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Choose a container that is at least 8 inches 20 cm deep. The container needs to be deep enough to allow the roots of the garlic to grow into the growing medium so they can produce green leaves and the bulbs can expand. Choose containers that are deep enough and wide enough to fit all of the cloves you want to plant. To plant 3 cloves of garlic, make sure the container is at least 12 inches 30 cm wide so you can space them out far enough to allow them to grow.
Look for containers at garden supply stores, home improvement stores, and online. You can also check out your local craft supply stores to find interesting planting containers. Make sure the container has drainage holes at the bottom. Check underneath the container to see if there are holes that will allow for drainage.
For plastic containers, use a sharp knife to cut out a drainage hole in the center of the bottom. Drill small holes in glass or clay containers with an electric drill and a bit made for drilling glass and tile. Fill the container with a soil-less potting mix to promote drainage. A soil-less potting mix will allow excess water to drain easily and prevent the garlic cloves from rotting.
Use a high-quality soil-less potting mix made of vermiculite or perlite and contains coconut fiber or peat so it retains enough moisture to help your garlic grow. Fill the container to within about 2 inches 5. You can find soil-less potting mixes at garden supply stores, home improvement stores, and online. Make your own soil-less potting mix by using vermiculite or pearlite and mixing in some coconut fibers or peat to help retain moisture. Water the potting mix in the container to help settle it down.
Before you plant your garlic cloves in the container, give it a good watering so it can settle down the material and you can make sure the container is draining properly. Use a watering can or fill a glass with about 8 fluid ounces mL of water and gently pour it over the mixture.
Part 2. Purchase organic garlic bulbs from a gardening store or online. Buy your garlic bulbs from a local plant nursery, gardening store, or from an online retailer. Ask your local nursery if they have organically grown garlic bulbs.
Look online for organic garlic bulbs that you can have delivered to your home. Break apart the bulb, but keep the husks on the cloves. Use your hands to break open the bulb of garlic so you can see the individual cloves. Do not pull or take the individual cloves out of their protective husks. Make holes 2—3 inches 5. Use your finger or a stick to create a hole for each clove of garlic you plan to plant in the container. Place 1 clove into each of the holes with the flat end facing down.
Gently pat the potting mixture on top of the garlic to settle it down. Place the container somewhere that gets hours of sun. A south or west-facing window that gets lots of sunlight will help your garlic grow and thrive. Water the garlic until you see the excess run out of the drainage holes. Water the mixture regularly so it settles on top of the garlic cloves and so the cloves themselves are hydrated. The green shoots to be large enough to begin snipping them off for cooking.
Garlic bulbs are typically broken into cloves and planted in pots for indoor growing at the end of the outdoor gardening season, whenever that might occur in your region.
Garlic needs lots of direct sunlight and don't do well with artificial light. If you want to grow full garlic bulbs, plant just one clove in each container, then place it in the sunniest location you can find—a south-facing window that gets full sunlight all day is best.
Garlic needs at least six hours of sun per day to thrive, and this can be hard to achieve during the short days of winter. If you are growing garlic just for the greens, it won't need quite as much sunlight. Avoid very hot temperatures or very cold temperatures for your indoor garlic. A range of 60 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit is ideal. Garlic is native to relatively arid regions of central Asia and Iran, so it thrives in dry conditions. There is no need to bolster humidity to grow indoor garlic. Water garlic often enough so the soil stays moist, but not wet.
Within about a week or two you should see green garlic shoots coming through the soil. Water the pot whenever the potting mix feels dry to the touch. Feed the plants twice a month with a water-soluble balanced fertilizer diluted to half strength. Feeding is not necessary for garlic you are growing only for the greens.
Wait until the shoots get a couple of inches tall before you start snipping them with scissors to use the greens for cooking. Leave about 1 inch of green shoot on each clove so the shoot will continue to grow. If your aim is mature bulbs, be patient—garlic cloves take quite a long time to develop into bulbs that are ready to harvest.
When the leaf shoots begin to turn brown, withhold all watering. Within a couple of weeks, the shoots will be entirely dried out, and the bulbs should be ready to harvest for cooking. If you wish, garlic bulbs can be stored in a dark, cool place for several months to be used as needed. A simple clay pot with a drainage hole in the bottom makes a good container for growing garlic, but any number of other containers can also work.
If you are using a can or another container without drainage, you will need to make holes so the water can get out. You can make several large holes with a drill. If you are using a ceramic container that doesn't already have drainage holes, you can drill drainage holes with a special ceramic bit. If you are using a leftover metal can, such as a coffee can, you can bore drainage holes using a hammer and nail. Garlic bulbs like well-draining soil and may rot if they're allowed to soak in wet soil.
Do not use garden soil or purchased topsoil to grow garlic indoors, as it will not drain well when confined in a container. The drainage holes in the bottom of the container need to be covered with a paper, towel, coffee filter, or a piece of plastic window screening to keep the soil in the container while allowing water to drain out freely.
For indoor planting, you can use any mature garlic bulb you've grown outdoor or purchased as a seed garlic bulb. Many growers recommend storing the bulbs in a refrigerator for a few weeks before planting potting them in the fall. Let's start by saying this: You can grow garlic indoors, but you won't get a head of garlic as you would when you plant cloves in the garden. What you'll get will be garlic sprouts or greens, which are the green tops of a bulb much like what happens when a bulb sprouts on your kitchen counter.
These greens are not the same as green garlic, which is early spring garlic or immature garlic bulbs and their edible green stalks. They are still quite delicious and can be used as a seasoning or garnish, though—you'll find their flavor is lighter and gentler than that of fresh garlic.
To grow entire heads of garlic, you'll need to plant outdoors because, like other bulbs think onions and daffodils , they need the cold winter dormancy to produce the scape flower and generate a head.
To grow garlic greens indoors, plant three or four cloves in a pot filled with potting soil. Sit them on a sunny window ledge and water them lightly.
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