Just Planted A Garlic Clove That Was Sprouting

“A couple of days ago I was making some beef stew. When I reached over to grab a couple of onions and garlic cloves I saw that the cloves had sprouted about an inch or so. “

I made the best beef stew I’ve ever made this week. While I was making it I grabbed some garlic cloves when I saw that three of them had started sprouting.

Garlic Clove

I had just started an experiment with growing celery from the root end
of the store bought celery we had in the fridge. So while I was still in
the experimenting mood and decided to try growing an entire garlic
plant from that one clove.

“I had used a couple of yogurt containers for the celery experiment and we still have more so I used another one for the garlic experiment as well.”

I still had a few yogurt containers we have repurposed as seed starters
so I used one of them for this experiment. If and when the garlic clove
roots I will transplant it into a bigger pot and see what happens. The container is small but if the garlic actually starts growing I will just transplant it into a bigger container at that time.

The first thing I planned to do was put four or five holes in the bottom of the container for excess water to drain out. I forgot to do that so I had to dump everything out and start over. Once I had the holes I then put a few small stones in the bottom to keep the holes from being plugged with dirt.

Once I had good drainage I added starter soil with some perlite in it. I filled the container about half way then added the clove. I then added more soil until the clove was covered all the way up to the sprout. I put the contain in a saucer of water to allow water to come in from the bottom.

Garlic Planted

After a couple of hours in the water I dumped the excess water from the saucer and then put in a south facing window to see what it will do.