Why I’m Never Buying Garlic Again🧄

I’m never buying garlic again because it’s one of the easiest crops to grow. You can grow one full bulb from one tiny clove. And if you do it before the first frost, it’ll be the first thing to sprout up in the Spring. Garlic needs cold temperatures to form big bulbs successfully (it’s a cold season crop), so that means right now is quite literally the best time to plant garlic and have it in abundance by the Spring.
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Just get your hands on a bulb of garlic, break it into individual cloves, and plant them 4 inches deep, 4 inches apart in soil. Then all you have to do is wait for the winter to pass!
Thank you so much for watching this weeks video, let me know if you end up planting garlic before the winter comes in full force (at least for us Canadians!). Love you guys so much. Thanks again for watching.
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TIMESTAMP:
00:00 - 00:41 Why You Should Plant Garlic Before The First Frost
00:41 - 01:27 How To Propagate Garlic In Water (Do You Really Need Cold Frost?)
01:27 - 02:17 Can You Plant Seeds From Garlic Flowers To Grow More Garlic?
02:17 - 03:21 Fermented Garlic Recipe (With Tomatoes In A Jar)
03:21 - 03:50 Parts Of The Garlic Plant That Are Edible And When To Pick Homegrown Garlic
03:50 - 04:13 How Garlic Is Grown In Sewage Water And Soaked In Chlorine In China
04:13 - 04:26 Real VS Fake Garlic: How To Know When Garlic Is Grown Naturally (And Not In Sewage Water)
04:26 - 04:36 Companion Planting With Garlic To Ward Off Pests
04:36 - 06:18 How To Deter Pests In The Garden With This Garlic Spray Recipe
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Unique Facts You’ll Learn In This Video:
1. Garlic is one of the easiest crops to grow, but planting it before the first frost is essential because it needs cold temperatures to form big bulbs successfully (it’s a cold season crop).
2. Garlic plants produce flowers that can develop into seeds. However, most commercial garlic varieties often have flowers removed to encourage the plant to focus energy on bulb development rather than seed production.
3. The bigger the garlic clove planted, the bigger the bulb will grow come Spring time.
4. All parts of the garlic plant can be eaten and stored, even in its younger stage (“green garlic”). You may even use the green shoots (scapes) in dishes like pesto (Just ask Susie).
5. China is the largest producer of garlic worldwide. There have been concerns and reports about the use of untreated wastewater in the cultivation of garlic, which means garlic is grown in sewage water and soaked in chlorine (which is high in lead, heavy metals, and pathogens). Although not all garlic from China is grown like this, you can tell the real and fake garlic apart by looking at the roots on the bottom. Garlic from China has no roots and is very white in colour, whereas real garlic has roots and naturally occurring dark spots.
6. Garlic is known to have natural insect-repelling properties. It's often planted near other crops to help deter pests. This is called “companion planting,” which I chose to do in the garlic video with tomatoes.
7. Some gardeners use garlic spray as an organic insecticide. Just blend garlic, ginger and 1 cup of water. Then strain your mixture, add boiling hot water and chill peppers, let it sit overnight. In the morning, add to a shpritzer and spray around your plants as a barrier, and very lightly on your leaves.

[ElocinAlways]

Pickled green tomatoes with a vinegar, mustard seed, herbs to your taste, , chili pepper, and a garlic piece, omg!!!!

[NoahMalka]

You should lookup landrace gardening, it's all about saving seeds and promoting biodiversity to help plants protect themselves from pests and disease, there are people trying to get garlic and potatoes to produce seeds more frequently and have those seeds produce higher yields, they say that using clones ruins the genetic diversity of the plants and the same with heirlooms

[Anii-Alex]

I love this vids so much why are they so underrated

[samanthanimock]

Jessie I love your longer vids so much and omg thank you for letting us know about the gross way most garlic is growing I never want to eat that stuff again lol!

[avicunningham]

You inspire me to be my most plant mommy self 🫶

[narithaghazi]

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS SO MUCH PLANT LOVER FOR EVER ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[zeideerskine]

Lactoferment your cherry tomatoes (give them some stabs with a toothpick) with some garlic scapes, white peppercorns, and lemon basil. They will be sparkling.

[midnightmoon]

💕I really love ur videos.Btw how do u plant so many plants that are made for tropical weather in Canada? Pls share the secret🤩

[MeAndMyShadow]

The garlic Scape that produces the flower, most remove it as they are growing for the bulbs. however the flowers produce bulbils its like a clone of the parent.. size vary depending on variety. dry then plant in fall when you would do garlic bulbs... takes 2-3 years to get to mature bulbs. The reason the scapes are removed if left it would focus on the flower vs the bulb growth... And yes it needs the stratification so it will split into individual cloves, the cloves is not stratified it will often form rounds not bulbs. A round is a plant with a single large garlic clove instead of a bulb with multiple cloves

[shanividal]

I didn't know other people use the word shpritser😍

[paigechatman]

Also with your corn 🌽 you know how every hair equals 1 kernel? Well if your kernels are missing it because those hairs weren't pollinated so u have to shake them or find an area that is windier.

[mikki_s]

Did you find the companion planting garlic with the tomatoes worked and decreased pests? I’m thinking of companion planting them for the same reason 🙂

[jarinnahar]

Hi love
What is the good and affordable grow lights you recommend.
Plz let us know.

[lancecorporalveteran]

I grew garlic they came out larger than the original bulbs they came from

[matteozeitoun]

"incesticide, sorry I meant INSECTICIDE" Me: MA'AM, WE AIN'T IN ALABAMA

[acgray]

Did she mention roasted garlic. Or garlic comfiet(sp?)

[moneyboy]

hmm, i didn't see the cold bit when i tried growing them myself indoors. they looked great for a few months then there was absolutely no change and it unfortunately just died off

[sarahp]

id love to grow some but unfortunately i dont have a garden or terrace or any kind of planting space outside sob ill try to grow some at my parents'

[shiamahmed]

I plant them last year all of them became same size like yours and one was a little bit big this year I again plant them it's become 1 week as in Bangladesh i winter just started, waiting for the result !!!
Sorry for my bad English 😅

[Johanna-z]

Right now is WAY too late for planting everything. The soil is all frozen with ice on top.

Also remember to only use garlic that are meant for planting. I don't know why, but elderly ladies always remind me of this every time I talk about growing garlic.