Using Minced Garlic As a Soil Amendment

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There doesn't seem to be very much documentation on this technique. Before I experiment with this, I would like to ask the community here if anyone has tried it before, and what their results were. Is it actually possible to harm a plant by adding too much garlic to the soil mixture, or is garlic only harmful to fungi and insect pests?
 

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Yes the concentrations of essential oils are dangerous. The carrier oil you will dilute it with will be what?
 

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There doesn't seem to be very much documentation on this technique. Before I experiment with this, I would like to ask the community here if anyone has tried it before, and what their results were. Is it actually possible to harm a plant by adding too much garlic to the soil mixture, or is garlic only harmful to fungi and insect pests?
Seems like a total waste of money to me :eek:
 

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Yes the concentrations of essential oils are dangerous. The carrier oil you will dilute it with will be what?

Thank you, you have eliminated some question marks. Which "carrier oil" would you propose using, if you don't mind me asking?
 

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Thank you, you have eliminated some question marks. Which "carrier oil" would you propose using, if you don't mind me asking?

Something like this
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Putting garlic onto soil sounds like a recipe for attracting onion white rot :eek:

If you get that in your soil you can't grow any Alliums (Leeks, onions, garlic Etc.) for about 20 years :oops:

It wiped out my crop of 5,000 garlic bulbs :(
 

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A suggestion for you - improve soil with home made compost or manure. Traditional, well tried and tested methods will always be best. Dig that kind of stuff in and sprinkle it with a dollop of common sense.
 

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