Garlic seed

[MaureenHall]

I hope this hasn't already been covered in previous threads, but I've had a look and can't find anything

My cat kindly dug up some of my garlic about a month ago. They had flower buds on, and as I like "pretty things" in my kitchen, I put them in a vase (the flowers that is) and left them. Today I noticed that there were loads of mini-garlic cloves on them and I wondered if anyone has ever planted these and had any success.

I've given it a go anyway, planted 120 of the little things (tried to get them the right way up! ) in individual modules and just keeping my fingers crossed now.

Any advice as to whether to leave them outside during the winter, or put them in a cold frame or similar would be most helpful

[Geordie]

I think this gives all the info you need:

Garlic Bulbils - Rocambole Varieties

[quark1]

Not done this myself - but well worth a go - seeing as your new garlic-ettes will be from salvaged plant waste - ie what the cat destroyed - naughty tiddles!

My guess is that you will have to wait at least 2 years for them to develop to culinary size.

Best of luck and let us know how they progress.

[MaureenHall]

Thanks ever so much for that info Geordie, it looks as if I might be on the way to getting lots of garlic in a couple of years or so.

Quark, tiddles (aka Ebony) didn't really damage the garlic bulbs, just dug them up for me. They were still a bit small but very tasty