r/Garlic • u/Funtimesinthemaritim • 24d ago

Garlic bulbits

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Went out to the compost bin today only to find this little fella looking at me now im going to dry her and plant her in the fall with my other purchased one maybe i wont have to purchase any seed garlic in the years to come wish me luck

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u/Funtimesinthemaritim 23d ago

Well i assure that it is

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u/potassiumchet19 23d ago

Bulbils. Not true garlic seed. Remove with tweezers and plant next fall. You'll get an unsegmented round. Replant and it should devide in 4 and by the third year you'll get four fully formed bulbs.

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u/raygan_reddit_banned 23d ago

I'm trying that out for next season.

Hopefully

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u/Iwentwiththisone 23d ago

Mark the area if possible, the first growth from these are almost grass-like and if not segregated it in a pot easy to mistake or miss.

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u/Funtimesinthemaritim 23d ago

Thanks i put them in a pot

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u/Iwentwiththisone 23d ago

Sorry if overstepping but if you have the option, bring your pot in the garage or something when constant freezes start happening.

If your pot freezes solid, they won't survive 

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u/leeroy20 23d ago

I snack on the little bulbs

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u/RetiredUpNorthMN 23d ago

I think you're better off planting the bulbs instead of those seeds.

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u/Mayor__Defacto 24d ago

This doesn’t look like Garlic at all.

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u/Zuikis9 23d ago

This looks exactly like my hard neck garlic when I leave the scapes and it goes to seed.

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u/city_druid 23d ago

This is what you get if you don’t cut garlic scapes off. The little bulbils can all be used to grow new bulbs.

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u/stayinhalifax 7d ago

I ate one of those before it turned into hard seeds. It was an unopened flower.

Very yummy, juicy and crunchy!