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Old 15-11-2012, 11:35 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Judith in England Judith in England is offline
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:01:56 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Thursday, November 15, 2012 9:58:58 PM UTC, Judith in England wrote:

Have people grown garlic from supermarket human consumption ones - or do people
always use garden-centre bulbs?


Cloves intended for consumption are fine. Its a good way to use up garlic cloves that have sat around too long and shrivelled or sprouted.


NT



I have had them sprout quite readily when I haven't used them in the past; but
more recently they do not seem to have sprouted as much. I wondered if they
were being discouraged from reproducing in some way.