Growing your own garlic is an easy and healthy way to produce a fresh crop of garlic. It can be grown in the ground or in a pot, and it can be grown in the late fall or early winter months of the year. Garlic bulbs are sold at garden centers or online, and there are two types of garlic bulbs.
Garlic plants can be divided into cloves, which you plant individually. To ensure a healthy garlic crop, you should fertilize them with 2-3 inches deep compost manure before planting and apply all-purpose fertilizer twice a month after planting. Common problems with garlic include purple blotch, downy mildew, rust, white rot, garlic mosaic, leafminers, and other pests.
Garlic prefers full sun but can also thrive in shadier gardens. To grow garlic, prepare your soil well, break the bulbs into cloves, leave skin on, and water during dry periods. Garlic grows best in a warm, sunny spot with fertile, free-draining soil that doesn’t get too wet in winter. You can buy bulbs at the garden center or order them from a garden center.
Garlic can be grown by planting individual cloves of garlic (rather than sowing seeds) in autumn. For well-drained soil, amend the soil with a good dose of compost and a pH of 6 to 8. Rocky or sandy soil can also be used for garlic cultivation.
In summary, growing your own garlic is a simple and healthy way to produce a delicious and nutritious crop.
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Hi there, I planted garlic yesterday, about 100 cloves, just the way you describe in your article. I watered it well with my rain water and covered it with straw. Hopefully it will survive our Canadian winter here in Toronto. It’s all a learning curve. You have great patience and a wonderful and simple way of explaining things. You’re very inspiring. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge.
I’m growing garlic for the first time ever. I have a 6 ft x 3 ft x 18 inch bed I’ll be filling with garlic after my current vegetables are finished. The step by step instructions are foolproof and I am even more excited to get started! I have a greenhouse cover to go over the bed, along with a ton of leaves that will be falling soon-ish. We go through 4 – 6 cloves of garlic a week (or more), so I feel what I’m going to plant will be enough. Thank you for an amazing article! 🧄
I’ve never thought about mulching in the fall, and I’ve never had an issue, but I’ll try it. Why not? My garlic is from bulbs I bought in the produce dept over 20 years ago. When I harvest, I braid a bunch to hang and use in the kitchen . I set aside enough for next year. And I strip enough to fill 2-3 ziplock bags, and freeze those bulbs. All winter, after the hanging bulbs get used, you can take out frozen bulbs, nuke them quick, and chop them up for dishes. The thawed bulbs smash very easy for chopping. Something new this year… Last summer a lot of my garlic seeded, and those seeds started growing before the snow fell . I’m letting that bed grow to see what comes of it this year They’ve already come up well as of this date, may 1.
I love your articles. We had our first snow in August it took almost the entire garden. Things like kale and brussell sprouts and and collard greens cabbage, your brassic family they all survived for a while longer but a week a ago we had almost a foot of snow so it took them out of the equation as well. Today it’s almost 70* and sunshine SMH I’m asking myself WHY. NOT ONE SINGLE TOMATO 🍅 I did get carrots beans and 300 lbs of potatoes. Potatoes seem to grow the best in this mountain zone 4b. And every single pea plant grew up bloomed had a few peas and then turned white with mildew like fungus and died. I can’t really complain I did alright but can use improvement but we can all use a little improvement. I look forward to next year and next season and morning coffee perusal you teach me improvement. Thank you 😊 and God bless you.
Im growing 60 garlic plants and so far doing well. I did a lot of prep on the garden bed beforehand, weeded, compost and fertilized. 4 months to go. Its really the easiest plant to grow. I just finished Horticulture courses and asked lots of questions which was invaluable. Garlic is so expensive now so its fingers crossed until they’re done and no more money having to buy any.
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I grew garlic for the first time this winter just gone. Even with snow and heavy rain they are popping up gorgeously. I used straw for my mulch and it seems to have worked great even though I’m planting in pots. The only downside to straw mulch is that now I have tons of hay seeds sprouting too because I didn’t check before putting it down 😀
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Great article. I put my garlic in the fridge for a couple of weeks which kicked off sprouting and then planted them last week. Most of them have already broken the surface. Now is the time to plant your garlic in Australia. I live in Canberra and we get sub zero nights through most of winter and my garlic is always a welcome sight in the garden. I love growing and eating it. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
I know this article is about two years old but it is brand new to me, thank you so much I finally found a place that gives directions very clear I can understand what you’re saying, some of the articles they talk so fast I don’t know what they’re saying and there’s no close caption, thank you again for showing me how to do my garlic I was able to understand you clear and simple no problems, I am hearing impaired and I also have macular degeneration so finding these type of YouTube articles is a plus for me, again thank you so much ❤ now I’m on a mission to watch all your articles.
I’m a lazy SOB who just dreams about being productive. A while back my mom gave me a Tarpon Springs natural sponge with a decorative bowl. The idea is that you put herb seeds in the sponge, add water to the bowl and boom, you get plants. Well that hasn’t work for me. As a bachelor I buy a pint of pre-peeled garlic. About 1 out of 3 I eat, 1 out of 3 grows mold, and 1 out of three starts to sprout. I found that if I place these sprouting bulbs in the moistened sponge I get garlic chives. So now my routine is that any time I buy scallions I cut the last 4 to 6 inches, place them in a mason jar, place that in the center of the sponge, and then insert sprouting garlic in the sponge and I have the perfect blend for eggs or soup. The only work involved is occasionally adding water to the bowl or mason jar. I live in Florida so these get sunlight but not much since there is a covered porch between the kitchen window. This works for me all year long! When I finally get around to doing real gardening I’ll follow this article but let’s be honest, Florida doesn’t have winters.
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My good friend told me I need to grow garlic . I searched online and found your website . I live on the Bruce Peninsula so we do get some pretty harsh winters but I will give the garlic a go and see what happens. Your instructions are excellent and you make it look pretty easy. I will be looking at your other articles so that I can learn more about organic gardening. Wish me luck 🙂 !!!!
I love garlic, i have some every day for blood pressure/cholesterol it really works. I got off both those medications. But lately-the last 2 years the garlic has been nasty at whatever store I go to. So I have decided to grow my own on my balcony. I live in a condo but it has a large balcony and I guess it’s perfect timing to find this article. Now I just have to find some good garlic that I can’t plant!! Thanks for the article.
I just started perusal your articles. I really enjoy perusal your articles. This is my second year growing garlic,it’s so easy. I plant the gloves the first week of Sept. by the time the first frost arrives,my plants are anywhere from 12-16 in height. I live on Long Island NY. I do not mulch,and I’ve had very good success. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I really love to cute the greens when they crow from the garlic, and the green coriander and, I used them to make a great flavor and tasty meal olive oli and the greens cook well add tomato past and hot sauce, I use harisa I make my self add littel water let the sauce Cooke when it gets low add salt and 2 or 4 eggs when it’s done its marvelous
Great tutorial. I just harvested my 1st garlic today. Mine was just an extra clove that I stuck in the ground last fall. It was starting to sprout in my pantry so I poked a hole and put it in my raised bed near the beats and carrots I grew over winter. It was cool getting a little clump of garlic so I thought I would check out how to actually do it right. Thanks.
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Tyvk for this tutorial! 😀 By way of giving back, My mother cuts back all plants in the autumn, that she doesn’t want to have to deal with spring. She says a fraction of the time and effort in the fall. I notice that those planters look a lot like old-fashioned mold for making clay bricks; brilliant shape for this purpose. It’s also super nice that there have a permanent, mounted spot, but that you can lift them down.
Followed your guide and am now seeing my garlic sprouting! Thanks for your great tips! This is my first year of seasonal gardening (I used to live in the tropics where it was 30 degrees Celsius all year around, even during monsoon season.) I am subscribing to your website and will check out all of your other articles! Thanks!
This is going to be my first attempt at growing my own garlic… just have two questions before I start preparing, does it matter how much water you put in it initially? How often does it need to be watered or does it only need to be watered once and leave it till Harvest? And what is a good indication that the garlic is ready to be harvested out of the soil? Thank you for any help or answers you can give
I have been growing garlic for years now, but never thought I could grow it in pots or planters? I was under the impression that I had to plant it min 6″ into my garden soil to avoid the frost from killing the garlic over winter? Your planting yours way shallow compared to how I do it. I’m in Southern Ontario and assume your zone/climate is similar over the winter to us. I would love your advice here. I am not set up with planters or raised beds so my garlic goes in the ground in my main garden. I’m working on raised beds for next year.
Thank you for your wonderful tutorial. Very well edited and simple to follow instructions. Your garlics looks marvellous. I live in the tropics. Weather swings rapidly from time to time. No seasonal change. So there’s no time frame. It may regard or accelarate the growing process. May I know what are the tell tale signs if the plants are ready to be harvested.
Great article. I have grown garlic, sometimes with good results and sometimes not. I see I was not prepping correctly, nor timing correctly. Questions: 1. I am in zone 5b. You published this in October, but your trees do not look like October here. When would optimal planting time be? Same time as tulips, which I like to do late September so the bulbs have time to make roots before freeze. 2. When is optimal harvest time? Thanks.
Such a silly question, I suppose, but I always struggle to know when root or bulb crops are ready for harvest. I planted carrots once and they didn’t seem ready when the seed package said they should be, so I ended up leaving them too long and they were horrible. What am I supposed to look for? I live near Fresno in the Great Central Valley of California.
Do you buy garlic stock, or can you use store bought garlic? I need something I can grow a ton of to sell. I have 3.5 acres, not that I would plant that much. I also have all the lumber I need to make as many boxes as I need. Thanks for posting this article, best one I’ve seen. Right to the point and easy to understand. Peace!!!!!!!
Oh boy, so I’m new at this. I planted my garlic at the end of June. I have pulled up two plants and there is no garlic at the end of the stems. Now that I’ve watched your article I see that I planted at the wrong time. So should I pull it all up? Maybe cut the tops off and put hay over it. Please help. I’ve babied it all summer long. I just never planted garlic, onions and leeks before. Real learning experience. Thanks for your help!
Thank you for your detailed growing garlic article. Excellent. My only problem are the squirrels that disturb the planted garlic. I plant the cloves of garlic in the ground as it didn’t make any difference in a raise bed or shallow planters because the squirrels still gets their way. I even erected about two ft. high a snow fencing. Also the garlic cloves that survive don’t grow as big as I noticed in your article. Although each eye of the bulb is excellent. Up here in Canada just east of Toronto I start the planting towards the end of November when the ground is still soft to plant. Harvesting is towards mid July. My biggest issue are the squirrels.
Thanks for this informative article! You have convinced me that I actually might be able to grow garlic! Quick question. Should it be watered in the fall if we have a dry spell? Or can we seriously just leave it. I live in the Pacific Northwest but go to my Arizona home in the middle of September. I’d love to be able to plant this before I leave and just leave it but wondered about the watering process. Any tips for me on that, thanks so much
I have a plan to grow garlic this Fall and it’s the first time I will do it. Can you help with some advice for the questions below? Thank you! It’s realy useful to see your article in my searching! 1/ When can I start growing them? 2/ Can plant them outside in the garden during the winter? 3/ How often do I need to water them during the cold time?
What a great instructional article! Are your wall planters facing south? I am in Zone 5A Southern Vermont USA and our season is SHORT! I have been growing out in raised beds and have good results, that became great last year when I started planting only the larger cloves (and fermenting or making frozen petso with the 20% that I culled out.) I worry that the garlic won’t get enough sun planted on a wall! Is there a difference for you between the wall and the open raised beds? THANKS!
Great show! Not gonna lie, I did plant a pot with garlic seeds upside-down. I want to see what happens, though. Finally getting rain so, I got planted 1 garlic (14 cloves) and plan to drop seeds every week as necessary. Almost got greenhouse raised bed set up in time for transplanting seedlings of brassicas etc. #Keepupthegreatwork I will stay tuned.
Thank you for this lovely clip; I liked your smooth and simple way of presentation; this is my first to see your articles, and it will not be the last. I have a question to you please; I am living in Ontario CA, we have a long harsh winter; I know that I can grow garlic starting – may be early October; but can I grow it in water in spring, then plant them in pots in early June?
I bought a box of garlic “seeds” from the farm and garden store. Looked just like the garlic I had on the counter for a couple months. Anyway, the instructions said plant in spring 4″ deep. Neither one of which you did. I’m a new gardener, and I’ve only got $2.50 for invested. Is there any hope? Or should I just plant something else on top of them? BTW, near Portland OR. On the Columbia with an outdoor garden. ( Dirt is plentiful here)
I love garlic and would love to grow same. I live in central Florida about two miles from the Atlantic Ocean. We are 100% sand, so raised beds are our best option. We don’t have “winter” aside from a couple of cold fronts (40 degrees) that last about three days each. Do I need the cold to grow garlic? Also, bugs and funguses are a year-round problem.
Love the article! I’ve grown garlic in my garden for a couple of years but learned where I can improve. Where can you buy shredded straw like you use in the article, other than Amazon or places that charge an arm and a leg for shipping? All I can find, locally, is bales of straw and that doesn’t work nearly as well.
I just had two metal raised beds built from some roofing that I had on a building that I own so this is industrial metal that man that built them told me they’re probably last 25 years not sure about the wood though but they’re pretty high. they’re probably 3 feet up or more, so I am actually doing the logs in there now and cardboard and things like that so I’m gonna buy some soil later because I’m gonna fill them up more than halfway with other stuff my homemade compost all kinds of stuff in there. I think they’ll be ready by August, two and picked up all the areas Homes because we had a massive storm so people had to cut trees down🌱🌱 I’m thinking by August they’ll be good to start planning I’m gonna keep filling and filling little by little
I started garlic from the grocery store in spring(March of this year 2024) by putting the Bulbs in water to grow it’s roots, After which I planted them in my raised bed garden. It is June 24, 2024 now and they are growing slowly. This is an experiment for me as I have never grown garlic before. Maybe planted in spring was not good as I hear you planted in fall. Will I need to over winter them to reach maturity?
Thanks I try it next winter,ha I live in a tropical climate still work ? I will find out next summer, I think your saying they like to sit awhile in the ground ? Might need a bit more water as it doesn’t really get to cold or wet as summer is the wet time of year for me we will see what happens cheers 🇦🇺👍✌️🌴
Sorry if it’s been asked, but is it possible to plant and overwinter garlic outdoors in locations with snowy and down to -40 degree celcius winters? Not sure where you’re located (no need to dox yourself lol), just making sure this is possible where I live, or if I should bring them indoors? edit: just noticed you’re Canadian, and as someone in southern Canada, I would assume this is a yes 😂
I planted some last fall and they started sprouting up before winter I had mulch over them and Some chicken wire cause I have problems with squirrels anyway went to see why nothing was coming up this spring and no garlic at all in my containers guess I’ll try it again I love garlic & organic is expensive at store guess this time I’ll put metal stakes to fasten the chicken wire