The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: northfifeduckling on September 12, 2012, 03:46:17 pm
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I managed to grow some seed this year :roflanim: - has anyone tried growing their garlic from it - and when would I do that? Do they need to dry out or go in like walking onions?
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Not sure what you would get ducks . To get the same bulb variety you have to plant a clove .
So although the seed will no doubt grow something , it may not be anything like the parent plant .
You may get a bulb that is perfect for what you want , and you could then grow more of that particular bulb by planting the cloves as normal .
If you have the space and the seeds prove viable , it may be worth a go !
I would treat the seed like onion seed . Sow from now through till early spring .
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the first year will only give you one clove, but you could then select the biggest and best to grow into the bulb in the second year
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We've only planted in the clove form - never seen garlic seeds anywhere - but then we weren't looking either :innocent:
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They are not really seeds they are mini bulbs and called bulbils .
The bulbils can be sown any time now at 3 x the diameter sieve some sand over them and protect form bird action. Sow fortnightly till mid March so long as it is unfrozen ground .
They will make a sort of small bulb next year 2013 , if you leave the thing alone it tends to break out like a shallot which can then be broken off as cloves for planting in 2014
Don't let the bulbils dry out too much like I once did and try to sow the dehydrated husk.. nothng came of them .
Before you sow , crush a couple between your finger nails to make sure there is still life & liquid in them .
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They are not really seeds they are mini bulbs and called bulbils .
garlic does produce bulbils, but not all the time and not all types, they do also produce seeds, that look very similar to onion or leek seeds.
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I sit at my keyboard chastised and humble ... :-J
I've not yet had seed ..
WIRRR WIRR ( can you smell the rubber burning ? )
I wonder .. if .. seeds come from soft neck garlic
Hoping to buy a few soft neck cloves this W/E if can find some loaclly otherwise it's a catalogue which add p&P & VAT
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NFD fancy an SAE and letting me have half a dozen .....SEEDS ????
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http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/vegetable/how-to-grow-garlic-from-seed.htm (http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/vegetable/how-to-grow-garlic-from-seed.htm)
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I saw this,hope it may help somewhat?
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/how-to-grow-garlic (http://www.thompson-morgan.com/how-to-grow-garlic)
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Plantoid, just pm me your address , I'll post some to you :&>
NFD fancy an SAE and letting me have half a dozen .....SEEDS ??? ?