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How to Grow Garlic in Containers (Step by Step Guide With Video)

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In this project  I'll show you how to grow garlic cloves in container. So once you've got your leftover garlic, I'm going to show you a really quick way and make sure that it's germinated correctly. So you just need a cup, some rainwater, and some garlic. Bear in mind only use this technique to re-hydrate really old garlic. You can plant fresher garlic straight into your container but I find this technique a lot more fun and this helped. All we need is a smallest amount of rainwater in the bottom this is just to help the roots start that will do so you put the garlic in now your roots are going to come out of this part and your green sections going to come out of there so you just need to put them in root side down it'll be easy once they're all in and you just separate separate your garlic you can leave them in the shell now as you can see I'm using everything I have you'll find the bigger the clove the more successful you'll be at germinating and g...

How To Grow Garlic 14 Steps (With Pictures & Video)

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Now traditionally garlic is always planted on the shortest day of the year so June the 21st and it's harvested six months later on December the 21st. But we don't have to stick to this anymore in the warmer parts of the country. You can plant garlic anytime from May right the way through to August, and in colder parts of the country you might want to get your crop in in late autumn because if the ground is too hard in the middle of winter you won't be able to get your garlic in possibly to live in early spring. Now garlic planting is really easy this beds been prepared.     I t's been composted, it's all ready to go all you need is a hand and a thumb so the rule of thumb with garlic is that you plot your clothes about a hands length apart and roughly a thumbs length deep you don't want to get your thumb dirty you get a stick and you can mark it off like this the other rule is that you plant a bulb of garlic its own height deep in the ground in any event as long ...