Why can’t I just stick the whole garlic bulb in the ground? Will it prosper? (gardening)?
Sunday, August 30th, 2009 at
10:35 pm
DEB asked:
The stuff I’m finding online has complicated instructions.
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break the bulb up and plant each clove individually.
I’ve had the things sprout on me in the pantry. When that happens I just plant them and let ‘em grow.
Plant the largest cloves for the largest bulbs. and the clove goes in the dirt 2″-3″ deep with the pointed end at the top.
not hard at all.
Its actually too easy!
Shove the broken pieces into the soil!
1.Break up the bulbs so you have all the cloves separate
2.Dig a hole in the ground about 3 inches deep
3.Plant the clove whole with the pointed bit facing upwards.
4.Cover back over gently with soil (don’t pack it down too much)
5.Cover in 4 layers of newspaper and add straw on the top of the paper.
6.Water it well and wait.
GOOD LUCK!!!
You could, but you would mostly get tops and few new bulbs. This is because all the bulblets (cloves) would be growing crammed up against each other. If you separate the cloves and plant them apart from each other, they will grow into new bulbs.
It is like digging up and separating daffodils every few years. If you don’t they get too crowded and don’t make flowers. In the case of garlics you want the bottoms not the tops, but the same principle applies.