Questions

garlic flowers in olive oil fermenting dangerous?

I intend growing garlic now and wonder if it can be grown in large pots/troughs. What type of compost and or manure can I use.

How far into the soil should I plant garlic bulbs?

I crush a garlic clove and soaked it in water and used it to spray the pepper plant's , Are the green fly dead or do i repeat spraying?

I planted garlic cloves on Oct 18, and now, 3 weeks later, I can see 5cm shoots above the ground. Is this normal? I had somehow thought the cloves were meant to lie dormant over the winter.

I have been growing garlic successfully for years. This year, the garlic grew strongly at first. But, in the last month, it has all wilted and vanished. On either side of the garlic, white and red onions are growing well. .