Garlic with its numerous health benefits is very vital and important to mankind generally. It is also an essential plant that can be grown all year round just right at your window sill. This method of planting gives you access to an all-year-round supply of fresh garlic in your own home.
Planting garlic in containers is also one of the easiest things to do. The fact that garlic is not just a plant, but a plant also known for its spice and medicinal cure also gives more reason why this plant should be part of our regular garden plants. The process of planting garlic in a plastic bottle is just to help speed up the process of growth, so you don’t have to be experienced to grow garlic right in your own home.
HOW TO GO ABOUT GARLIC IN A PLASTIC BOTTLE
Firstly, ensure you have your planting materials in place which are:
- Garlic
- Plastic bottle
- Clean water
- Scissors or knife
- Pot
- Soil
Growing garlic in a plastic bottle can be done by the following methods:
GROWING GARLIC IN A PLASTIC BOTTLE: METHOD 1
- Get your already bought garlic from your store or previously harvested fresh garlic.
- Get a clean 2 liter container or bottle and cut off the top of the container. Then cut some holes into your bottles where the plant leaves can grow out from easily. You can make the holes with your scissors or knife.
- The next thing is to fill up the plastic bottle with water to the brim and place a single bulb of garlic on top of the bottle with the water still inside. You can also cut of the end of the top part of the garlic and place the root part of the garlic into the water.
- Make sure the garlic is standing upright and does not fall into the bottle of water.
- Place the container in a quiet spot where it is safe.
- The next thing is to give it time to grow by just watching it. It will begin to sprout roots soonest. Within a week, you will begin to see the roots growing.
Note that when they begin to sprout, they can then be transplanted into larger pots filled with soil.
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GROWING GARLIC IN A PLASTIC BOTTLE: METHOD 2
This second method is also similar to the first, but we will just need to introduce a pot of plant-soil to the materials listed above. Here is how to go about the planting:
- Get your plastic bottle and cut some holes into them to enable the leaves grow out.
- Then get your garlic and cut off both ends of the garlic and insert them into the holes on the plastic bottle.
- Pour some water into the bottle container to the level at which the first layer of the hole is.
- Get a pot or large container that can contain your potting plant and fill the pot with potting soil.
- Open up a space in the middle of the soil where you can place the bottle that contains the garlic in.
- Get another larger plastic bottle and cut off the bottom of the bottle. Then place this plastic bottle over the garlic filled plastic bottle in the soil and set the cover firmly in place.
- The next thing is to water the surroundings of the soil around the plastic bottle.
- Within the next 3 days you will notice roots forming already and leaves sprouting.
- After 10 days your garlic plant is ready to be transplanted into the soil filled pots.
After about two or three weeks you should see it sprouting. Both methods of planting garlic are quite easy and straightforward. You can be sure to have your garden swarming with garlic all year round by following these simple procedures for planting your garlic.
Read also: How Long Does Garlic Take To Grow – Step By Step Answer
CONCLUSION
I hope you find this article helpful. I would like to hear from you. Let me know if you have questions about growing garlic in a plastic bottle. Also, if you want to learn how to grow onions in plastic bottle, read our step by step guide on how to grow onions in a plastic bottle here.
