How to Grow Garlic in Containers And Get a Massive Harvest_ The Old Amish Way to Get Big Harvest, by Nextgen Amish on YouTube. 24 min 37 s.
- Video length
- 24 min 37 s
- Time to do it
- 30 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Steps
- 8
What you need
Steps
Pick firm, large garlic bulbs with tight papery wrappers. Bigger cloves usually grow into bigger bulbs. Skip any bulb that feels soft, is damaged or shows mold.
Break the bulb into cloves only when you are ready to plant. Keep the papery skin on each clove, because it protects the young shoot as it starts to grow.
Choose a pot at least 10 to 12 inches deep with drainage holes. Fill it with loose, fertile, well-draining potting mix mixed with compost, leaving a couple of inches at the top.
Plant in autumn. Push each clove in about two inches deep with the pointed end up and the root end down, spacing cloves four to six inches apart.
Cover the cloves gently with soil and water thoroughly until water runs out of the drainage holes.
Leave the pot outdoors through fall and winter so the cloves get the cold they need. Roots form before the ground freezes, and shoots may appear in late winter.
Water only when the soil feels dry in winter, since soggy soil rots cloves. In spring, water regularly as green leaves grow.
Stop watering when the leaves start to yellow and fall over in summer. Wait about a week, then lift the bulbs with a fork and let them dry in a dry, airy spot.
Tips and common mistakes
Never plant supermarket garlic that has been treated to stop sprouting; buy bulbs from a garden centre or save your own best bulbs.
A pot without drainage holes will hold water and rot the cloves, so drill holes or add a layer of gravel if needed.
Keep the biggest bulbs from each harvest for planting next autumn, and your crop gets better every year.
Do not water heavily in winter; cold, wet soil is the most common reason container garlic fails.
Questions
When should I plant garlic in containers?
Plant in autumn, roughly October in most mild climates, so the cloves root before winter and grow strong in spring. In very cold areas, plant a few weeks earlier and mulch the pot.
How many cloves fit in one pot?
Space cloves four to six inches apart, so a pot about 12 inches wide holds roughly four to six cloves. Use a bigger pot or several pots for a larger harvest.
Can I grow garlic in a pot indoors?
Garlic needs a cold winter period to form bulbs, so a pot outdoors or on a cold balcony works best. Indoors it usually grows leaves but poor bulbs.
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