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Durgan · August 20, 2018

I now go the bulbil, round garlic route. I plant bulbils year one. then the round year two. then use the cloves for year three which for all intents and purposes is normal maybe a bit smaller but hard to discern.
1 August 2018 Pulled Garlic
Posted on August 1, 2018 by Durgan
http://durgan.org/2018/July%202018/1...20Garlic/HTML/ 1 August 2018 Pulled Garlic
Garlic was pulled for storage about 100 bulbs. The roots were loosened by using a fork. The plants were then tied in bundles of about ten and hung in the shed and greenhouse to thoroughly dry.This garlic was grown from second year rounds and are about the same quality as when the main crop cloves are used for planting. The scapes are left on,since I do not use them. Also some bulbils are required for next years crop. Also the scape left on appear to make for larger bulbs contrary to popular opinion.

27 July 2018 Garlic for 2018 Planting Season
Posted on July 27, 2018 by Durgan
http://durgan.org/2018/July%202018/2...20Season/HTML/ 27 July 2018 Garlic for 2018 Season
Two row of rounds were planted in October 2017. They are now mature and produced about four cloves per round. These cloves will now be planted in October 2018 and will produce normal sized garlic bulbs in July of 2019. Sequence is plant bulbils (seeds), Rounds, Small bulbs, Then normal sized garlic. Bulbils>Rounds>Bulbs>Normal sized Garlic.
The small bulbs were pulled and place in a warm spot in the shade in the greenhouse to dry for planting in October 2018. This sequence means the full garlic crop is used, not necessary to save some for planting , also the new garlic is disease free.

5 July 2018 Garlic Rounds
Posted on July 5, 2018 by Durgan
http://durgan.org/2018/July%202018/5...20Rounds/HTML/ 5 July 2018 Garlic Rounds
A row of garlic rounds were harvested and set to cure for 2018 October planting. New garlic is usually produced from planting cloves from normal garlic. The method of using bulbils and going through the process to get normal bubs in about three years means more of the current crop can be sold and the new crop is disease free since it is from seed (bulbils).
The rounds are harvested a bit before the main harvest, since the tops have essentially died off.
The bulbils produce rounds the first year, when the round are planted they produce a small bulb with around four cloves in the second year. When these cloves are planted they produce normal bulbs maybe a bit smaller but more than acceptable.

August 20, 2018	#20
Durgan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Brantford, ON, Canada Posts: 1,341	I now go the bulbil, round garlic route. I plant bulbils year one. then the round year two. then use the cloves for year three which for all intents and purposes is normal maybe a bit smaller but hard to discern. 1 August 2018 Pulled Garlic Posted on August 1, 2018 by Durgan http://durgan.org/2018/July%202018/1...20Garlic/HTML/ 1 August 2018 Pulled Garlic Garlic was pulled for storage about 100 bulbs. The roots were loosened by using a fork. The plants were then tied in bundles of about ten and hung in the shed and greenhouse to thoroughly dry.This garlic was grown from second year rounds and are about the same quality as when the main crop cloves are used for planting. The scapes are left on,since I do not use them. Also some bulbils are required for next years crop. Also the scape left on appear to make for larger bulbs contrary to popular opinion. 27 July 2018 Garlic for 2018 Planting Season Posted on July 27, 2018 by Durgan http://durgan.org/2018/July%202018/2...20Season/HTML/ 27 July 2018 Garlic for 2018 Season Two row of rounds were planted in October 2017. They are now mature and produced about four cloves per round. These cloves will now be planted in October 2018 and will produce normal sized garlic bulbs in July of 2019. Sequence is plant bulbils (seeds), Rounds, Small bulbs, Then normal sized garlic. Bulbils>Rounds>Bulbs>Normal sized Garlic. The small bulbs were pulled and place in a warm spot in the shade in the greenhouse to dry for planting in October 2018. This sequence means the full garlic crop is used, not necessary to save some for planting , also the new garlic is disease free. 5 July 2018 Garlic Rounds Posted on July 5, 2018 by Durgan http://durgan.org/2018/July%202018/5...20Rounds/HTML/ 5 July 2018 Garlic Rounds A row of garlic rounds were harvested and set to cure for 2018 October planting. New garlic is usually produced from planting cloves from normal garlic. The method of using bulbils and going through the process to get normal bubs in about three years means more of the current crop can be sold and the new crop is disease free since it is from seed (bulbils). The rounds are harvested a bit before the main harvest, since the tops have essentially died off. The bulbils produce rounds the first year, when the round are planted they produce a small bulb with around four cloves in the second year. When these cloves are planted they produce normal bulbs maybe a bit smaller but more than acceptable.