How to Plant Garlic Correctly After It Sprouts

Garlic is a commonly used ingredient, but if you store too much and do not use it in time, the garlic will sprout, so how do you plant sprouted garlic?

1. Basic Introduction to Garlic

Garlic is the underground bulb of plants in the Liliaceae family and the Allium genus, with a strong, pungent garlic odor. The garlic bulb, garlic leaves (green garlic or garlic sprouts), and flower stalks (garlic scapes) can all be eaten as vegetables or used as a seasoning.

The length of the garlic growth cycle varies greatly depending on the sowing time. Garlic sown in spring has a shorter growth period, generally 90-110d; garlic sown in autumn, because it must go through a certain number of days of low-temperature vernalization, generally has a growth period as long as 220-280d. Garlic generally uses the bulb as propagation material, and garlic generally uses the bulb as propagation material. Its growth process can be divided into 6 stages, namely the germination stage, seedling stage, bulb bud and flower bud differentiation stage, flower stem elongation stage, bulb expansion stage, and dormancy stage.

2. How Do You Plant Sprouted Garlic?

You can break the sprouted garlic into cloves, then bury them in soil (not too deep), and just ensure sufficient water and light; you can also place the sprouted garlic in a water-filled container to grow it, changing the water on time, and the garlic can also grow.

Garlic prefers cool conditions but is also fairly tolerant of low temperatures. It requires relatively high sunlight and high temperatures to promote flower bud and bulb bud differentiation.

Garlic has shallow roots and many root hairs, and its root system has a relatively weak ability to absorb water and nutrients, so it is not drought-tolerant. At different growth stages, garlic has different requirements for soil moisture. The germination stage requires relatively high soil moisture to promote root and sprout development; during the seedling stage, water must not be excessive, to prevent the seedlings from becoming leggy and to promote vertical root growth; after the mother bulb recedes, the bulb bud and flower bud differentiation stage requires relatively high soil moisture; during the bulb expansion stage, soil moisture should be reduced to avoid the outer skin of the bulb rotting and turning black.

3. What Nutritional Value Does Garlic Have?

1. Garlic bulbs are rich in protein, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides, and also contain fats, minerals, and more.

2. Allicin has medical and health functions such as sterilization, bacteriostasis, anti-cancer, and anti-aging.

3. Allicin has the characteristics of strong sterilizing power and a broad antibacterial spectrum, so allicin is also called “plant-based natural broad-spectrum antibiotic”.