Learn to grow great garlic in Central Alberta.
Follow the season with Griff’s Garlic—from spring scapes through harvest, curing and selecting seed for next year’s crop.
These short videos share the methods we use in our own garlic patch and what we’ve learned growing hardneck garlic in Alberta’s climate.
video tip # 1 – When Should You Pick Garlic Scapes?
Learn to recognize the “pigtail” stage that tells you when hardneck garlic scapes are ready to pick.
video tip # 2 – Why should I remove the scapes?
Find out why removing the scape helps the plant concentrate its energy on developing the garlic bulb.
video tip # 3 – When Should You Stop Watering Garlic?
Learn when to reduce watering as harvest approaches and why Alberta weather sometimes makes that decision for us.
video tip # 4 – How Can You Tell When Garlic Is Ready to Harvest?
Forget the calendar—the leaves are one of your best indicators that harvest time is approaching.
video tip # 5 – How Do We Harvest Garlic?
See how we loosen, lift and handle freshly harvested garlic without unnecessarily damaging the bulbs or wrappers.
video tip # 6 – How Do You Cure Garlic?
Good curing is all about airflow, shade and time. See how we prepare freshly harvested garlic for storage.
More Garlic Growing Tips Are Coming
We’re following our garlic through the entire season. Upcoming tips will cover choosing the best garlic for seed, preparing for fall planting, planting depth and spacing, and getting your garlic ready for an Alberta winter.
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Want to Grow Your Own Garlic?
Great garlic starts with quality seed.
At Griff’s Garlic, we grow hardneck garlic here in Central Alberta and select our largest, healthiest bulbs for seed each year.
See the varieties we’re growing, current availability and prices for this fall’s planting season.
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