{"id":18599,"date":"2016-05-02T11:33:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T09:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/?p=18599"},"modified":"2016-05-02T11:33:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T09:33:49","slug":"growing-garlic-leaves-indoors-or-what-to-do-with-sprouting-garlic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/?p=18599","title":{"rendered":"Growing Garlic Leaves Indoors, or What to Do With Sprouting Garlic?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"garlic_leaves_\"I bet some of you also keep on finding old, last year’s sprouting garlic heads. Once they sprout, the taste becomes harsh and when the next – mushy – stage arrives, most of us\u00a0usually throw them away. This year,\u00a0I decided to do exactly what I have been doing for years with sprouting onion bulbs<\/a>\u00a0and simply\u00a0planted a\u00a0garlic head\u00a0indoors. In barely one week I obtained\u00a020 cm (about 8 in) of\u00a0delicious, strongly scented fake garlic chives\u00a0and at the same time saved my\u00a0garlic from the bin.\u00a0I didn’t even need to use my balcony! The small amount of light (we’ve been having an awful spring this year) was enough to make these green leaves grow at an impressive speed!<\/p>\n

Though I have been treating this away sprouting onions almost for the pas four years, I’ve never had the idea to experiment with garlic. I’m glad I did because it’s such a rewarding and funny experience! The garlic leaves have a stronger scent and taste than garlic chives, but they can be used in a similar way or as a substitution of garlic.<\/p>\n

Here is a quick reminder of what can be obtained if you plant a sprouting onion bulb<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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TIP: You will probably have to throw the soil away once the experiment is over because garlic’s root grow at a speed even higher than the leaves and quickly the fill the whole potted space.<\/p>\n

If you have a garden, obviously you don’t need to pot the garlic bulb!<\/p>\n

I haven’t tried growing leaves from single garlic cloves yet. If you do, please let me know if it works.<\/p>\n

Directions:<\/p>\n

Take a garlic head with sprouting cloves (don’t worry if some of them don’t sprout; they will sprout once they are potted)\u00a0and plant it, covering about\u00a02\/3\u00a0of its height, in a pot filled with soil.<\/p>\n

Place it in any room you prefer, as long as there is some light during the day.<\/p>\n

Water it every day or every other day (depends on the soil and air dryness), keeping the soil moist and wait patiently until the garlic leaves\/spring onions appear.<\/p>\n

(I haven’t checked yet if a second generation of leaves would keep on growing…I’ll update this post if it does).<\/p>\n

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