Bet you are here to grab a do-it-yourself guide to grow garlic.
We ask, “If you have at least a simple DIY guide to grow garlic such as this post, will you farm? Now, make the world your oyster with this piece. Go to town and grow garlic yourself immediately, you are done reading.
Garlic needs no introduction. Does it? That strong-smelling, pungent clove. Yes, that’s garlic. That’s it!
Referred to as “the stinking rose” by the Old Farmer’s Almanac, garlic not only has many health and home benefits but also serves as an insect repellent.
Now this would wow you. Garlic is one of the few plants that can pass the “10x Challenge.” This is so because for every one pound planted, you can expect a yield of 10 pounds.
Actually, growing garlic is as easy as ABC. In fact, WikiHow was able to sum up the DIY process in just 30 words for any searcher on-the-go: “The easiest way to grow garlic is to break a clove off and plant it 2 inches (5cm) deep, pointy-sideup. Cover it with mulch and compost and water weekly.”
Do you really need to burden yourself with the benefits and uses of garlic? Okay. See this Yiddish nugget of wisdom. It wraps it all up: “A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat?”
To grow garlic yourself, get the following ready:
- Garlic cloves
- Shovel or trowel or fork for digging
- irrigation equipment
- Fertilizer; manure or compost
- Hay, straw, grass clippings (to be used as your mulch)
Get these quick tips too:
- Use big cloves for your seedlings
- After harvest, barn some cloves for next planting season
- Do not buy your seedlings from the grocery. Get your cloves from a mail order seed company or a local nursery
- Garlic hates to compete with anything including weed
- If your soil is clayey, mix with sand before planting
- Avoid planting in an area where garlic or crops in the garlic family (onions, chives etc.) were grown in the past three years.
- Protect your crop with gopher wire
Now, go to farm! #winks
