How to Plant Garlic in Pots or Polybags

 

Being one of the spices that 'almost' exists in every dish, the demand for garlic supply never stops. Moreover, the various properties of garlic offered are very useful for body health and beneficial for skin beauty . Cultivation was done on a large scale. Its cultivation is very easy and of course cheap. It only requires land and garlic.

Garlic can not only be cultivated in a large area, but can be tried with pot or polybag media.

But for beginners who want to try planting it and don't have a large area of ​​land, try planting using containers such as pots or polybags only. The quality of the garlic produced is the same as that grown on large land. How to try to follow the steps below:

1. Determine the planting time

To plant garlic, it is advisable to do it when the sun is shining. This means that it should not be planted in the rainy season.

2. Prepare the planting media

• Prepare some fresh garlic cloves.

At this stage there are 2 ways that you can choose, namely first by using sprouted garlic. For the garlic to sprout, store it in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 weeks until the sprouts sprout. The second, garlic without buds. Peel off the outer skin. Peel like when you want to process it into food.

• Prepare the soil for planting garlic.

The soil needed is soil mixed with sand . Don't plant it in clay, because garlic doesn't like soft soil. For the best combination, use soil plus sand and also manure.

Garlic's preferred soil medium is one that is mixed with sand.

• Prepare a planting container, namely polybags or pots.

3. Planting

• • Put the soil in the polybag
  • Plant the garlic 2 to 3 cm deep in the soil that is already in a pot or polybag. Make sure that the pointed end of the onion is facing up so that it grows upwards, not sideways. (like an ad, hehehe ) Cover it again with soil. On garlic shoots that have started to grow, plant the onions leaving the shoots above the soil surface.
  • Just do proper watering. Do not let it dry and do not make the soil muddy.
  • Apply fertilizer once a week. And don't forget to get enough sun exposure.
  • At the age of 2 weeks, usually the leaves will appear and begin to rise. Be sure to pay attention and get rid of pests and diseases that can damage your garlic plants.
  • Garlic that is 90-100 days old is already thriving and ready to be harvested.

Garlic grown in pots can be harvested when 90-100 days old

Well, it's easy isn't it? Please you practice in your home. You can also order various onion seeds / seeds that we provide in our online store, please  click here to view the catalog. However, if you need other gardening equipment, such as pots, polybags, planting media, shovels and others, please click here .