Free shipping on GardenStraw Mini 4-Packs: https://bit.ly/3wH9V11 Alliums are one of our favorite crops to grow here at EG, as evidenced by the fact that Kevin planted 250+ cloves of garlic this year ๐ – they can be a somewhat challenging crop though, so these tips should help you get a better yield out out of your allium garden.
00:00 – Intro
00:18 – Watering Alliums
01:11 – Mulching
01:26 – How To Fertilize
02:35 – Companion Planting
03:23 – Blanching Leeks
05:00 – Quick Garlic Tips
06:44 – Spooning Onions
07:27 – Choosing Onion Varieties
09:17 – Outro
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Leeks – Bury deep and forget about them
Onions – Variety selection and short/day-neutral/long day is most important decision
Garlic – Softneck in warm climate, hardneck in cold, can fake winterize hardneck by storing in fridge for 2-3mo then planting
Given the unpredictable nature of gardening I wonder how many tips like that (garlic soaking) are essentially superstitions a la skinner's randomly-reinforced pigeons. You do this, you have a successful season, you fear not doing it in every following season because what if it was the thing that worked? Baseball players are notorious for this.
In Portugal, we usually plant the onions with most of the bulb outside earth.
How do shallots fall into your plan?
I would love to see a video where you and Chris grow the same varieties for a season to see the difference in challenges in different zones.
I see a discord mentioned in some older vid descriptions, but the links are all too old. Does anyone have an active one?
Thanks for sharing this Kevin! I've tried various growing options…seed, sets, micro bulbs, soak not soak. One thing is for sure they need proper drainage and plenty sun.
Any tricks to knowing when they're ready for harvest?
Nice and informative video! Do you grow any native plants? If not, a native flower section would be cool!
I plant leek seeds in cell trays and the transplant. This method of just burying the starts deeper for whiter stems is genius. Thanks!
When you did your 30 day challenge, did you eat canned salmon, tuna, rice, etc????
Any experience with chives (traditional and garlic chives)? I'm growing both varieties from seed and they are taking such a long time compared to the 'days to harvest' stats online. Don't know if it's something I'm doing sub-optimally or just bad info on the internet.
What does yellow tips on the leaves mean later in the season on plants? What type of leeks do you grow-short day or long-day in zone 10b?
Hello friend I grow garlic here in zone 7a in N.C. and definitely recommend a pre soak for your garlic cloves but instead of a fish product use a seaweed. Your garlic bulbs have been setting on a shelf in sleep mode for several months and will break that dormancy two weeks quicker after planting I'm the form of root growth. I intently said seaweed earlier due to the natural growth hormones it contains and already plant available nutrients absorbed by the once living kelp plant. So ditch the stinky fish stuff you gotta the kelp. One more thing I've personally had to leave the cloves soaking in the solution up to 3 days (weather related delays) and had no loose in germination after planting. Though personally I wouldn't wait that long. One more thought on the soaking process. If you notice any damage to the clove under the wrapper it could be mite's (you can do your own homework on that) the long soak can drown them. Thanks for the great content my friend and happy gardening.
I have an idea and I would like to know from an experienced gardener if it would work…
If I plant leeks between say kohlrabi or broccoli that has big leaves, would the big leaves shade the bottom of the leeks and blanch them?
I grow a ton of onions just so I can make onion top pesto every year. I trim the tops twice during the growing season and I'm able to freeze the pesto to have all year round!
Have you ever tried to grow shallots?
whats the discord
I've been burned one too many times growing onions from sets…way too many flowers & not enough bulb production. Another down side with onion sets is the varieties are extremely limited vs. what you can get with seeds.
For my main onion crop I start seeds indoors Jan-Feb, then plant them out in the Spring. I also direct sow seeds in the Fall & let them winter over, so I get an early crop while my main crop is maturing. By doing this I haven't had to buy onions from the store in years.
Please do video on allium pests and how to treat them or how to avoid them in the first place.
Love that video
Hey, Kevin. Loving your channel! A friend and I purchased a bunch of the 6 cells last season, curious if you know when we can expect more stock of the 4 cells? Thanks!
whered you get that fence man im in love
I tried to grow onion from seeds. Nothing come up after weeks. Does 30 C temperature affect germination?