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Roy in georgia · Jun 10, 2008

My F.I.L. wants to take seed from the Garlic plants he has in his yard but hasn't been able to get them to grow so, is there something anyone here knows about starting garlic from seed?

thanks in advance Roy

Kestrel in CT · Jun 10, 2008

The only method I ever heard of was from individual cloves, also called seed cloves.

I grew them from cloves taken from bulbs bought from reputable garlic suppliers and had great success. I grew 600 plants one year of the hard neck variety.

They're considered superior to the common grocery store white bulbs in size and reputed medicinal properties. They might not like your warm climate though.
Either way, they do need plenty of mulch to thrive.

Nancy Howell · Jun 10, 2008

We had garlic growing in the yard here in Dallas. Its pretty much died out due to mowing, but it will grow in warm climates.

Roy in georgia · Jun 10, 2008

yeah he said every time he pulls some he puts some back to grow pulls the head apart and puts the small ones back but he wanted to get seed started so he could have more to pick from

bill mart · Jun 11, 2008

he should be planting the larger cloves,the size of next years bulb is directly proportional to the size of the clove planted.bill m.

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