Garlic is one of the most popular ingredients around the world and for many years it was seen as a medicinal food.
Garlic is part of Brazilian culture, mainly in cooking, where it plays an important role in all dishes.
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Because it is easily accessible and the price is popular, it makes it even easier to have this food at home, in addition, its properties bring health benefits.
In this article, we will discuss how to grow garlic at home and also a little about its benefits.
benefits of garlic
Having more than 100 active compounds, garlic brings great health benefits to the body, whether it be to prevent colds or increase metabolism.
Due to the high content of vitamins such as B6 and C, garlic collaborates with the functioning of the immune system, garlic being a great fighter against the flu.
Studies show that garlic also collaborates with the fight against cardiovascular diseases, such as spills and hypertension.
Garlic can improve cholesterol levels, prevent dementia and Alzheimer's, and help fight infectious diseases.
How to grow garlic
Planting garlic is not a difficult task, with a few cloves that you can find at home you can have a great plantation.
So, peel a head of garlic and choose the biggest cloves, separate them as they will be used for cultivation.
Choose the place where the planting will take place, it can be done in beds or in a vase, but keep in mind that it is a considerably large vase, if you want a plentiful plantation.
With the garlic cloves separated, place the most “pointed” part upwards as this will be where the branches will come out, stick half of the clove in the ground.
The garlic must be buried more or less 2 to 3 cm deep, cover the vase with substrate, make sure to leave a space between the cloves.
Watering is very important in the first 2 weeks, water whenever you notice the soil is dry, but be careful not to let it soak.
Between 120 and 140 days the garlic is ready to harvest, check how its leaves are, they tend to dry and fold, this will indicate that the garlic is ready.
If the leaves are not naturally bent, bend them, this will make the garlic stronger.
After a week the leaves have been folded, it's ready to harvest, just pull the stem and that's it!
So, now that you know how to plant garlic at home, how about separating the material and starting your plantation.
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