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[-] [email protected] 96 points 2 days ago

As someone who has a garden and has successfully grown garlic from cut ends of store bulbs...

It's not worth the labor.

I garden, yes, but the economy of scales of buying at the grocery store is much lower than growing your own vegetables. You garden because you want to enjoy vegetables that are either heirloom or you want the freshness.

Between the labor, watering, fertilizing, maintaining, etc. it's simply cheaper to buy at the store.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Been growing plants inside and out for over 30-years, never had success with garlic. I feel so dumb because it seems the easiest thing in the world to grow. Going to plant this October and see what happens.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

My experience with using grocery store bought garlic is mixed. When it did work, it grew a lot of leaves but not the bulb. When I researched this, it's because garlic requires specific soil conditions to grow its bulbs.

But bulb aside, garlic is a good natural critter repellent. It's good to grow around lettuce and kale. Though I haven't found a good cover plant to keep white butterflies away. Right now I'm using netting which they can sometimes find a way into.

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