How to Grow Garlic with less Maintenance

Garlic is a year round vegetable .

With a history of human use of over 7,000 years, garlic is native to central Asia , and has long been a staple in the Mediterranean region, as well as a frequent seasoning in Asia, Africa, and Europe.

It was known to Ancient Egyptians, and has been used for both culinary and medicinal purposes.
It needs low maintenance because it grows itself once it planted
and
also the taste of homegrown garlic is better than the garlic avail in market.

Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and rakkyo. With a history of human use of over 7,000 years, garlic is native to central Asia and has long been a staple in the Mediterranean region, as well as a frequent seasoning in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
It was known to Ancient Egyptians, and has been used for both culinary and medicinal purposes

Take a fresh garlic and break the bulbs of the fresh garlic.

Add the Compost to the Soil to grow rapidly and no need of compost if the soil Fertile.

Place the Garlic Bulb's on the soil with 5 Cm Depth

and

Maintain a Gap of 20 Cm from Bulb to bulb

then

Cover the planted bulbs with Straw or Mulch

Water the Bulbs

Once it Starts Growing take care of the pests and Water the Plants Often.

Something You Don't Know About Garlic

Garlic is easy to grow and can be grown year-round in mild climates. While sexual propagation of garlic is indeed possible, nearly all of the garlic in cultivation is propagated asexually, by planting individual cloves in the ground.

In cold climates, cloves are planted in the autumn, about six weeks before the soil freezes, and harvested in late spring.
The cloves must be planted at sufficient depth to prevent freeze/thaw which causes mold or white rot.

Garlic plants are usually very hardy, and are not attacked by many pests or diseases.

Garlic plants are said to repelrabbits and moles. Two of the major pathogens that attack garlic are nematodesand white rot disease, which remain in the soil indefinitely after the ground has become infected.

PEST'S PROBLEM

Garlic also can suffer from pink root, a typically nonfatal disease that stunts the roots and turns them pink or red.

Garlic plants can be grown closely together, leaving enough space for the bulbs to mature, and are easily grown in containers of sufficient depth.
Garlic does well in loose, dry, well drained soils in sunny locations, and is hardy throughout USDA climate zones 4–9.
When selecting garlic for planting, it is important to pick large bulbs from which to separate cloves.
Large cloves, along with proper spacing in the planting bed, will also improve bulb size.
Garlic plants prefer to grow in a soil with a high organic material content, but are capable of growing in a wide range of soil conditions and pH levels

There are different varieties or subspecies of garlic, most notably hardneck garlic and softneck garlic. The latitude where the garlic is grown affects the choice of type as garlic can be day-length sensitive. Hardneck garlic is generally grown in cooler climates; softneck garlic is generally grown closer to the equator.

Garlic scapes are removed to focus all the garlic's energy into bulb growth. The scapes can be eaten raw or cooked.

Health Benefits