How to Regrow Garlic

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Regrowing garlic is fast and easy, and a useful trick to turn sprouted useless cloves into a full bulb!

Method 1
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Water to Soil

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    • A sprouted clove, a clove with roots, or just a regular clove is fine
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    • If the garlic falls down sideways into the water prop it up again.
    • If the garlic just won't stand leave it floating in the water
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    Soon, the garlic will grow a green shoot .
    • Wait 1 day before planting in soil.
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    Dig around the bulb to see if it's a full and ready bulb. Dig it up to eat.
    • If the bulb looks small cover it up again and check again a few days later.
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Soil and Hilling

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    • sprouted clove, clove with roots, normal garlic clove
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    Dig up to eat.
    • If the bulb still looks small cover it up with dirt and check again a few days later.
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    If there are little bugs that look like mites, remove the garlic because the mites are eating the garlic and it's best to lose 1 garlic than all.
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    Can the container just be a jar? Also, do I have to empty all of the water when the the green shoot grows?
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    If the container is big enough to let the garlic sit up and still hold water, it will work. When the green shoot grows, just wait a day and transfer it to the soil. The water can stay, as long as the garlic isn't left sitting in it for more than a day after sprouting.
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      • If mite-like bugs appear on or around your garlic, check pictures of "garlic mites" and verify if they are garlic mites. Then, immediately discard of the garlic.
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      To regrow garlic from a clove, take a clove from a garlic bulb but don’t remove the peel. Fill a container with a small amount of water and prop the clove up so that just the bottom is resting in the water. Let the garlic sit in the water for a few days until it starts to grow a green shoot, then transplant it into soil and cover everything except the shoot. Water the bulb twice a week so that the soil is damp to a depth of about 2 inches (5 cm). Once the shoot starts to wilt and turn yellow or brown, the garlic is ready to harvest and eat.

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