Follow our garlic plants all the way from planting using the Ruth Stout method (hay mulch, no diging or tilling), to harvesting, and drying.
VIDEO: No Dig Garlic: Planting, Harvesting, and Drying Garlic Using the Ruth Stout Method
Follow our garlic plants all the way from planting using the Ruth Stout method (hay mulch, no diging or tilling), to harvesting, and drying.
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What state or province are you in
I remember Ruth Stout and her no-dig gardening method, it was a winner 50 years ago and likely still is. I used it to grow herbs for market and it's such a great way to garden. And yes, it may take a couple of years to get the soil working well, but then you're set for years to come. Read Ruth Stout's book if you can find it……..
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Super helpful thank you
Beautiful
I tried planting garlic this way, last season…just one bulb, with about 8 cloves all up, as an after thought one day…and blow me down…they grew! At the same time I planted some bought baby onion "bulbs" to plant and really did just put the little onion bulbs on the soggy straw under the top drier straw…they grew too. I did it all wrong, at the wrong time, with the fresh straw, not aged straw, which I asked for, but as no one here in the Hungarian village understood me…they arrived with 3 of those huge round marshmallows of hay! It's Feb now, I just went to measure up a chook pen, where I had my straw gardens last year and about a dozen garlic clusters are growing with heaps of green tops about 4 inches high. I forgot about them after the excitement of growing a couple of garlics myself. I moved all 8 straw beds in early October, as I didn't check properly for full sun…all day, not half the day Mary! So now all 8 beds are in the middle of the paddock and I'm getting ready to start the year off much wiser, as I didn't understand the growing zones, soil temp etc, as I'm an Aussie, from stinking hot and humid Qld, living in Hungary, where it snows in winter. Yup, as he says in one of his videos…It's not how you do it…it's about doing it!
Use the farmers almanac for planting and harvesting dates. Pick at the right time and the garlic will keep better.
Why haven't you braided them…
Aboot? Love the accent.
I conducted an experiment a few years ago and harvested about 50 heads per-scape and the other 50 heads two weeks after I cut off the scapes. The post-scape bulbs were at least another 1/3 as large as the prescapes, and in some cases, a good 50% larger.
Not posible,we have bermuda grass.
NEW SUBSCRIBER! This is the most complete garlic growing video I have come across. Now I’m gonna go back and watch ALL your other videos! Thank you from a fellow Canadian ☺️
Hi! How often would you suggest watering the garlic patch? We get lots of rain in late summer, but pretty much no rain the rest of the year. Thanks!
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Love your presentation, always
You guys rock! I'm in northern alberta – just learning to do no till on our new acreage. Ive been pouring over your videos – thank you for all the detail, its made this journey much easier!
The R.S. method definitely works; cardboard not necessary (it's a lot of work getting all tape off cardboard, very annoying shoveling up tape every time you dig in bed). Best part is there's no need to till the soil (which just multiplies weeds), soil gets richer and keeps moisture.
Dude, I grew the best taters this year following your recommendations. All were Sto Bought Taters that I let go to seed. Will give this Garlic method a try this fall. Keep up the videos, and I bought Purple Sto bought taters and and the really produced and even impressed my friend Girl.
I wait tiil.thete is 5 green leaves left
The number of leaves corresponds to number of wrappers around the clove. This allows a couple wrappers during harvesting and drying to be lost. Leaving 3 good wrappers to protect clove.
Good informative video. Only, talking a bit slower would be good.
In Canada…first frost in Nov. He said. Heck, I'm in IL and our first frost date is in early Oct. How does that work? Lol
Thanks …. this will help as we harvest our first garlic crop this year.
Really enjoying your videos. Love the format and the content.
That was a fantastic, engaging and informative video. Thank you!! 🙂
Excellent video and information-thank you!
Absolutely beautiful garlic bulbs..
Great advice! Thank you!
ya great!! I thought you ppl lived in a van!~!!
Does it always take a full 6 months for the garlic to develop?
So the garlic sprout had no problem at getting out of that thick layer of mulch.. interesting