Growing Garlic in a 5 Gallon Container: Plant Once, Grow Forever!

Want fresh garlic at your fingertips? In this video, learn how to grow garlic in a 5-gallon container! I’ll show you how to plant once so you can enjoy fresh garlic for years. Get tips on soil, sunlight, and watering to promote healthy growth. Perfect for any gardener no matter where you live, this method will keep your kitchen stocked with the garden fresh garlic!
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TIMESTAMPS: (click the timestamp to jump to a specific tip or re-watch your favorite part)
00:00 Introduction
00:20 Why I love growing garlic
01:03 Southern gardener challenges
01:20 Choose the right variety for your area
01:23 Northern gardener (cold winter) varieties
02:01 Southern gardener (frost-free winter) varieties
02:34 When to plant garlic
02:38 Timing is key for northern gardeners
03:09 Southern gardener timing – flexible
03:27 Choosing the right container
04:52 Soil for containers
06:45 How to plant in containers
09:33 Caring for garlic
11:00 Harvesting garlic
11:49 Grow the same garlic forever!

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[pidpit]

Thank you! I used to live up north so we would plant the hard-neck, and now I live in TX. Soft-neck garlic, here we come.

[chetfuhrman]

FYI - one fall I planted 24 cloves of garlic a container. Come spring I noticed that my garlic cloves, except for one clove, were not growing. I dug around the soil and found 23 of the cloves were not there. I researched and found that squirrels like to eat garlic. Yes, I had a squirrels living in the trees that bordered my yard. This fall I’m going to put some type of wire screen over the top of my containers to keep animals out of my garlic.

[deadboi]

I'm in 6a(central MI)and plant garlic on Halloween or a couple days after. Last year was Nov.2-3. Harvested July 6th.

[CaliKim]

When are you planting garlic in your garden? Thanks for gardening with us! -CaliKim & CameraGuy
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[moodybikerchic]

I am in North Carolina growing my whole garden in fabric bags. I recently got my garlic in September that I ordered online from MIGARDENER and TERRITORIAL SEED. It is in my refrigerator waiting for late November. I love your channel. Our climates are similar. I am in the new zone of 8a. I used to be in 7b. Take care and thanks for your awesome channel. 💜💜💜

[kimweimer]

i'm going to give garlic a try this winter. i have never had any luck with it. but i'm not giving up yet.

[deboz]

As usual, Perfect video timing!
Time has really slipped by this year, so I’m going to plant garlic this weekend- since the first frost is forecast for Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Even though it’ll be the first frost, our weather should warm up again after that, like it usually does every year here in Columbus Ohio.

Planting lots of different varieties, and most will be in grow bags. Properly labeled this year of course. 😏

[southernskytngarden]

Thank you, Kim for all this great advice as you know I'm an avid follower and have learned so much from you! I recently went to a local nursery with a friend and bought several hard neck varieties since we are out here in zone 7B middle Tennessee with cold winters. I've got them in the refrigerator right now and waiting to plant them over the next week. Hopefully all will go well! Thank you for all you do and share!

[rockyusa]

I was finally able to grow and harvest garlic this year in containers. 😊

[tinad]

I just harvested my sweet potatoes today and prepared the grow bags for garlic to put in their place. I use a lot of garlic and I ordered different kinds to see which ones will do best. I have one soft neck that I’ll wait to plant in the spring. I’m in Chicago. The last two years my garlic disappeared. I even had the bags mulched and covered with wire. I put the bags on top of a table this time and will still cover. I’m planting them tomorrow. Ty 😊

[jwfloating-world]

Yes CaliKim, I already planted mine up a couple of days ago. I just constructed and prepared my raised beds, filling them with old branches, garden soil and compost as you and Camera Guy did. I also planted some in my borders so hopefully they might deter the slugs, We have had a lot of rain here in the UK and they have been a real problem. Love the Channel. Already subscribed and like every video.👍🏻

[helenmcclellan]

I will be planting our softneck garlic on October 23rd.

[shachar]

Thank you for your straight forward approach to planting garlic.

[stephaniegee]

We have our garlic ready to go, but I'm waiting a couple of weeks before we plant it out. We're in middle Tennessee where we're officially now zone 7B (ages ago, we were zone 6B here). We'll be planting out hardneck garlic, although we're going to play around with some softneck after the first of the year.

[southernskytngarden]

Hi sweet Mac! Such a good boy just sitting in the background on this video. Love! Your friend Cash says hello!

[LJ-heqn]

We grandchildren inherited Granny & Pawpaws elephant garlic. This halloween will be the first planting of corms! Also have softneck cloves from last years garden. Definitely going to put a couple corms and cloves in some ten gallon smart pot. Theraputic to braid the stalks. Thank you for the video.

[baneverything]

I`m building healthy, rich soil in my garden and avoiding pesticides and an infestation of black worms wiped out my green onions and garlic. They ate almost everything growing in my yard. I replanted again but they return each spring/summer in Louisiana.

[JackieHorsley-zs]

I haven, t planted my garlic yet sound like a great idea I have a Empty bed but Its In the shade Containers definitely sound like a great idea

[andielliott]

And I'll be planting my garlic tomorrow!

[ToddfromCalifornia]

I plant mine on Halloween, third year for the same starter garlic and the heads get bigger every year it seems.