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I've had some quite small garlic along with some nicely sized ones. My question is, (and yes, I have tried the excellent search thread, but can't find anything and then my patience ran out) can I save the smallest bulbs to use for next years plants, or will they produce small garlic again? The "proper" size look great in plaits, but I thought it might be the best way to use the little ones as next years crop. They do have perfect cloves, just little.
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Granny on the Game in Sheffield -
Hi Florence,
I always use the small cloves/bulbs for cooking and save the largest for re-planting - that way you build a bigger crop of larger bulbs."We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."-- Abraham Lincoln -
Do you know T8Ter, that sounds like common sense! Thank you.Granny on the Game in SheffieldComment
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But doesn't work for shallots where big means small and small means big the following year!Originally posted by Florence Fennel View Post
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Now that's interesting.Granny on the Game in SheffieldComment
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we just use all the garlic and when it's really small I just cut the 2 end bits off and just chopped the whole thing up.Comment
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i have just pulled my garlic, the soft neck has nice big bulbs and somr more cloves just above the neck, which i assume can be used,But the hardneck garlic planted the same time has barley split yet,so i will use it first. also i noticed they had rust which was not there last time i had looked. i asume thi s is just cosmetic and wont affect it being stored.a good put down line to use !
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