Fill the bottle with water until it just touches the base of the garlic cloves.
✅ Growing & Harvesting Tips
🪴 Light: Place your bottles on a sunny windowsill with indirect light for best growth.
💧 Change Water Regularly: Refresh the water every 2–3 days to prevent bacteria and mold.
🌿 Watch for Roots & Greens: In 5–7 days, you’ll see roots sprouting. Shortly after, green shoots will start growing.
✂️ Harvest Garlic Greens: Once greens are 6–8 inches tall, snip them off to use like chives or scallions. They’ll regrow for several rounds of harvest.
🧄 For Small Bulbs: After a few weeks, if you move sprouted cloves into soil, they can develop baby garlic bulbs faster than planting dry cloves.
⚠️ Important Tips
🔹 Keep the root end barely touching the water — fully submerging cloves increases the chance of rot.
🔹 If you notice a bad smell or mold, discard the affected cloves and start fresh.
🔹 Use multiple bottles to stagger plantings for a continuous supply of garlic greens.
This simple water bottle method lets you grow garlic greens with almost no space — fresh, flavorful, and fun to watch as they root and sprout in just days.
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