companion planting with garlic?

[shmalphy]

Anyone ever tried this? I have heard it can repel pests... I threw a sprouted clove in pot indoors and it is growing. I figure it is worth a shot, but I might need to put one in each pot to notice a difference.

 

[OrganicBuds]

Seems silly indoors, but maybe it is the best thing since sliced bread. Let us know.

 

[shmalphy]

I have seen people do clover and grasses in their pots, and I do those outdoors, I figure I would give this a whirl...

Once the scrog fills out, it should die from being dark down there, but it should still repel pests and work as mulch, we will see...

 

[habeeb]

I actually have a picture of someone growing some pot with garlic..

anyways, I think I tried it back when.. didn't work. Maybe it needs to be like full grown, but didn't work with gnats...

 

[ixnay007]

Aphids love my chives

 

[supermanlives]

prob better off crushing the clove and making a spray LOL worth a try tho

 

[ClackamasCootz]

prob better off crushing the clove and making a spray

To say the very least.......

 

[trichrider]

i think it works better if you don't plant the clove, just lay it on the top of the soil...maybe slice it. it seems no pests attack my garlics for whatever reasons, other plants are like open season...fwiw.

 

[shmalphy]

I have plenty garlic spray, I was just hoping for something a bit more "automated" lol

We never get anywhere if we don't try something new now and again... I can't see it hurting

I was reading about biodynamics, and they said no garlic sprays are allowed, but companion planting with it is OK... they also said this:

Yarrow blossoms are stuffed into urinary bladders from Red Deer, placed in the sun during summer, buried in earth during winter and retrieved in the spring.

so take that for what it is worth

 

[guest3901]

Place a clove of garlic root end up in soil.leaving half the clove sticking out of soil.
since I'm battling mites this is one of the tricks I've found.
I think its more a deterrent then anything else.

 

[Red Fang]

I have the worst luck growing garlic but still keep trying since I love it so much! This year showed more promise then ever, especially that the bizarrely warm spring temps allowed me to get them in crazy early. I even kept them well weeded unlike previous years where the weeds get ahead of me and I wave the white flag. Well they just suddenly started yellowing their foliage after doing great, the stems got weak and maybe midlew or some damn thing on them. I pulled them and have garlic, but a far cry from the size bunches I broke apart to plant them in the first place.

So if I could grow them with my indoor plants, maybe the best of both worlds. Sounds not that promising but more than what I have so far so maybe I will try it! That or I will replant the garlic this fall.

 

[Toes.]

The main benefits of garlic to the home gardener are its natural fungicidal and pesticidal properties.These can help keep neighbouring plants healthy.

The powerful antibiotic and antifungal compound allicin is released when garlic cloves are crushed. This also occurs when the clove is bitten into. Thus pests attacking garlic are likely to release its natural pesticide. Some have speculated that allicin evolved this way as a defence mechanism for the crop.

Garlic co-planting is especially beneficial to lettuce (where it deters aphids) and cabbage (deterring many common pests).
As well as protecting other plants garlic can also improve their flavour. Beets and cabbage are reported to be especially good companions that benefit from this...

Not all companion planting combinations are beneficial. Garlic doesn't seem to cooperate well with legumes (beans and pulses), peas or potatoes. Try not to plant these too near your garlic.

As well as co-planting the cloves themselves, you can use garlic extracts to protect other crops. There is a long tradition of treating plants with garlic solution.

Recently, scientists at Newcastle University confirmed scientifically that garlic oil is efective at repelling and even killing snails and slugs. These properties make garlic an excellent choice for the gardener who wants to avoid artificial chemicals and prefers to grow crops as near organically as possible.

seems like a good idea, I've never planted the gloves into the same container as their companion,

I do have some garlic growing in it's own containers through out the garden... the roses still get aphids on their new growth terminal ends though.

I'll try to work some in the next up-pot... good Idea!

 

[shmalphy]

I have the worst luck growing garlic but still keep trying since I love it so much! ...
So if I could grow them with my indoor plants, maybe the best of both worlds. Sounds not that promising but more than what I have so far so maybe I will try it! That or I will replant the garlic this fall.

exactly, if I get a clove or 2 out of the deal, that would be awesome, I more expect the presence of them growing that close to act as a deterrent..

just put the test subject in flower the other day, so far so good, we will know in 8 weeks or so how it works out.

 

[supermanlives]

well it wont hurt. and you can never have enough garlic. i love that stuff mmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Sat X RB]

nope. it has never worked for me.

 

[Scrappy4]

Yarrow blossoms are stuffed into urinary bladders from Red Deer, placed in the sun during summer, buried in earth during winter and retrieved in the spring.

All we can get around here is whitetail deer, do they work as well? Scrappy

 

[shmalphy]

All we can get around here is whitetail deer, do they work as well? Scrappy

I guess we will find out come spring?

 

[VerdantGreen]

garlic is quite a heavy feeder and the foliage is small compared to the root system - so as a living mulch im not sure. i would try chives or garlic chives instead.

Red Fang, try planting your garlic in the autumn. garlic needs a cold period after rooting - over a month below 5 Celcius - to make it bulb up properly the next summer. the winter will help it!. also garlic and any onions compete poorly with weeds so you need to hand weed them regularly. hoeing is not so good due to the shallow root system.

VG

 

[dr.penthotal]

sometime ago I planted both garlic and onions in small pots together with soilbeds. I was aiming to use them as a companion plants, but specifically as 'bait' plants for pests. it was during my battle against thrips. I used them to be infested by thrips and then eliminate them with their pest load. It worked somehow, as thrips seemed to prefer them better than mj. but then I discovered spinosad and solved my problem.
outdoor it makes more sense, even if I'd plant garlic not at plant base, but a bit farther and more distant as it's a heavy feeder and would compete. Imo.

ps biodinamic is a good practice. but it has too many 'magic rituals' that must be propeely understood to get the real benefits. it means to preapare an yarrow fermentation during long time and use this ingredient as an omeopatic regulator of composting process. useful, but always keep it simple...

 

[headband 707]

garlic is quite a heavy feeder and the foliage is small compared to the root system - so as a living mulch im not sure. i would try chives or garlic chives instead.

Red Fang, try planting your garlic in the autumn. garlic needs a cold period after rooting - over a month below 5 Celcius - to make it bulb up properly the next summer. the winter will help it!. also garlic and any onions compete poorly with weeds so you need to hand weed them regularly. hoeing is not so good due to the shallow root system.

VG

Good advice but I do believe he plans to bring it in with his bud indoor if I'm not mistaking?? Now as far as what it would do for the bud that would be a new one on me.. Garlic by itself is great and yes it has it's own properties to keep certian things away but indoors?? not sure what results you might get bra good luck..
There are many plants that do inhance or help with insects with cannabis sunflowers, marigolds,stinging nettle, garlic will all assist in this stay safe headband 707