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Old 10-07-2010, 03:29 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default Odd garlic cloves

Annawen wrote:

Does
anyone know what they are and what I should do about or with them?



What Phorbin said, with an addition: Hardneck garlic types put up scapes
that later have bulbils on them. In most cases you should cut the scapes
off to direct more food to the bulb, unless your soil fertility is much
higher than mine.
The bulbils are a good way to propagate garlic, since soil-borne diseases
aren't carried over, but it will take an extra year or more to get back to
full-sized bulbs.


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