Planting Garlic Seed (bulbils)

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Planting Garlic Seed (bulbils)

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http://www.durgan.org/URL/?JZSFA 12 October 2012 Planting Garlic Seed (bulbils)
Garlic seed called bulbils produce only one large clove the first year of growth. Planting the clove again three cloves are produced. Planing the third year perfect clones of the parent are produced. Planting successively year after years makes more of the main crop available for use. Another advantage is the bulbils are completely disease free. Garlic is asexual so no new garlic is ever produced only clones of the original.Garlic in my area is planted in October and harvested the following year in early July. It is amongst the easiest vegetables to grow.

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?HIBIY 31 July 2012 Collecting Garlic Seeds (bulbils)
Seeds collected, washed in water and allowed to dry.

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Re: Planting Garlic Seed (bulbils)

Post: # 267473Post okra »

Very interesting

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Re: Planting Garlic Seed (bulbils)

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I tend to "lose" garlic in my garden, and round about this time of year i find the lost garlic sprouting in little clumps of 6 or so

Is it safe/ok to split them now?

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Re: Planting Garlic Seed (bulbils)

Post: # 267501Post diggernotdreamer »

it will be fine to dig them up and split them off into individual plants, they will grow away fine

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