PUTTING
PUTTING OUR GARDENS TO BED FOR THE WINTER, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU CAN PLANT NOW
THAT WILL GROW
THROUGH THE WINTER
AND BE READY FOR A
DELICIOUS HARVEST
COME NEXT SPRING.
TODAY ON 'YOU CAN
GROW IT', GARDEN
MASTER JIM DUTHIE GIVES
US A LITTLE TASTE OF
GARLIC, AND HOW YOU
CAN GROW IT.
"THIS TIME OF YEAR WE
TALK A LOT ABOUT
WINTER COMING AND THE
END OF OUR GROWING
SEASON, BUT THERE ARE
SOME THINGS THAT YOU
CAN PLANT THAT YOU
CAN KEEP GROWING ALL
WINTER LONG AND BE
READY TO HARVEST IN
THE SPRING. ONE OF
THEM IS GARLIC. LINDSAY
SCHRAMM FROM NORTH
END ORGANIC NURSERY IS
WITH ME RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE READY TO TALK A
LITTLE GARLIC, BECAUSE
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE
HAD A FEW QUESTIONS
FROM PEOPLE ABOUT
LATELY."
"SURE. IT'S DEFINITELY
SOMETHING THAT IS EASY
TO GROW, BUT YOU NEED
TO KNOW HOW."
"ALRIGHT, SO WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT GARLIC,
THERE ARE TWO
DIFFERENT KINDS. YOU
TALK
TALK ABOUT A SOFT NECK AND A HARD NECK GARLIC. AND THERE ARE
CERTAIN KINDS YOU WANT
TO PLANT AND SOME
THAT YOU DON'T."
"ABSOLUTELY. SO THE
TWO MAJOR CATEGORIES
OF GARLIC YOU HAVE
YOUR HARD NECK THAT
LITERALLY HAVE A STIFF
NECK, AND THEY HAVE A
CIRCLE OF CLOVES THAT
ARE FAIRLY LARGE THAT
GROW AROUND THAT
CENTER STEM."
"WHEREAS THE SOFT
NECK GARLIC, WHEN YOU
FEEL IT, IT HAS A SOFT
NECK, AND THIS IS WHAT
WE CALL BRAIDING
GARLIC..."
SOFT NECK GARLIC IS
WHAT YOU'LL USUALLY
FIND IN THE GROCERY
STORE, BECAUSE IT HAS A
LONGER SHELF LIFE.
BUT HARD NECK GARLIC
IS WHAT MOST CHEFS
AND PROFESSIONAL
COOKS PREFER.
"IT HAS A MORE
GARLICKY, KIND OF
COMPLEX FLAVOR TO IT,
BUT BECAUSE OF ITS SHELF
LIFE, IT'S USUALLY
AVAILABLE ONLY PART OF
THE YEAR."
AND DID YOU KNOW
THAT PLANTING GROCERY
STORE GARLIC IN YOUR
GARDEN IS ACTUALLY
ILLEGAL?
IT'S BECAUSE OF WHITE
ROT, A FUNGAL DISEASE
THAT CAN AFFECT GARLIC
CROPS. ONCE IN THE
SOIL, WHITE ROT IS
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO
ERADICATE. AND BECAUSE
OF THE DEVASTATING
IMPACT IT COULD HAVE IF
IT SPREADS TO IDAHO'S
ONION INDUSTRY,
ONLY CERTIFIED
DISEASE-FREE SEED
GARLIC MAY BE SOLD AND
PLANTED IN SOUTHWEST
IDAHO. BUT ONCE YOU
GET SOME CERTIFIED
GARLIC, NOW IS A GOOD
TIME TO PLANT IT.
"IT'S AN IDEAL CROP FOR
RIGHT NOW. I LOVE IT
BECAUSE IT UTILIZES THE
GARDEN WHEN YOU
DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE REALLY GROWING."
"IT'S A SET IT AND
FORGET
FORGET IT
FORGET IT KIND OF CROP." GARLIC IS A BULB, AND LIKE TULIPS AND
DAFFODILS, IT LOVES RICH
ORGANIC SOIL, SO BOOST
THE NUTRIENTS BY
ADDING FERTILIZERS LIKE
BONE AND KELP MEAL TO
STIMULATE GROWTH AND
ENHANCE THE GARLIC
FLAVOR.
"SO ONE OF THE
IMPORTANT THINGS IS
MAKE SURE YOU DON'T
BREAK UP YOUR BULBS
UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE
PLANTING."
"SO WE WANT TO LOOK
FOR A BIG BULB TO START
OUT WITH, AND THEN THE
BIGGEST CLOVES OF THAT
BIGGEST BULB ARE GOING
TO THEN YIELD THE
LARGEST GARLIC DOWN
THE ROAD."
"SO YOU'RE NOT
PLANTING THE WHOLE
BULB, YOU'RE JUST
PLANTING THE CLOVES."
"AND SO THIS IS THE
ROOT SIDE DOWN, AND
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT SIDE DOES GO
DOWN WHEN PLANTING."
"SO SPACING-WISE, YOU
WANT TO GIVE IT ABOUT
FOUR TO SIX INCHES
BETWEEN BULBS, BETWEEN
CLOVES, AS YOU'RE
PLANTING. AND ABOUT
TWO INCHES OF SOIL
ABOVE EACH CLOVE."
"SO FOR RIGHT NOW, I'M
JUST USING MY FINGERS
TO KIND OF DIBBLE DOWN
AND YOU CAN USE LIKE
THE END OF SHOVEL OR
AN ACTUAL DIBBLE, AND
THEN ONCE YOU HAVE
ABOUT TWO TO THREE
INCHES, YOU HAVE ROOM
FOR THE BULB. GO AHEAD
AND PLOP IT IN THERE.
KIND OF PUSH IT DOWN
SO IT'S GOT SOME GOOD
SOIL CONTACT, AND THEN
JUST COVER IT BACK UP,
GIVE IT A LITTLE PAT, AND
WAIT FOR SPRING."
AROUND MID-MAY, HARD
NECK GARLIC WILL
PRODUCE A SCAPE ABOVE
THE WOODY STEM. IT
LOOKS A BIT LIKE A PIGTAIL
AT THE END WITH THE
FLOWER HEAD.
"YOU SNAP IF OFF, KIND
OF HALFWAY DOWN THE
STALK, AND EAT IT. IT'S
DELICIOUS." DRY YOUR HARVESTED GARLIC BY HANGING IT IN
A SHADY PLACE WITH
GOOD AIR CIRCULATION,
AND LET IT DRY FOR A
WEEK OR TWO BEFORE
YOU BRING IT INSIDE.
"AND THE SOFT NECK
GARLIC, YOU CAN THEN
BRAID THEM AT THAT
TIME. WITH THE HARD
NECK, YOU CAN CUT OFF
THE STEMS AND START
EATING THEM."
BE SURE TO SAVE THE
BIGGEST GARLIC BULBS
FOR PLANTING THE
FOLLOWING FALL, AND
THEN EAT THE REST.
"SO WE PLANT AT
HALLOWEEN, TO KEEP THE
VAMPIRES AWAY, RIGHT?
AND THEN YOU WAIT
UNTIL THE 4TH OF JULY,
GIVE OR TAKE.."
AND THEN YOU CAN
ENJOY A DELICIOUS
HARVEST AND SOME
FLAVORFUL EATING. FOR
IDAHO'S NEWS CHANNEL
SEVEN, AND YOU CAN
GROW IT, I'M JIM DUTHIE.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN
PLANTING
PLANTING GARLIC, YOU NEED TO ACT QUICKLY, SINCE SUPPLIES OF
CERTIFIED SEED GARLIC
ARE RUNNING LOW
AROUND THE VALLEY.
NORTH END ORGANIC
NURSERY STILL HAS A
SMALL SUPPLY, BUT IT
WON'T LAST MUCH
LONGER. MANY ONLINE
AND CATALOG SEED
COMPANIES CARRY SEED