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Growing Garlic From A Bulb In A Bottle
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Start with a plastic bottle, a knife or scissors, and a bulb of garlic.
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Cut the top of the bottle off just before it curves in
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Make sure it will nestle on top of the bottle.
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Cut the neck off.
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Discard the little part.
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Place the garlic bulb in the first piece and set on top of the bottle.
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Fill with water until the bottom root part is in water.
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Then wait!
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One week later!
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They are sprouting and the roots are really starting to grow into the water.
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This hardneck garlic is taking longer than the other, but we have progress!
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This one is a softneck variety and is growing faster.
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This is what the bottoms looked like before they went into the water.
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This is 16 days later and they are ready to be transplanted into soil.
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This one is the hardneck variety.
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Rooooooots!
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They will continue to grow and get crowded. You want to pull them out of the water before the mold
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You can see the cloves have started to pull away
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I’m planting these in a pot just to show, but tomorrow I’ll be planting them in the ground.
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You can just pull the cloves apart and stick them in the ground
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Make sure to put the root end down.
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Planting! Made sure the whole clove is in the dirt.
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In the fall, each of these individual cloves will grow into its own bulb!
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