Elephant Garlic: Guide To Planting & Growing HUGE Garlic Bulbs #garlic #garden #vegetablegarden

In this video, I'll guide you through the entire process of planting elephant garlic and share my expert tips to grow huge sized bulbs!

I explain what elephant garlic is, it's ideal growing conditions, and how to nurture the plants from planting to harvest. Whether you're an experienced gardener or new to gardening, this tutorial will help you master how to grow garlic and produce massive elephant garlic bulbs in your own garden.

I'll start with an introduction to elephant garlic, an allium variety related to leeks and traditional garlic. Its mild, sweet flavor makes it perfect for those who love the essence of garlic without the intense bite. I'll explain the best conditions for growing elephant garlic, including sunlight, soil type, and spacing to ensure your plants thrive.

Learn when the perfect time to harvest your elephant garlic is, as well as how to properly cure the bulbs for long-term storage. I'll share some handy tips to help you achieve the largest garlic bulbs possible, and I'll discuss common challenges like pests and diseases, so you're well-prepared to keep your crop healthy.

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[williammikell]

Not to be a troll, but I would like to add a couple of things about E.G. The leaves are very good to eat, chop and put them into stir-fry dishes, very spicy. When you harvest, the bulbs will have small brown bulblets growing on the side of the bulb, sometimes several on one bulb. These can be grown into mature plants in 2 growing seasons. The first year it will only grow into an immature plant with just a single round bulb and not flower. Leave these plants in the ground. They will die back in the summer and be dormant until the cool season rains come, (Oct. where I live). I mulch the ground for the summer and they resprout and grow into a mature flowering plant. When I harvest my E.G., I will take these brown bulblets and just stick them back in the hole or in a large pot and mulch the top. They will sprout in Oct. I have spots in my yard when E.G. has been growing for over 15 years. I obtained my plants from a friend who had it growing all over his yard, on the south side of trees, walls, and fences. We can trace it back to over 50 years of continually growing and resprouting. I have heard of old country homesteads, abandoned for decades but E.G. still sprouting and growing every year. My point being you can make a permanent bed or space the grows E.G. for years, never having to buy more and ending up with hundreds of plants. I did enjoy your video and did subscribe.

[NestorGonzalez-bfky]

The best video for Elephant garlic. Giving just about EVERYTHING that you NEED to know if your starting out. Great job. One tip I can add is that I use grass cutting & use 2+ inches as mulching in where it doubles as nitrogen fertilizer, protects from extreme temperatures as well as mulching. Thank you Jerra for your in-depth video!! 2+ thumbs up

[TheKristyle]

Those are beautiful and so Delicious! I want to try for these to grow. I've never seen these and maybe my local Asian market has them. Nice video and thank you.👍🏾

[JohnWood-tkge]

I just came home from the garden center with some elephant garlic and this was the first thing that came up subscribed. Fifty six year life long gardener, north of Albany NY.

[salexxavier]

So, just about to plant mine, and I know I'm pushing it at Zone 10a, but... It looks as if what we are really looking for as a depth is to put about 1/2"-1" of soil OVER the TOP of the bulb ( 6:57 ), not have it 3"-4" deep over the top. Glad I watched as well as listened, what I heard and what I saw was two different things. You did say to make the HOLE 3"-4" deep ( 4:56 ), then you mixed up the granular in the bottom before placing the bulb into the hole (right side up, of course!), so yeah, it looked to be a fairly light cover over the very top peak of the bulb. Thank you Ma'am! This has been exactly the information I need, and I can see the growth you have in your "Normal" Garlic video that was made later! Bonus! 🤠👍

[molonlabe]

We have about two dozen chickens and use their manure to fertilize our gardens in the spring (we clean out the runs in the fall and let it set to dry over the winter at the edge of our garden, then rototill it in before planting in the spring). If garlic needs to be planted now (early October), could we use the fresh chicken manure mixed with compost or just dirt? Should we just use the soil from our compost?

[AM-yctf]

I’m in 9b also and just found your channel, so excited to learn from you. Great info

[Bob-boik]

How long afer planting the cloves should they become visible above the surface?

[estrelitatabije]

My elephant garlic turned out very bitter. I planted it in the fall and harvested early summer.

[dfabella]

I planted this garlic last year (fall)and just left them without watering.or fertiliser. They easy to grow.

[hazeysgarden]

I didn’t realize the flavor was that much different. I wanna grow some now.

[beckymartinez]

Do you use liquid or granular fertilizer for the subsequent weeks?

[TheKrispyfort]

I have access to used pine pellet kitty litter (sans poops) - lots of nitrogen

[TheKrispyfort]

Try soaking the bulbs in an aspirin solution for 24-48 hours prior to sowing.

[laurensummer]

Garlic like to compete with weeds in the garden