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Don't Waste the garlic!                                           (how to plant storebought garlic)

3/10/2016

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So I have to admit that this idea was not mine originally but borrowed from a local friend (myshire farm) and sustainable gardener.  I don't know why I didn't think of this but the fact that I have friends with good ideas is pretty awesome.

So it goes like this...you purchased some heads of garlic at the store, only to find that many of them have already sprouted, bummer.  But wait, don't pitch them because of a desire not to use them in your cooking after they have sprouted (the taste changes) instead, just start growing some garlic!

I took these garlic cloves that were already sprouted straight out of my refrigerator. 
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Then I simply planted them in my 4-1-1 mix of potting soil, Vermiculite and Pearlite.
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I planted them and covered the green sprouts, watered and waited.   Within just a few days those green sprouts were poking up out of the soil.
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Thanks for the idea Jenna.  I love not wasting food, and each of these cloves should produce a healthy head of garlic for me to hang dry and enjoy!
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