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Have you ever tried growing your own garlic? If not, you might be interested in trying it after this. Garlic or Allium Sativum has been cultivated for centuries and is one of the easiest to plant.

Garlic is divided into two types, namely softneck and hardneck. The difference between the two lies in a rigid rod that grows in the middle of onions. Softneck has no stem while the hardneck has a stick.

Launching Southernliving, Monday, October 17, garlic takes 6 to 8 weeks to grow when cultivated in cold weather. Meanwhile, 3 to 5 weeks in hot weather conditions.

Garlic does not like humid soil. You can plant it in sandy soil or clay. You can plant this tuber in a pot with one leg deep. However, the size of the growing garlic will be small.

If you want garlic to grow big, you can plant it in a yard that is exposed to direct sunlight. Make sure it's a safe place to be disturbed because garlic takes up to 8 months to mature.

Galiholes as deep as 4 to 6 inches (slower for areas with warm, deeper weather for areas with colder weather). Separate the pieces of onions carefully and separate them into parts just before you grow them.

Put each concave in a hole with pointed sides facing up, then cover it with soil, with a distance of about 6 to 8 inches. Water well after planting. In addition, give fertilizer regularly and return the soil if it is too dry.

Garlic is usually ready to be harvested around the end of May to early July, depending on where you live and when you grow. If you do the right steps to plant and take care of it as well as possible, of course your garlic will thrive. Well, when the garlic leaves are getting longer and start to look yellowing, it's a sign you can already wear them.

However, to make the results more optimal, you can harvest garlic when the leaves start to dry. Then, clean the soil residue that sticks to the skin of garlic tubers and hang them in a cool place.

Finally, before you use garlic as a spice for cooking, dry it for about a week first.