Gary Woods wrote in
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Judith in England wrote:

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

You can, but you won't know the variety or whether it harbors
soil-borne diseases. IMHO, better to get a few bulbs from a trusted
source as close to home as possible, and expand your stock from them.
Garlic is believed to adapt to local conditions, so growing your own
seed stock is a good thing.



We have used shop bought ones with great success and use them as sets every
year. Seeds too but the seeds are too time consuming. I know we were lucky
in a garlic lottery, but at the time we knew nothing of pests and diseases.
We got away that one thankfuly. We use garlic almost every day so 10-20
bulbs are needed each season, taking cloves for setting into account. That
can be 20%, depending on how the crop produces.
I/we have a row of 25 in right now and will plant again in spring. If we
have too many, allowing for failures, they will be donated.

Baz