Growing garlic in a waste oil drum at home is very practical, one can grow 100 cloves

In daily life, there is a lot of waste that often gets thrown away before it can be used. In fact, many small things can be reused. For example, the common "waste oil drum" at home. For plant lovers, this is a treasure. Why is that? Because a waste oil drum, once modified, is perfect for growing vegetables in containers. So how exactly do you use it? Next, Container Gardening Tips will share with you how to turn waste into treasure and grow over 100 garlic cloves in one empty oil drum. Plant lovers must give it a try after reading, it exercises your hands-on ability and brings plenty of fun!

Do you see the garlic in the picture above? First, the garlic cloves are all very small, and empty oil drums are generally 1.5L or even larger. After filling them with soil, burn countless small holes in the bottle, and simply push the garlic cloves in! Grown this way, tender green sprouts will appear within three days, and in around 10 days it will be lush and green. Because empty oil drums are very common, it is a pity to throw them away, and selling them is not worth much, so why not use them to grow garlic?

First is the soil. Because with such a large bottle, once the garlic cloves are planted, we cannot replace the nutrient soil, so the soil in the early stage is crucial. It is recommended that plant lovers use nutrient soil specially made for plants. Of course, homemade is even better, you can mix leaf mold, pine needles, peat soil, and ordinary garden soil. If you have farmyard manure at home, even better, add it in as a base fertilizer for richer, more nutritious soil. Before mixing in the farmyard manure, it is best to sun-dry it, which can achieve a sterilizing and disinfecting effect. This organic fertilizer is much better than those chemical fertilizers!

After placing the garlic into the empty oil drum, daily care becomes very simple. You can place it under weak scattered light, which is good for photosynthesis. Normally there is no need for additional fertilizing, just ensure sufficient water. You can water slowly from the bottle opening, or spray some water around the garlic cloves. When watering, it is recommended to do it in the morning or evening each day. Now that it is autumn, the weather is not so hot anymore, so you can also water in the middle of the day.

Finally, let me explain how to "drill holes" in the waste oil drum. Actually, I believe plant lovers with strong hands-on skills will certainly have no trouble with this. There are many ways to drill holes. You can burn it with a soldering iron, or directly poke a hole with a screwdriver, then slowly cut it into a circle with small scissors. Using this waste item to grow garlic, one bottle easily gets it done, in just two or three steps, and you even save on flower pots. Plant lovers must give it a try!

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