Thread: Garlic bulbils
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Old 23-07-2005, 08:35 PM
Tim Tyler
 
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Default Garlic bulbils

Two of my garlic plants seem to have buds on them.

I've tried eating the buds - they are great stuff - an amazing way to
experience garlic.

One of the buds has dropped - and I doubt the other will go much
further. These things look like minature garlic bulbs - and look
like they may be "intended" to hit the ground without flowering -
interesting for me if so; I didn't know alliums engaged in that
sort of strawberry-style reproduction.

This page calls these things "bulbil"s:

http://www.killerplants.com/weird-plants/20050421.asp

Does anyone else have bulbils on their garlic?
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