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.

Yogurt Container

“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.

It’s not spring yet and it’s still snowing here in Moncton, New Brunswick but once it’s nice enough outdoors I’ll transplant it to the vegetable garden.