Uses for garlic

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Uses for garlic
« on: July 26, 2016, 21:56 »
Hi- I read that garlic can be used to reduce slugs in the garden.  I have grown garlic this year and it is now drying in the greenhouse, but what do I do now to get the maximum benefit?  Do I crush it or boil it up? Any ideas please - thanks

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Re: Uses for garlic
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2016, 08:10 »
... apparently the slugs in my garden haven't read that bit - while the bulbs were drying out on racks, the slugs were all over them  ::)

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« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2016, 13:10 »
I tried using garlic to deter mice from my bean seeds, but it had no effect. I suspect the only thing that garlic deters is vampires.

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« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2016, 17:50 »
 :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Uses for garlic
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2016, 19:37 »
Oh dear!.  How about black fly? I understand it might deter black fly if it is boiled up and the water sprayed on the plants - or is that wrong too? :)

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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2016, 09:14 »
Oh dear!.  How about black fly? I understand it might deter black fly if it is boiled up and the water sprayed on the plants - or is that wrong too? :)

not sure about black fly - you could try and see and become a pioneer  :D  It's possible to use it on brassicas to deter cabbage whites - the butterflies "taste" the air to find cabbages / broccoli / swede and so on to lay their eggs, so a spray might disguise the scent (it definitely works with lavender)  But remember that it will wash off in the rain and sometimes it is just easier to grow brassicas under mesh netting than have to keep making a point of spraying the plants regularly



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