads when you pick it green or do you just eat/sell them without drying?

What do you plant after you garlic??? And if so (how early do you start plugs for that) thank you!! Thank you for your videos, your garden is so lovely, love that you’ve been adding tons of flowers

O U T S T A N D I N G video. Thank you!

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed :)

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Good production and tips.

@HuwRichards

2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated! Thank you :)

I wouldn't let freshly harvested garlic lay on the sun at all. The bulbs get easily sunburned and the protective paper casing over the garlic head develops micro tears from the rapid drying, hence more chances for desease, fungus, early rot, etc.

That's very interesting. I'm trying to grow garlic, I live in Iceland, and I guess the climate is pretty similar to UK, maybe a a bit more cold. My fear is always the amount of rainy days. I'm growing Allium ampeloprasum var. Holmense too, without allicine. This last one is growing for now, but slowly if compared to normal garlic.

@laresilience5829

Жыл бұрын

Estonia here Similar weather to you I highly recommend a cover of cut grass or straw to simply weeding If very wet land like me raised bed help Also earlier harvest and replanting than in English weather