Common Garlic Planting Mistakes (To Avoid)

Garlic is easy to grow but getting planting right leads to growing success. There are some common garlic planting mistakes and Gardener Scott offers 10 examples and how to avoid and how to correct them. (Video #304)

00:40 Planting the wrong variety
01:30 Planting at wrong time
03:25 Not preparing soil
04:10 Too much fertilizer
04:50 Planting small cloves
05:40 Planting upside down
06:34 Planting too close
07:16 Planting at wrong depth
08:23 Not mulching
09:27 Wrong location
10:10 Vernalization

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[shineyrocks]

My first frost was last Thursday. I had already amended the soil and added plenty of biomass and rabbit manure, two weeks prior to my frost. Garlic is in the ground and a good healthy amount of straw over top. 🤞

[jasona]

My garlic was planted once…about 10 years ago in a raised bed. We harvest every year the entire raised bed and it reseeds itself…not from the scapes but from below. Ours is on autopilot..we don’t mulch, add soil or fertilizer. We also let our scapes develop somewhat…we enjoy them as much as the garlic cloves.

[dogslobbergardens]

Take note that Scott said to put the garlic in the ground four weeks before the ground freezes - that's NOT always the same time compared to first frost. Here in my area we may get frosts from mid-October on, but the ground often doesn't actually freeze until into December or even January. I've gotten that timing wrong in the past, and I ended up with early growth and little stunted bulbs like he described in the beginning of the video.

[ZeroCarbDaddy]

Great tips as always. Reminds me why we used cellars or root cellars in the past. It wasn’t just to store but promoted propagation that may have been taken for granted or not considered. Something’s like the old ways can’t be beat. Thank you sir.

[courtneyrenegar]

Garlic growing season is my favorite season!!!! tell the tomatoes. I'm in Seattle zone 8b, and it's like the magic garlic growing area. I can beautifully grow both hard and soft necks, it's the best!! Thanks for a great video.

[groussac]

Thanks Gardner Scott. And thanks to all of you who post comments to his videos. I learn a lot from both him and you. Nice to know there are others who have fun with gardening, which is really what it's all about.

[mudpiemudpie]

Perfect timing. I was just getting ready to plant mine.

[evieporter]

great tip about refrigerating bulbs I’m zone 8, and never knew why my garlic did poorly! Thank you

[hollysharvest]

Thanks for your video! I think garlic does better in warmer winter climates than many people realize. 50% of the garlic in the U.S. is grown in Gilroy, CA, which is in zone 9a/b. Of course, they use softneck garlic there, but it does very well. I have really good success with softneck garlic in zone 10a in Southern CA as well, and without putting it in the fridge.

[Ealves]

Thank you so much for this because this is going to help me avoid a lot of mistakes I was about to make on my first year growing garlic😆I’m in zone 7 so I’m going to start with putting the bulbs I just received on the mail in the refrigerator. I thought I was late putting them in the ground 😂 thank you as always Scott!!

[p.desroches]

I live in zone 5b and grow both soft neck and hard neck garlic planted in Sept or early October with great success while changing beds every year. Bonus crop of garlic scapes from the hard neck varieties . Mulch is key as mentioned. I plant the biggest cloves from previous years harvest. Works a treat! Never have to buy after first purchase.

[laurieanne]

So helpful! Last year was a total fail--now I know I planted too early. Thanks for all these tips! Much needed!

[lesliewatts]

What an excellent video. You have not left out a single important aspect of growing big "G". I'm in a zone 4. I've grown "G" > 10 yr. Your method is the same as mine. It really works.
Thanks for all the confirmation. It is reassuring. Keep well.

[theresawillett]

Zone 8b here. I've grown hard and soft neck, and any varieties I want for years, with great success. No need to refrigerate. Basically I just pop them in the ground and forget them until June.

[isabelladavis]

lol I was going to ask about cold stratification and that was the tip you offered at the end...here is hoping all of the information I come across is put to good use...thanks again

[aruproychoudhury]

Great video Gardener Scott, and an awesome bonus tip too. Thanks for your advice as always!
Best wishes,
Roy from London, UK 🇬🇧

[deecooper]

Ugghh, the last week & the coming week temps ranging from mid to low 20s here in Winnemucca 🥴. My garden is toast. 😔. I realize a few mistakes from this year tho so there’s always next year 😍
Have a great weekend 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[eliandkate]

Good, handy advice Scott
Garlic growing seems to be more and more popular these days so really handy advice for the new growers.

[gwendyrose]

I LOVED the recommendation video you did with your family. Based on that (among a few other personal reasons), I planted Music garlic last fall. It was my first year growing garlic & I ended up with a GREAT harvest! I saved some back for this fall & I can't WAIT to get these planted! I almost planted them too early (because patience isn't one of my "virtues"!), but you reminded me why I still need to wait a bit yet. Thanks again for great advice! 😊🌱👍

[CLMaxey]

You really are the "Bob Ross" of gardening! :)