This is absolutely the BEST gardening channel.....you can not get any more expert information than right here. This is my one stop gardening youtube channel!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Many thanks MVIsland
@mike1968442
6 жыл бұрын
I agree. If Im trying to research or obtain a quick answer, I go here first.
@SimplyScalping
4 жыл бұрын
Yep. Search for garlic rust in google and none of this practical advice is there. Great video
@var14s
4 жыл бұрын
YES. ONE VIDEO AND YOU WANT MORE.
@dudeatx
3 жыл бұрын
I'd been trying to get useful vegetable growing information from other well known gardeners and never felt any the wiser, or confident But I've realised they are not vegetable growing specialists whereas Charles is. After reading his books and watching this channel, I am now fully adopting his methodology and advice and now feel really confident of some good results next year.
@blueexpresstv5401
3 жыл бұрын
I love the way he narrates and explains with a smile... EVERYTIME.
@laurabartoli5909
3 жыл бұрын
I just realised Mr Dowding reminds me of how my grandfather used to talk and explain everything about his plants as I helped him in the garden... thank you for the memories.
@JWHealing
3 жыл бұрын
How sweet. For someone like me, he's my pretend grandfather, the one I never had. 🌷
@melaniehouston6633
3 жыл бұрын
Two years later....timeless! Ty!
@SK-lt1so
3 жыл бұрын
Garlic is an easy, great vegetable to grow. Animals leave it alone. You can eat the flower,(scapes), use the seed-pod for cooking. Grows tall so out-competes weeds.Keeps well. Very much "plant and forget"
@smhollanshead
2 жыл бұрын
And it’s a set it and forget it crop. You just plant garlic in the fall and harvest the garlic in mid-summer. The less you do the better the garlic crop.
@TheMoreYouGrow
5 жыл бұрын
Charles I just want to tell you how much I love watching your videos and how much you’ve done for me. Your channel and videos are a big influence on the types of things I do on my channel. Just wanted you to know how much I appreciate what you do, the quality of your videos, and how you inspire me to grow my channel my channel further. Keep up the great work sir!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear and I wish you well
@jenniewilliamsmural
4 жыл бұрын
Love to Charles and his family - how much I've learned - its phenomenal and a gentle revolution. Warmes regards Jennie
@PetalsonthePavingSlabs
6 жыл бұрын
I look forward to my Mr Dowding fix, it feeds my brain and my soul. Thank you, as ever another great video.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Thaankyou
@liannevictoria
6 жыл бұрын
OH I'm so pleased to see a video on garlic. Just this last week I'd been rummaging through your forum to get an idea what/when/how you grow your garlic. So satisfying to watch! Thank you so much for making this video!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Thankyou L
@carolparrish194
6 жыл бұрын
I have been growing Elephant garlic for many, many years. I started with only 3 cloves. Planted, harvested and replanted. I find that they are very prolific. The little bulblets that stay in the ground will produce small bulbs. the first year. If left in the ground they will produce larger bulbs the second year. It seems that there are always small plants each year that come up. I plant the large cloves for bigger bulbs. I use the same area for planting every year since I know there will be self seeding. I like Elephant garlic but I prefer the traditional kind. I use both. This year I dried the Elephant garlic and ground it into powder for seasoning. Best to keep it in the freezer after grinding to prevent caking or find an alternate method. I found out the hard way. Love,Love your videos!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Helpful information Carol, thankypu
@dudeatx
3 жыл бұрын
This year, instead of spending £2.50 for a bulb of seed garlic, I've just bought supermarket ones for 39p each and planted those. They're doing well so far.
@TheGreenPond-nature
3 жыл бұрын
I've always used super market garlic occasionally organic! Supermarket garlic. So far it has done well. Had a nice crop last year and saved some to replant this year
@lizzieatherfold2293
5 жыл бұрын
I didn't think that rust affected the growth so very interesting thanks
@NovaMains
3 жыл бұрын
Just adore Charles channel !! What an amazing man !! Nothing better than a man who knows how to grow food ❤️
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
Many thanks
@abbyhillman769
5 жыл бұрын
I learn so much from Mr. Dowding. I eagerly await each video.
@rleeusaraga
6 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love how to grow your own garlic. Love to give a try in my garden.
@T3hJones
6 жыл бұрын
OMG 10:30 Charles is using a shovel digging!!! Haha great video as always.
@roymiller1718
4 жыл бұрын
Laww care,thaching and reseeding
@OffiBeats
5 жыл бұрын
Never would have thought that watching garlic being harvested & planted reduces stress
@kristineschilling6917
5 жыл бұрын
its his voice right? soothing while he explained what he was doing.
@mazevedo2010
4 жыл бұрын
I’m looking for a live more connect with nature... that’s the real life, the real world and the reason it’s so relaxing... at least, I believe so...
@mamabear8641
4 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍 SO true
@ralphinkley81
4 жыл бұрын
@@kristineschilling6917 I could listen to Charles read the dictionary.
@clairecadoux471
3 жыл бұрын
Same, and I got stress reduction watching ancient rusted tools brought back to life. Random appearance on yt. Amazing to watch an expert at their craft.
@rosem6604
3 жыл бұрын
I live in Israel. For now I can only do container gardening. We mostly have garlic from China, which I somehow don't like. Last year I found fresh garlic in the supermarket so I snatched a few for eating but also for planting. I put a head of big cloves in the fridge and planted in November. Our winters are, of course, much less cold and wet than the UK, but this year it was totally springy, as temps were around 20C most of the time! I planted 6 big cloves, all of which sprang up in 3 days in November. In the last few days I noticed one of the necks was bending at the base. So I decided to give in to temptation and dug it up. My first garlic ever! A whole head! small, but the cloves seem pretty big, which I love. I'm so happy. I'll leave the rest to grow some more, of course. Thanks for the info, it's so helpful.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
This is really nice to hear Rose, what a lovely result! That is very very early for a head of garlic and generally I reckon your harvest time will be maybe early May. You can have a little rummage in the soil around the bulbs to see how much they are swelling
@nicolechristinebertini3457
5 жыл бұрын
Mr Charles, you make gardening look so easy!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Nicole. It is easier than often made out!
@naomi2646
11 ай бұрын
Thank you Charles, I've had trouble with mold in the soil and on garlic. Love the visit to your garden.
@annesparks2091
6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant as usual. The Bulgarians have introduced us to a new use for garlic.They pick them young and immature when they are like spring onions and have them whole with Salad, meats, or both. Can be very hot, but very tasty and not for someone who doesn't like smelling of garlic! They also pickle the mature garlic, again whole in their skins.To eat them you just peel the skins to get to the fruit, again very tasty. I'm sure there are many countries that do the same and more, but I for one being from the UK had never experienced it before. Growing the garlic undercover, is this solely to help with the rust or do they mature earlier than outdoor grown?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Anne and I should have mentioned their use as 'spring onions', we do it sometimes, pickling sounds interesting!
@garrettturley9851
6 жыл бұрын
Great video, I am glad you posted this as I am planning on planting garlic in my own garden. Thanks so much!!
@mitchh9111
6 жыл бұрын
Trying 3 new varieties of garlic this year as well as my usual one. Will definitely be planting some in the polytunnel this year, thanks for that tip.
@rachealrumbo4441
6 жыл бұрын
The little balls left under the elephant garlic are seeds. I collect them and plant them on a separate row from my garlic cloves in October. When your cloves are ready to harvest, harvest your seed garlic. It will be one solid ping pong size garlic. The next October, plant the solid ping pong garlic, and you will get a whole clove. Mom and dad told me it was a way to keep that line of garlic pure and extra large. If you only plant cloves from the same garlic, they will year after year, your garlic cloves will get smaller and smaller over time.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Rachael this is most helpful, thankyou!
@bfrommars
6 жыл бұрын
It takes a couple of years but is much cheaper than buying the full size bulbs, you have to weigh it up to see which is best for you
@tribulation138
5 жыл бұрын
Garlic is A-sexual. So if you plant the bulbils year after year it's just a clone of the previous year. If you let it the garlic flower, pull off bulbils on top. Let the flowers get pollinated and true seed will form the size of let's say carrot seed. Use that seed. In 2 years you will have your own garlic variety to your own soil.
@Adee-at-Rainier
5 жыл бұрын
tribulation138 I have never seen bulbils before this video. So if I grew garlic and let them flower, bulbils will grow from the top where it flowered? Or did you mean from the ground? I like the concept of developing your own line.
@tribulation138
5 жыл бұрын
@@Adee-at-Rainier yes. The bulbils grow from the top
@dodgybodger3124
5 жыл бұрын
Hats off to you. That's a really nice veg garden. Wish we could all have such a wonderful space. Peace to you n yours ✌
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Many thanks
@andreajones7023
6 жыл бұрын
Elephant Garlic IS a leek. Hence taking two years from bulbil to bulb.
@ArmindaHeart
6 жыл бұрын
So many great tips I didn’t know yet! Thanks! Your channel is my favorite.
@tinkerbell9399
Жыл бұрын
First time growing garlic. We bought them as tiny plants in spring. Think we should look to be harvesting them. Thanks for info on harvest and storing garlic. We have been very disappointed with shop bought stuff. It doesn’t last long at all. Thanks for sharing.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
Жыл бұрын
Best of luck, yes harvest now and keep it dry
@camicri4263
6 жыл бұрын
That is great! Thank you, I was just wondering if I should plant garlic now and you answered my question.
@david111davies
5 жыл бұрын
Rust is almost inevitable in the UK. I grew it on a totally virgin site with virgin soil with no other veg in site and still got it mid May. Started spraying with dithane as soon as I seen it and it is still slowly spreading although probably at a slower rate. Heart breaking after spending so much time and space over them. Plus my softnecks all bolted and made scapes.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Ah shame
@travisfosterart
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the education and encouragement.
@elizabethflynn8455
6 жыл бұрын
Nice one,Charles. Really enjoy your posts. Thank you very much. I work in a garden centre,and am always recommending your channel.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Ah that is good to hear Elizabeth and thanks
@elizabethflynn8455
6 жыл бұрын
Charles Dowding My pleasure.
@thechief762
5 жыл бұрын
If you plant the elephant garlic bulbils you will get a large solid round single clove the size of a small onion. If you plant that "round" you will get a monster elephant garlic head with huge cloves. Be careful it may attract elephants!
@wisconsinfarmer4742
4 жыл бұрын
No one is talking about the elephant garlic in the room.
@Hayley-sl9lm
4 жыл бұрын
It's pretty cool how plants make these antioxidant pigments to protect themselves from UV damage.
@mm-nk3qe
4 жыл бұрын
Wow. Is that what all those orange spots are on the leaves. Thanks. I didn't know this 💖
@Hayley-sl9lm
4 жыл бұрын
@@mm-nk3qe I was actually referring to how he mentions that some garlic gets purple in the sun -- a lot of plants have these purple pigments called anthocyanins which get up regulated in response to light. I'm not familar with the pathogenesis of garlic rust specifically but I can say that most plant leaves also contain orange pigments called carotenoids, which become more visible if chlorophyll production shuts down, and that can happen in response to pathogens. However the fungus itself might actually have an orange pigment? I wish I knew.
@Hayley-sl9lm
4 жыл бұрын
@@mm-nk3qe I actually tried to search what pigment causes the orange color but I couldn't find anything. They did say on all the pages that I looked at though that the orange was actually the fruiting bodies of the fungus, so I do think that it's probably from the fungus making the pigment and not the plant in this case.
@FrankEdavidson
5 жыл бұрын
It has always rotted here (Abdn) or cloves don't form despite sufficient frost. I even tried sowing in ridges to help drainage and early sowing in August to get enough growth before the frosts. Heavy loam. There's a garlic farm in Nairn even more north than here but they might have alluvial soil. or be using polytunnels.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Ah bother. Try hardneck Frank as that tolerates cold better. There are Canadian varieties.
@kikstartmyx3
5 жыл бұрын
Charles....your forgotten/self sown garlic grows better than my intentional garlic...HA!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
:)
@sardar5150
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! I grow the hardneck variety. I usually dig a trench and add worm castings and plant. Add more compost on top, no fertilizers ever, I do mulch with shredded leaves to protect in our harsh winters. I do get great looking garlic,, but you've convinced me here to use a dibber. Seems easier and less disturbance to the soil life .
@CharlesDowding1nodig
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds great already, good luck with dibbing
@HighWealder
Жыл бұрын
I have taken to now only growing autumn sown Elephant Garlic as it doesn't seem to suffer from rust, the yield is massive and it stores very well.
@josieblanco4587
4 жыл бұрын
Hardworking Man God bless Sir stay safe
@robertomahony1739
6 жыл бұрын
Yet another fantastic video thanks for sharing this im going to try and grow garlic this season
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Great
@krystynam4076
6 жыл бұрын
Thank You for sharing all this information.
@aopstoar4842
6 жыл бұрын
I have grown hard neck garlics for two seasons now. The first year I took cloves from the store and harvested them last autumn. Then I replanted the new cloves and during this very dry summer they never finished but dried up somewhere around July even though they grew by a river. I have observed that if the plants do not get succesfull pollination of the flowers, small elongated garlic cloves grow where seeds should have matured. I have planted some of these with success but they form almost grasslike stems. Your elephant garlics seems to do the same thing but on the roots, just like potatoes.
@bfrommars
6 жыл бұрын
I am not sure what you mean by the seeds maturing? You are talking about the little bulbils on the cloves and not the flower? In any case you will get grass like stems for the first year but you will be rewarded the following year with proper sized bulbs.
@aopstoar4842
6 жыл бұрын
I did not find the English word for the part of the plant where the flowers would have turned into seeds (the small black ones after successful pollination) so I described it as best as I could. There are as far as I can count four ways into new garlic bulbs. One from cloves in the ground, two from pollinated flowers, three from missed pollinated flowers with one year delay and in the case of elephant garlic from root growth also with a year delay. Cloning and sexual reproduction en masse.
@astridbuhmann165
5 жыл бұрын
@@aopstoar4842 Greetings from South Africa! You are quite correct, some alliums produce small aerial bulbils on the flower head instead of making seeds or forming underground bulbils off the main bulb. I was always under the impression that the only edible alliums which reproduced in this way were the Egyptian Walking Onions. However, this year I bought a small bag of shallot bulbs from a grocery store and planted them. Of the 15 bulbs planted, 14 made seeds... and ONE made bulbils. Evidently they were not real shallots, but onions that looked like shallots! Regarding the bulbils, however, at the time I believed that the purchased "shallot" must have been crossed with a walking onion somewhere in its past. Now I am fascinated by your theory that the aerial bulbil production might be the result of a lack of pollination? I do have 3 beehives on the property so pollination is rarely a problem, but interestingly the one plant that formed bulbils instead of seeds was the one hidden away under a rambling tomato. Do you have any evidence to suggest pollination (or lack thereof) plays a part in the formation of aerial bulbils instead of seeds on the flower head?
@aehrakhab
5 жыл бұрын
You got Mae Hong Son shirt .... which mean you already travel to North of Thailand ❤️ by the way love your videos
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks and I loved it there, in Pai, had been staying in Doi Saket and enjoyed visiting the King's Project farm
@chongseitmooi2593
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful harvest
@PovestiDinGradinaMea
3 жыл бұрын
A remedy for rust, I do this every year, in 10l of water I mix 10l of water from the sauerkraut (we make sauerkraut every fall, and in the spring we save the water for this purpose). With this mixture we water the garlic and the soil from above like normal but you go with the watering can very quickly, like running, you don't want to much of this solution on the plants. We do this 2 times, once when the garlic is about 10cm long and twice when it is full size. But do this in the evening and when it doesn't rain. I hope it will help you. For us work very well. Have a blessed day! P.S. please excuse my english, I'm not a speaker, still learning :)
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this lovely tip which I shall try, since I have some sauerkraut liquid. But not a lot because I have thrown some away! 🥵
@flyingfalafel7748
5 жыл бұрын
You my friend are simply a master :) thank you so much.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Raphael, that is nice
@bws5929
3 жыл бұрын
This was so informative and yet very pleasant to watch. Thank you!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@Nori-xt8uj
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful garden thank you for you information 🇺🇸🙏
@ForgottenWayFarms
6 жыл бұрын
Garlic is amazing, and your garden is that too. Love all your videos. What is your zone?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Thankyou and we are zone 8, temperate oceanic.
@wisconsinfarmer4742
4 жыл бұрын
You are several latitudes farther north than we are in zone 4. Funny.
@msb8013
3 жыл бұрын
I've got some wild garlic. I'm going to see how big I can grow it.
@stevendowden2579
6 жыл бұрын
another cracking video
@garlicandchilipreppers8533
2 жыл бұрын
The proper name for Elephant Garlic is Babington Leek, and the little bulbils on the roots and bulbs are called Korms.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this but Babington Leeks are native to the UK, I believe are only found here and are not elephant garlic, see backyardlarder.co.uk/babingtons-leek/. Korms is a good word thanks
@falfield
3 жыл бұрын
I have the impression that elephant garlic bulbils do germinate and grow large near-spherical single clove elephant garlic plants, sometimes several years after they were formed. It is the only explanation I can think of for volunteer elephant garlic appearing where once I had grown it in numerous parts of the allotment plot. To test out the idea, I've sown a tiny bed with bulbils from last yrs harvest. None have come up yet, but I think the extra thickness of the bulbils' preotective skin takes longer to break down and allow growth.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. My bulbils make single-clove bulbs by July, which we leave in place and they grow into full-size elephant garlic by the following summer
@nigelclifton5814
6 жыл бұрын
I always like the information you give which is counter to "accepted wisdom"; so in future I will not wait for all the leaves to turn yellow before harvesting. I have read that softneck varieties store longer(9-12 months) than hardneck varieties (as little as 4 months). Have you noticed any differences in storage times?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Nigel and yes I find that hardnecks store well, we were eating them at 9-10 months this spring, maybe it helps to have harvested them earlier.
@nigelclifton5814
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your advice. I will try more varieties of both types.
@Honest_Reviewer.
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent video--thank you for sharing.
@zcm5389
5 жыл бұрын
Your garden tidy and clean. Like from Indonesia
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Yes it's important for vegetables
@soniabutler6280
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the guidance.
@Blackhuf
5 жыл бұрын
12:09 so much for "no dig" just kidding :D great video and channel!
@kimfox5186
3 жыл бұрын
OK I'm off to buy some planting garlic😉
@lovecatspiracy
5 жыл бұрын
You remind me of Sir David Attenborough ;)
@nayruncharasupornsin8598
5 жыл бұрын
I love your shirt. Your channel is my favourite. 💗💗 l am from thailand.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Many thanks nayrunchara, and what a lovely country you live in.
@paulboyter4153
6 жыл бұрын
Great video once again, thank you 🙏🏼
@infinland
4 жыл бұрын
Your shirt is very beautiful and your vegetables are beautiful and appetizing 👍👍😊😊
@mjaylith5232
4 жыл бұрын
I love garlic, but no success growing any. I found this very interesting and Mr Dowding mesmerizing,
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Cool thanks :)
@mjaylith5232
4 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig very cool dear man. I will give it another try. I'd give u a hug, but have to practice the social distancing rule~such a downer lol
@marycielo7790
4 жыл бұрын
This is my first year planting garlic. In eight months I will tell you.
@anaortinez9423
5 жыл бұрын
I'm Filipina i really like Watching You're video..
@gerreddy9287
6 жыл бұрын
Charles, would you say planting softneck variety in a polytunnel or hardneck in a polytunnel is better ? I wasn't sure what you meant. thanks. Love all your videos. They are so inspirational.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Either is good Ger. Softneck is easier in a tunnel as it's earlier to harvest, before summer crops take the space.
@bignige
6 жыл бұрын
So entertaining!
@ramthian
3 жыл бұрын
Great 👍.
@gakkeeengakkeeen7791
4 жыл бұрын
Wow thanks
@guylamullins3602
4 жыл бұрын
Fusarium basal rot yellows leaves and turns bulbs purple
@livingladolcevita7318
6 жыл бұрын
I grow both elephant and the other Garlic, good film thanks
@chatchayawannasopon3090
3 жыл бұрын
The shirt is from Thailand.
@commonconservative7551
5 жыл бұрын
@7:00 it looks like a big shadow right where they are growing
@tracyhogan3444
5 жыл бұрын
So happy I found you! Learning so much!
@amerruru2443
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much
@RiverPlaid
6 жыл бұрын
Lovely video 🌝
@alicia217
4 жыл бұрын
Does garlic grow well in containers?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
yes
@rodkersjourneys3039
6 жыл бұрын
Great, thanks Charles. I've heard people say hard neck garlic isn't suitable to grow in this country (UK) because it prefers very cold winters. Is there any truth in that? I've seen it recommended also because it produces a lot of organic matter which is good for compost. Is that true?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Good examples of statements with little to back them up. Yes hard neck does better than soft neck in cold-winter climates. And it grows well in the UK! The organic matter comment makes no sense. Just grow whichever you like.
@Ryin88
3 жыл бұрын
Can you recommend a large garlic variety? Elephant garlic impressed me, but i learned later its a leek and its flavor was incredibly mild. So Im looking for a true equally large garlic
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
A soft neck like Thermidor. Size comes mostly from fertile soil and good growing
@oopimms91oo44
6 жыл бұрын
Charles! I’ve just seen you on garden rescue, looking rather smart in your jacket and scarf, I must say! 😜
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Emma. It's funny how that was filmed two years ago I think, I don't have a tv and never saw it, apparently they have me advising on the benefits of no dig, then they go digging!
@oopimms91oo44
6 жыл бұрын
Yes that’s right! I got my note book out and took some fantastic notes from your section, I’m surprised it was filmed so long ago! Slightly off topic, I have a very large garden, and half of my veggie growing areas are absolutely plagued by bindweed and another low growing ground cover plant that I can’t identify, that have cable like roots that I cannot dig out without destroying my soil! Would you recommend your no dig method for areas like these? I’m really struggling to get them under control!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Emma see my bindweed video, mulching works but needs time too. For the other plant, you can but try. kzitem.info/news/bejne/upxsuYVsoH9yZag
@oopimms91oo44
6 жыл бұрын
Charles Dowding fantastic, thank you very much for your advice. I am determined to make a beautiful garden 💪 over lots and lots of time...
@dominiquelesbirel3259
4 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Hi Charles, I googled it after seeing your comment. You can see it on youtube without a tv, (I don't have one either), your part starts at 20 mins in: kzitem.info/news/bejne/sZytzpyjkZ-JY6w (If the link doesn't work let me know and I'll find another way to send it.)
@x7j4
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve got garlic rust too, here on the west coast of Canada. If I put the rusty garlic leaves in my compost will I just be spreading the rust to next year’s garden?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
I put them on my heaps of compost and don't believe that it makes a difference to what happens the following spring. I had garlic rust here in my first year when the soil had not grown vegetables for 30 years.
@freedomination2
6 жыл бұрын
Use baking soda and water to help treat rust and powdery mildew!
@SlaschD
6 жыл бұрын
Have you tried it before? If so at what dilution rate would you recommend? I would be interested in trying it out. Thank you for your time.
@bartosrobert4213
4 жыл бұрын
For the rust...it is the lack of iron in the land.. foliar iron it doos the trick
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Ironic! And worth a try, thanks.
@scottykonovalov4518
6 жыл бұрын
Charles I have been enjoying your posts but it's my understanding it's may be a nutritional deficiency causing the rust probably try doing a sap and soil test might be the cause however I am not a botanist or very successful at growing large beautiful garlic please keep up the great work
@CharlesDowding1nodig
6 жыл бұрын
Cheers Scotty, interesting thought but the soil is the same in my polytunnel, where there is hardly any rust, and outside where there is loads. This points to weather/temperature/rain falling differences.
@scottykonovalov4518
6 жыл бұрын
Do you think if they had maybe a better balance of nutrition balance they could handle the stress of the elements
@maulor3
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Charles long time follower here; ginger and turmeric? Can't find any videos left out they feel methinks c:
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
Bit cool here for them :)
@maulor3
3 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig you've a Polly tunnel good sir! have you tried before and it's been hard or?
@benjaminmanns7996
11 ай бұрын
Hey Charles, got a question regarding plating garlic. I'm in zone 5B and I planted my garlic bulbs October 10th. However, they have sprouted and now have about 5" shoots popping up. Should I just mulch over the green tops for winter? Or should I wait till the first hard freeze to kill the tops then mulch over?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Oooh tricky. That sounds an excessive amount of growth in just under three weeks, I never saw that! I wonder if it's an early variety. Whatever, maybe another year if you grow that type of garlic I would plant early November because yes, they might need some mulch cover against the cold. Garlic stands a lot of frost but will be helped by some mulching. The green leaves survive frost, so scatter straw between them.
@sandrafuentes3449
4 жыл бұрын
Wuau no había visto este video que hermosos ajos es usted un genio es usted buenísimo en lo que hace cada vez que veo un vídeo suyo me animo más a sembrar gracias gracias ♥️
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Muchas gracias Sandra
@sandrafuentes3449
4 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig ♥️
@gretchen1761
4 жыл бұрын
Charles I watch your show, and like them but this says garlic and cover crops and nothing discusses the cover crops. I grow w=50,000 bulbs each year and need a good cover crop. could u suggest? thank you. heritage gourmet Garlic of montana
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Gretchen, and my advice is for smaller gardeners, to maximise use of space with a new planting of vegetables straight after or even before garlic harvest. Therefore no space for cover crop and the ground is covered by vegetables, also the compost mulch.
@ericbarritt304
4 жыл бұрын
Wondering if you've had any success with planting ginger? When I hear garlic, I can't help thinking about ginger. Tips & tricks?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Not yet! Needs a lot of warmth to make roots (does grow)
@Papaveromio
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Charles. Your garlic harvest looks really stunning. Mine over here in the Berlin area has been poor for the last three years. They start to grow well but then they vanish, at least half of them. My elephant garlic which I tried for the first time last autumn, was completely gone by late winter/spring. I assume they get eaten by mice maybe? Would you have any idea what I could do to improve and/or protect my harvest? I have sandy soil to which I am adding compost on a yearly basis (no dig for 2 years now). Thank you! Alexandra
@kimramseyer2220
Жыл бұрын
I had my garlic disappear as well, and thought it was voles. The Spring after that, they popped up!!
@maciejwnuk1592
5 жыл бұрын
Running a gardening store in Poland the rust on garlic (leek rust as you mentioned) seems to be very common problem among hobby gardeners. We have a fungicide (available also for hobby market) to spray over the crops in late May/early June when first signs of infection appear but if you want to stay natural the only advice is to keep rotating beds which on such a small scale can be not too effective I'm afraid. Importantly you have to get rid of all the infected leafs and never compost them as this way you spread the disease for next years. Another way of prevention is deep-dig in autumn but this seems to be opposite to your no-dig philosophy :). Despite most onions, leeks and garlic prefer soil fertile in nitrogenium try to keep these beds low in it as it makes your garlic more sensitive. Lastly, its first time I found out about elephant garlic which is very uncommon in here although my wife claims it used to be back in the day. Gotta find it and try it. Much respect for your work on this chanel, Sir.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Maciej nice to hear this, and I hope you find that garlic. As a trial I have grown leeks 4 years running in same soil, and rust is not increasing. It's the same as in the rest of my garden (not too bad but always there) and we remove rusty leaves to the compost heap. I don't find that increases rust, nor do I believe that deep digging reduces it. It's strange that so many supposed "solutions" involve digging and not composting, always makes me suspicious who is putting that out there. Less compost, and soil life destroyed by digging, means more fertiliser and pesticide sales.
@mobrosch9154
4 жыл бұрын
Dear Charles my soft neck garlic has never really looked properly green. It has grown ok but for about three weeks now it has been bending over and flagging as if wilting. I water it every day sometimes twice. It looks very pale yellowish green I have fed it with dilute nettle tea. I even gave it Epsom salts but no better. . Any advice? Thank you you are my go to expert.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
That sounds poor and you are overwatering which may be some of the cause. Plant roots need air as well as moisture. Perhaps the soil lacks organic matter. Nothing to do now except stop watering and wit for harvest in 3 weeks or so.
@mobrosch9154
4 жыл бұрын
Charles Dowding thank you so much I will do better!! 😂🤞
@franksavignano942
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Charles ,just got on to your videos,great gardening ,I live in a warm temperate climate in Australia and I’m confused About when to plant garlic ,and onions ,can u help please .regards frank
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers Frank, and I reckon that April to June is best time for you, before midwinter
@franksavignano942
3 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig .thank you,is that for both , garlic and onion.our mild winters are. June July august.regards frank
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
@@franksavignano942 Onions sow on shortest day, they grow in your spring and harvest probably in December
@kenrehill8775
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Charles I was just in the supermarché in France and saw Garlic for planting for sale, so I took it to the vegetable section weighed and discovered it was twice the price of the garlic that was for sale to eat. So I took a punt and bought the eating garlic Was that a mistake? Also the planting garlic was white, whilst the eating was purple tinged, which I preferred. Garlic’s garlic right?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds great Ken and all good unless (hope not) they treated the eating garlic to stop or slow its sprouting. I have used eating garlic with good results.
@kenrehill8775
4 жыл бұрын
Charles Dowding we’ll take a punt and see what happens. I think in the past I’ve bought the same bulbs and not used them all, leaving them in the fridge, and they’ve generally sprouted.
@RascalandCrowFarm
3 жыл бұрын
What type of soft necks do you plant... please let me know?
@Elena-zm4fc
4 жыл бұрын
He said, ‘plant from the middle of September till Christmas. Earlier than that, you will get the higher yield’. Did I get this right? Does it mean that if you plant it earlier (for an example, in August), you will get higher yield in spring?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
I meant that September planting gives higher yield than planting in December! You could try August :)
@Elena-zm4fc
4 жыл бұрын
@Charles Dowding Thank you for your replay. You seem very experienced and I learned A LOT about garlic from your video)
@chrism3845
4 жыл бұрын
Hi there,. Here in Australia, we start planting seed garlic about now. Can you please advise whether potassium, potash and/or blood & bone should be lightly added to the soil before planting out the garlic cloves. Thanks.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Chris, I use none of those, compost only.
@rileymg4675
3 жыл бұрын
Would you say it's ok to plant 'Lautrec Wight' garlic now? Not too late I hope? I'm in Devon
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
Yes tomorrow. Sooner the better :)
@rileymg4675
3 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Brilliant thank you! I will make sure to check this video when harvesting. Feeling inspired after watching many of your videos
@cromwell13649
3 жыл бұрын
Would you advise useing the small cloves taken from the bulb for planting as well as the big cloves ?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
No we eat them
@cromwell13649
3 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig So you start your garlic plants from seed ?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
3 жыл бұрын
@@cromwell13649 No. The cloves are called seed. I never saw garlic seed :)
@cromwell13649
3 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Hello Mr Dowding I am not a gardener and only seek your professional advice ,as this is your specific field . So as I asked first time around . In my garlic bulb I have cloves of all sizes ,large cloves medium and small cloves . Does it make a difference which size cloves I plant or would you select only the large cloves for planting .
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