Growing Garlic Bulbs in Florida (Some Say It Can’t Be Done)
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- Rob Greenfield’s "How to Grow Garlic in the Subtropics" Blog Post Here - robgreenfield.tv/floridagarlic/
Many Florida gardeners & farmers have failed at successfully growing bulbed garlic heads. There is undoubtedly an appropriate climate for garlic, which prefers extended low temperatures - so here in this clip, our new friend Rob Greenfield gives us some insight on his vernalization method of refrigerating the seed bulbs in his refrigerator to simulate the weeks of brisk weather needed to reach its full vitality.
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Hello, I hit Rob's link and it came up with a warning about the site, said it wasn't safe! I was trying to find out if Rob is in the same area of Florida, as I am? I'm on the east coast by New Smyrna Bch. I moved to Florida 23 years ago from Ma and Vt area, so I went from one extreme to another! I had a huge garden up north but not so much here in Fl. What part of Florida is Rob in?
@@rosebud7283 It says he is in Orlando.
those little garlics at the base of the elephant garlic is called a Corm. You can plant them and next year you'll get a single really large "round" which you can eat, or if you wait and plant it again it will become an elephant garlic head. Elephant garlic is actually a lilly which is why it grows better in warmer climates.
People who love Garlic Rock. Thank you sir. Great job.
me: oh its garlic... better put that in the pot with the rest of--
that guy: *BITES IT VICIOUSLY* yeah it's garlic.
respect.
I think you need to do more Florida specific gardening and tips!! keep visiting rob for tips maybe??
I plan on it!
Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL Sooo Stoked for that 👍🏻🙏🏻!!!
Who's Rob?
@@karlpatrickprias8185 the guy in the video
ROB is a total doll! I am in North Central FL and have grown garlic for years, always chastising myself because the heads were small-ish, had no idea it wasn't that easy for Florida gardeners. I never purchased seed garlic, used only what I bought from Florida organic produce and it always worked fine. Only one year did I get scapes, I think that is more of a cold climate variety??? Anyway I am about to harvest 85 more stalks, I already did 30 and they varied from a few single onion looking thingies (planted late) and nice full smallish heads that I waited too long to harvest, so the cloves are separating. Thanks SO much, visiting your blog Rob, right now!
I live in central Florida and growing garlic too. I vernalized for 3 months before planting, I also bought from Forever Young farm and got solid bulbs from Red Toch and Shilla varieties. I made garlic pesto with the whole garlic plants that didn’t bulb. I saved the biggest bulbs for planting this fall. Another tip is to plant in fall in full sun and fertilize once a month.
Very cool!
Thank you sooo much for sharing this!!! I used to live in Florida, now moved to Sarasota area and still optimistic to trying to grow some garlic!
I'm also in Sarasota trying to grow garlic on my patio garden. Hey neighbor!
I'm in Zephyrhills. My garlic failed last year. but now I understand why. I'm going to try again this year and vernalize.
Cool. I'm in north east Texas and started putting my garlic in the fridge to vernalize about 5 weeks and it does make a huge difference. The baby cloves on the outside of the bulb are corms. If you replant them, they grow the same way as the bulbils off the top in that they produce a round, like an onion with no cloves the first year and then bulb out into cloves the second year.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing Leon
Good info Leon 👊
Leon Barlow do you pull the bulbs out in between the first and second year or just try to keep them in the ground for the two years?
Thanks for all your content! This is just what we all need in these times! Shalom from P.C. Florida 🕊
Thank you Rob and Pete. This is my first year with garlic. This has inspired me to pull them and check them out. I think mine went in a tub around Christmas.
Excited I found your channel! I didn’t know how to go about getting seed bulbs for Florida so thanks for the tip for next year!
I love telling people about this awesome blog.. you cover so much.. New gardeners arent going to know what a scape is. Even if you saw one ar the store most dont know its the flower stalk that can be cooked tender with great flavor.
well done! Being raised in S Florida, our growing season is almost reversed from the more northern states. However, I'm now living in S Carolina (the Upstate area), and I too plant my garlic in October, harvest in June. My first 'crop' was garlic from the grocery store. Just separated the cloves, put them in the ground and harvested 8 months later. I was quite pleased with that harvest! I have my 3rd crop in the ground waiting for June to harvest. I didn't realize the greens were useful, so thank you for that! I dry a fair amount of items, and so will be drying the greens this time as well. I'm loving Rob's "year of growing my food" videos. Thank you!
Thanks Joyce! Robs been sharing some epic tips. I have a cooking series coming soon.
biologically speaking the elephant garlic isn't an actual garlic. also you aren't supposed to mix different garlic varieties in the same path because that way they turn into one variety, you have to keep them separate. considering planting them in raised beds with better drainage and provide a plastic roofing with open sides for controlling the moisture in your subtropical climate. cheers
Thanks for those tips.
Thanks for sharing your experience! I’m stoked I found y’all’s channels. I’m in Tampa (urban setting) and have been really interested in self sustainable gardening. Great work!
Awesome! Welcome to the channel
That's why my garlic never grew, da-uh, and Rob just figures it out. While I just keep doing basically the same old thing, just in different parts of the yard. Rob my hat is off to you brother, you are a mover and a shaker & an outside the box kinda guy, bro.👍😎👍
Good eye brother Pete, you da man !!! 👊
Sending love Gerald!
Thanks Gerald! 👊
Nice! I love garlic! I live in tropical Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico and I've been growing garlic both in my indoor vertical garden and on my balcony too. I haven't been able to get them to produce bulbs yet, but I love continuously harvesting the (underrated) greens anyway so 'no problemo'. :D
Awesome! Keep it up 👊
Oh THANK YOU !!!!
I've Tried Many Times and would Just Love to grow my own!!!!!
OMG! So happy I came across your channel!!! This is amazing! I live in Florida and love it so much! We’re blessed to be able to grow so much here!
Do you know what variety you are growing?
That's nice, our winter is coming up and I'm going to plant some garlic
Bro spread the word ( please and thank you) to rob that those small independent bulbs slash cloves are referred to as bulbils basically small bulbs which can act as seed though in actuality its a form of vegetative cloneing but the positive thing is planting the bulbils produces a rejuvenated seed stock which is great to bring about every so often however it is a 2 year process or multiple step process as one will notice the pitiful size of the resulting bulbs grown from the bulbils which is why next planting time for garlic pop those pitiful sized bulbs into the soil to grow another season gaining size so yes after 2 season you shall see full sized garlic ( if grown properly an momma nature doesn't prevent it )
Omg I’m in Orlando Florida and have started my garden and I want garlic so bad I thought it couldn’t be done! Wow thanks!
Thank You for this video! I am excited!
We grew garlic in a pot on our deck. A few grew bulbs the others had just roots. May need to try this again. Thanks for the video!
Awesome! This is definitely the key to success in Florida.
this is how i grew up gardens freeze everything always fresh veggies love it nothing better than fresh veggies
Awesome Channel, just subbed. Florida is great !! great job with the Garlic.
Thank you! 🙏
Killin it!! Rob + eating on camera is gold. First its 85 mulberries in 1 2 seconds .now raw garlic !!!
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I'm in Tarpon Springs area and was given too much garlic so I put some in pots and in the ground and they are actually growing well! Excited to see how they turn out.
Very cool!
I like to ferment garlic cloves. Delicious with an extra punch of nutrition and they last a long time in the fridge.
Another great video! Took notes - ready for fall 😊
Hahah thanks Celeste! :)
here in florida also ,you actually did good , garlic grown here likes shade only some morning, a smidge of noon and some long ray evening sun, northeast corner , with soil that doesnt get too hot, filtered sun under some tree open area , had a whole bunch also fairly big too, plant begin nov
I planted garlic last fall, their doing great now I have to figure out what's the next step!
Ohhhh yeahhh....got to try that !
Ty Rob & Pete !
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Big love from the u.k! Love your videos man!✌🏻
Thank you!🙌
I grew garlic this year and it did better than I expected. I live north of Brooksville. It is my understanding in Florida we should grow soft neck garlic. I ordered some from Baker Creek and also planted some unknown variety from the grocery store.
Awesome Heidi!
Another great video. I'm glad I found your channel.
Thank you!
Thanks so much! I live here in Central Florida. This was much needed! ⚘️
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you 😊
Some of my favorite ways to preserve garlic are to mince and mix with a bit of preferred oil, then freeze in ice cube trays and transfer to baggies. I do some in olive oil and some in coconut oil for different cuisines. I also love to make black garlic in my old rice cooker. It's shelf stable, so doesn't need refrigeration. Tastes like candy. Chewy goodness. 😋
Sounds amazing
Loving your worx Brothers !!
I bought heirloom garlic from Richardo Tomalo of Noble Roots Farm in Eustis, FL this year. I'll eat some and plant some :)
What an AWESOME Garden!!!!!!!
Thank you!
I’ve learned so much From Rob. We started our garden this year and I hope to utilize the food we grow to be healthier. Be sure to check us out!
Glad I could be of service my friends!
Thanks awesome! For sure 👊
Success
put that garlic seed back in the ground and you will have garlic from now on
This is exactly what I was looking for!! 🙌🏻
Awesome! I see you found it 😊
Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL I did and I ordered some last night! Thanks!
I curiously picked one of my elephant garlic because it showed signs of yellowing. I was a bit confused with them because they hadn’t produced scapes but had so many nice leaves. It didn’t have bulbs. I’m not sure if I wait if they’ll start to bulb. Or hoped at least produce the famous scapes. I never placed it in the refrigerator for nine weeks because I never found information for growing it in the south. I placed it back into the ground, I guess all I can do now is wait.
Love my garlic! I planted them late September and I still don’t have die back yet. I live in Kentucky so we always go through a cold spell. Great information! Grow stronger and grow on!
Thanks Denise!
Elephant garlic is actually a leek!!
That's weird to me. Why is it so much like garlic?
my leeks bulb up in california and i've noticed them having little pieces like that elephant garlic that fall off in soil and re-sprout...
That is so neat... ill wikipedia that..
Yeah, I hear that all the time. Elephant garlic is a leek... except it makes cloves like garlic, and tastes like garlic.
A friend used bagged ice over the garlic row. Elephant has a lot of oil. Yummy.
Cool!
I water mine with ice water
Hi Rob I know it is 5-months later but you can put your garlic in your cooler in the ground and that should be good it is your miny seller. Maybe you already thought of it already or someone else told you. your show I love Rob you are really helping a lot of people out there Happy growing my friend God Bless you and all do not know if you believe.
whatta great idea! I have an extra cooler I was going to recycle, now I will keep it and sink it in the ground ... that is if I can dig past the tree roots, lots of trees on my property interfere with my garden.
Rob is a BOSS!
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@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL thanks for awesome content as always. i do not own land yet but plans are being formulated thanks to all the stuff you upload, its quite a treasure! happy growing-on and cheers!
When refrigerated did you cover them? I can't live without garlic either.
Oh wow! I have no idea there are 7 kinds of garlic? Thank you guys for sharing! Now I know what to do with it.😀
Awesome!
Inspiration
I Love this Video!!!!!
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The ground is cooler if you go down far enough, its a thought.. and it stays 54 drgrees, make a cooler box ..hoses put into the ground can partially cool or heat a tiny home..
funny found you because Will Grant came to visit you and now your visiting someone else lots of new content tonight. I am in Jupiter Fl and have a container garden would love for it to be more of a food forest, I have a 1 1/2 acres and its surrounded by bamboo mooring and coconut palms.
Awesome! Welcome to the channel. That’s a nice chunk of land, if you want help converting it please reach out. We have a consultation design and installation service. greendreamsfl.com
When I was in South africa idid see some amateur farmers planting what you call elefant garlic, and if yopu notice those separated cloves they might have had like a shel instead of skin, those are very good to use as seeds, then from the adult flowers also some small cloves with really hard shels, then those are the best for seeds
I use to know a Detective Pete Kanaris in Clearwater, FL
That was my uncle! He passed away when I was young. Small world
I would think that those bulbs growing off the bigger one are for planting the next time. I think I'd go straight to the fridge with them and back into the ground when you're ready
That's exactly what I was thinking, boy great minds think alike, lol. But Rob blows me out of the water, bra. He is light years ahead of me as is my man Pete. So thankful to be able to gleam loads of knowledge from them and others of the community. Keeping it green my friend, life is good, be blessed. 👊
Just listening to this guy talk, I want to listen to Sublime and smoke a bong rip.
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l I've in Florida as well and grow alot of food aswell and grew garlic as well we grow garlic in the tropics but in the tropics certain varieties are grown and also at higher elevations where it's cooler those should also do well in Florida
Awesome! What varieties have done best for you?
OK. There is a series of videos on how to process the garlic after harvesting!
Here I grow them in fall and harvest in early spring
Cool!
How did you dry them?
I wonder if i can grow garlic in zone 10b. Its hard to grow onions and garlic in this area. The coldest it will get its 45 degrees for 3 weeks outvof the year.
I'm in 10b. I grow Maui onion variety it does well in heat.
We have several garlic plots in our yard in south Alabama. We don't plant them. They just come up on their own. One year my mom asked me to dig one up to get rid of it. I tried. They still came back up on their own. Basically they're weeds that we happen to eat.
Wow! That sounds like a good problem for some people.
I am curios about how long it took to plan such an operation. Nice work Rob..i know he is almost there. but i missed this one.
He spent a few weeks coming up with the idea. Rob had no prior gardening experience.
Hey Rob well done! How about lacto fermented garlic for preservation?
@Phoenix he doesn't, not sure how he slows his Jun ferment.
He has an inground "cooler".
I do put it in my kraut. I look forward to growing food in a temperate climate one day where storage is easier.
Thank you guys! Rob maybe you can bury some kind of a big waterproof box and use it as a root cellar?
I've got a bit of underground storage, but I wouldn't risk that for garlic because of humidity.
@@Robin.Greenfield Oh, that's great. I'm just beginning to grow my own food in Hudson Fl. I have alot to learn. Your garden is beautiful! Many Blessings!!
Would growing garlic on a mass scale be something that is possible in south Florida? Such as 1/2 acre or even a full acre
With the proper varieties
I doubt more sun would be helpful; I think the shade you had helped produce in our heat. Like many other plants & veggies, full sun in 85% of the country = partial sun to partial shade here. Indirect or dappled is good!
You may be right, but It was SUPER blocked for the first couple of months though. Maybe just a couple hours per day of sun in December when it was pretty cold.
@@Robin.Greenfield yes sir
C.J. Rogers omg I was just saying that today bc when instructions say "full sun" that would be death to them in FL after March. So I call it dappled too. Or at least shaded half the day if dappled cant be achieved in a particular location. I have to get more shade for my tomatoes as they are burning up. The ones in the dap zone are doing great. Tell me, am I wrong to think the UV index is consistently higher than avg this year, if anyone knows about that... but at the same time it has been very moderate otherwise so far this year in 10a west gulfcoast FL. What does the summer hold!
I grew mine in full sun and they did pretty well.
@@heidiw8406 In FLA?
I'm not surprised he can grow garlic there, according to google which is not always right, the high temps in Florida are not any worse than they get here in the summer and we are able to grow it. Thanks man
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@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL I'm glad he was able to grow it, especially since he is trying to live a year just on what he can forage, plus he has a nice variety.
I always told the kids watch out for elephants around the elephant garlic.......... I actually found it keeps better in heat than ordinary garlic, especially the little chips that form on the side. Save small unsegmented rounds of elephant garlic for replanting, you will get giant cloves.
Whoa! I need to get on this garlic
storage, try lining a hole in the ground with bricks or cement blocks. Finnish with and a wood top with weights on to keep critters out. i think the braid should not have the bulbs touching, its more of a french braid , but im not sure. i bet there is garlic braiding on you tube. if you hang them in the hole on a dowel i think they'll be fine. i dont even know if animals and insects like them.
I live in Orlando too!! Need help with my garden
How so?!
My garlic is drooping...any advice?
I know this video is 4 months old, but I just thought I'd add that garlic sleeps when it's warm. The hotter it is, the harder it sleeps. Cold actually triggers it to grow. Your garlic is not going to sprout in your hot little house with no AC. You can put it somewhere that it won't dry completely out, it'll sleep there just fine. I live in North Florida, and I keep my garlic in a fairly warm utility room that just gets a little AC from the house. Probably 80°. It sleeps there just fine, sometimes more than 2 years and it's still usable, but at the end of the two years it's getting close to going bad so I tend to plant it if it's lasted that long. I grow soft neck garlic in Florida, I typically get some organic garlic from the grocery store for seed. I like to find the ones that have a little bit of purple on their dried skins, I find they do better.
We made a all about growing garlic video. He stores it in in the refrigerator...
@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL yes I think if you didn't have at least a little bit of air conditioning, to keep it dry, that might be a good idea. I stored it on my carport one time with no AC, and it dried out pretty bad over the summer. I just know that my garlic, typically will start to sprout whenever it cools off. Even whenever it cools off into the sixties, the garlic in my utility room will begin to want to sprout so I'm afraid if I put it in the refrigerator it would really trigger it to sprout. I may throw a few in there just to see for curiosity's sake. Thanks for your reply.
How are you doing
Have you ever thought about roasting whole garlic bulbs and preserve in olive oil. The garlic will become sweet from roasting and you will also have garlic oil to hand.
He can use oil unless he makes it or grows it himself.
@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL oops I missed that fact.
Roast until very soft then eat, delicious!
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Love Rob does he have CZcams channel
Yup!
czcams.com/users/robgreenfield
Sending love Luke!
how do you kept the animal out of your garden....
I just put mine in a pudding dish in water on my kitchen window sill and eat the greens. Change the water every day.
Garlic and also be fermented for preservation which would work great in a tiny house with no climate control
Cool!
I love the taste of black garlic. Not sure if that is what you mean. I believe that is fermented or low temp cooked /dried for several days. Gives the clove an amazing sweet flavor and smooth texture.
Czy to czosnek?
Whoever said garlic can't be grown in Florida hasn't tried. It's easy. At least it's easy in the part of Florida where it gets below freezing for a few days in winter.
Strange people. The garlic capitol of the world, Gilroy, CA, does not freeze. The whole town and surrounding area smells like garlic, there is so much garlic there.
Maybe it's our nematodes. They are just awful.
We grow garlic. It doesn’t get as big as up north but we grow it tooz
Love me some garlic!
What part of Florida ? Do you mimic Rob's method or do you have your own ? I'm just on the edge of the Ocala/Dunnellon area, blessed with that beautiful Ocala sand don't cha know. Grown flowers and such for years until one day it clicked : you could be growing food dumbass !!! LOL !!! Ah, my lighting fast mind, only took me 60 years to figure it out, LOL !!! Be blessed, keep it green, and enjoy every moment, best of luck in all your adventures. 👊
Gerald Franz better late than never! that's me.
You gave me hope.
Question. When is it the best time to grow garlic in South Florida?
He says in the video plant in November and harvest when ready, the leaves will let you know. Here in North Central that is what I do, I use garlic from the organic produce dept. but next year I am going to buy seed garlic. Go to his blog listed above under MORE, its amazingly detailed.
Thank you
Replant those little bulbs of garlic and they will grow new plants, the ones that are like a green onion can be roasted whole or sliced and stir fried.
Thanks for sharing Heather!
This is good garlic to make a garlic pickle
That sounds yummy!
where in florida are you?
Rob was in Orlando before
You can also grow garlic chives. Mine stays green all year around.
Yup! Thanks Renee
yes mine are like weeds, the flowers are great in salads, they self sow, and I also have wild onions growing by themselves every Spring in North Central FL.
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KEEP THE SKIN GIVE ME THE GARLIC LOL
Elephant garlic is like a multiplier onion.
What does Rob do that he's so happy about everything in life? Does he practice yoga or something?
You would be surprised what can happens working in living soils with your hands on a daily basis. I’m not sure if he still practices yoga.