Garlic... Have you ever seen this???

[seedspreader]

Ever seen this before?

[Michele of MI]

I had some of those this year. Why do they do that? I have grow garlic for several years, and this is the first time I've seen this.

[seedspreader]

Same here Michele.

I am hoping that Martin stops by and has an answer.

[Paquebot]

Just looking at the picture, I'd guess that the variety is Inchelium Red due to it being the most common softnecks that does that. That's one of those softneck varieties which show that all had a common ancestor. They are bulbils which are just as viable as if from a hardneck variety. As of early this afternoon, there were probably a dozen or so other softneck varieties showing bulbils within the stem. We are trying to establish some sort of database showing which are more prone to that.

By the way, they can be planted back this fall and will usually produce a large round next year and normal bulb the second.

Martin

[stars01]

I had the same thing happen here with California Soft Neck.
My other type of garlic was normal.


paula

[VT Chicklit]

I had this happen to my garlic last year. The garlic I had planted was just something that I purchased in the veggie department. I removed these bulbils from the stem carefully and saved them. I Planted them this spring, along with some of the cloves from my harvest from last year. The new crop looks pretty good and I have some of the new garlic forming bulbils again this year.

[MELOC]

last year, i had them inside the stem in inchelium red just like martin described.

[||Downhome||]

thats what I planted my garlic from this year the nursery owners wife had extra.