Garlic is a plant in the same family as onions, leeks and shallots. Garlic in plants can bring great benefits.

It is grown in large areas of the world and is widely used in cooking, but you will be surprised what it does to plants. Regarding its origin, it is said that it arrived in the Middle East about four thousand years ago from Central Asia. While its use in India and Egypt is documented in the third millennium BC.

Garlic and power

Garlic contains significant amounts of certain micronutrients such as manganese, vitamin B6, vitamin C and selenium, and is low in calories. It is rich in polyphenols and other antioxidant substances, which increase even more in black garlic (obtained by transforming white garlic at constant temperature and humidity)

Garlic has many  benefits and properties  that we can take advantage of in our garden or garden. In addition to being an essential food in our kitchen, it is easy to plant and grow. It is a medicinal plant that we can grow ourselves.

These properties of garlic will allow us to give it  a variety of uses in our garden.  Protects trees from pest infestation.

Garlic  helps repel pests  such as aphids or red spiders from our fruit trees and plants, preventing fungal attacks. Only plant garlic around fruit trees.

We can also associate garlic with other crops and thus  prevent the appearance of parasites in the garden.

Growing garlic in the garden is very beneficial for other plants, especially if you want to grow tomatoes, as it is a  natural bactericide and fungicide.  The plant acts as a repellent to the parasites that normally attack them. It will repel nematodes. It is also used in carrot and strawberry crops. Planted between carrots  it helps us repel the carrot fly.

Garlic infusion against aphids

An excellent home remedy to  repel aphids,  garlic tea makes them disappear from our plants, without the need for toxic chemicals and contaminants.

Garlic remedies should be applied at dawn or dusk, since the compound degrades with temperature and sunlight, we will do this for about 5 days.

Garlic on plants as a fungicide.

To prepare our insecticide, crush a head of garlic with a few cloves together with two glasses of water until you obtain  a very homogeneous mixture.

Let sit for a day and then mix in 3 liters of water. The mixture can be sprayed directly on the leaves of the plants.

Garlic bulbs on plants as an insecticide

Garlic is an ingredient in a powerful insecticide called APICHI, which is used to combat all soft-bodied insects such as mites, whiteflies, aphids or caterpillars, among others.

To create a homemade insecticide, you need  to use a head of garlic  , peel and peel the cloves, crush them and mash them well with a mortar and pestle. This mixture must be placed in a saucepan with 1 liter of water and left to marinate for 24 hours.

After that,  boil the solution for 5 minutes, let it cool and strain it through a homemade strainer. Finally, pour the resulting liquid into a sprayer and use it like a normal insecticide.