GARLIC is one of my favourite crops to grow, especially for FLAVOUR when it comes to self sufficiency! In this video I share 8 Garlic PLANTING TIPS and methods that may help to REDUCE the chance of your precious crop getting RUST and help you to grow GREAT Garlic.
We are Dan & Laurie and our land is called Freedom Forest – Its 3 acres in the South of England where we are creating an edible oasis and trying to provide as much for ourselves, from our land as possible, where we are completely off grid.
Our food growing journey began together in 2017 when we created our first No dig lasagne bed. Every year we grow more and more and now we are currently around 60-70% self sufficient in our food needs.
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Other Videos Mentioned:
Sustainable living on 3 Acres 👉 https://youtu.be/1xsWhHWzzo4
Grow MASSIVE Elephant Garlic – No Dig – Why We LOVE it 👉 https://youtu.be/O7htX8yIDeg
Harvesting, Drying & Storing Garlic | Make It Last A Whole Year 👉 https://youtu.be/ItZFflJoVSU
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I love garlic too! 🙂 It was my second year of planting it. Because of the wet spring and early summer I also had problems with rust, so I had to harvest it in the beginning of July. I am very grateful that the garlic produced even small bulbs (is that the right word?) although he suffered also from the snails this year…… Many greetings from Göttingen in Germany. I really love your videos!
I love to grow Garlic and Onions😊
Your planting methods to me seem correct over a cold winter, which the method of planting cover crop over the bark which should terminate its self after a frost😊
I have been having a multi-year battle against Garlic Rust, not helped by allotment neighbours being pickled in the stuff, but this year I think I did it (although I was beaten by White Rot) I planted into bottom less tubes (sewage or water pipe cut up?) and used fresh soil and compost to fill – you can see this in my June video if it of any interest as I cannot explain very well. This seemed to help against the Rust a lot. I can confirm that Garlic grown in a Polytunnel will also stay largely free of Rust as well. I was very surprised that you planted in the same bed as I felt that Rust spores last in the soil for a long time. I hope I am wrong and time will tell on that theory. I find adding woodchips as a mulch very intreging and will try this myself. Great video thanks.
Love the tip about wood chips, makes a lot of sense…,! Just one thing that is important: I think whether you should plant them early – or as late as possible – really depends on how cold winters get where you live (though wood chips might really help there). The same thing that is a benefit for you – getting early growth – is the thing that would take them out here. At least that's what I have always heard – in fact had never heard anyone say plant them early before 😮
I have rust on my garlic every year (hello from Ireland🌧) and im not sure why i should do anything about it… Im growing for food not for pretty, sure it looks unsightly but it doesnt affect neither the flavour nor the storage-ability of the edible part. It only affects the leaves not the bulb so why bother… 🤷
I’d have never thought the mustard would germinate on top of the wood chip. What a fantastic idea. Also I normally wait a bit but after watching this I’m going to plant earlier!!!
Hello from central France. I got my garlic in last weekend, the 29th sept. The majority in my poly tunnel, as i tried this last year, and got better results than outside.
I have noticed from a few of your videos that you don’t do crop rotation… if you’ve had issues with rust I would have chosen a new location… how come you don’t rotate..?
Your tips are very helpful, thank you for sharing. I wish you continued joy in your gardening 😊
Thank you so much for supporting. I love garlic too.