Growing Garlic Indoors Problem

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ninniku Halifax, Canada Nov 17, 2010

Hi there,

I planted a garlic bulb in September and placed it on a sunny window sill. The soil had drainage; I kept it watered frequently; and I ensured it got lots of direct sunlight. Foliage started to sprout very quickly (less than one week) and the sprouts grew about a foot tall. They were very thin shoots but the were green until about 2 weeks ago. They started to turn brown and die off and I noticed tons of tiny white/grey bugs (1mm in length) in the soil. Now the sprouts have turned completely brown. I peeked at the bulb and it is still very small - scarcely bigger than when first planted it.

Does anyone know what I should do?

This message was edited Nov 17, 2010 9:01 AM

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ninniku Halifax, Canada Nov 22, 2010

I would really appreciate any advice anyone has to offer. I'm stumped as to what to do.

Thanks

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behillman Plantersville, TX(Zone 9a) Nov 22, 2010

I have never grown garlic indoors. But it sounds like your garlic plant was eaten by those bugs you mentioned. Try planting your garlic outdoors.

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Horseshoe Efland, NC(Zone 7a) Nov 26, 2010

ninniku, sounds like you may have garlic maggots/larvae. If your garlic had eggs in it then they would hatch out in the environment you have going.
Sorry to disappoint you.

By the way, garlic needs a cold period to get it to bulb up nicely, which is probably why you had top growth but very little root and bulb growth.

Shoe

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