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Regrowing garlic is fast and easy, and a useful trick to turn sprouted useless cloves into a full bulb!
Steps
Water to Soil
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1Choose a garlic clove.
- A sprouted clove, a clove with roots, or just a regular clove is fine
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2Fill a container very little water.Advertisement
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3Prop the garlic up on the side of the container.
- 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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4Soon, the garlic will grow a green shoot.
- Wait 1 day before planting in soil.
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5Bury the whole clove in soil, nothing should be visible except the green shoot.
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6Water twice a week with 2 inches of water.
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7Garlic is ready to harvest when it starts to turn brown/yellow and die. 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.
Soil and Hilling
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1Choose a garlic clove.
- sprouted clove, clove with roots, normal garlic clove
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2Bury the whole clove.
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3Water twice a week with about 2 inches of water.
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4When the garlic starts to turn yellow/brown and start to die, dig around the garlic to see if it's a full and ready bulb. 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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5If 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.
Community Q&A
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QuestionCan the container just be a jar? Also, do I have to empty all of the water when the the green shoot grows?
Community AnswerIf 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.
Warnings
- 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.⧼thumbs_response⧽
About This Article
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.
