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Post by gixxerific on Oct 2, 2012 15:22:00 GMT -5
I don't know if volunteer garlic is the right wording. But these came up by themselves. If you look at this row and it is a definite row, I believe this is the same area I had bubils in this spring. This row here even starts about the same place the bubils since they didn't go the entire width of the garden. But there are several other patches of these in different spots as well. Also my bubils all died early this spring for some reason. The other patches all look the same so that has me rethinking the bubil idea. When dug up they are definitely not a single bulb but a grouping of cloves all with their own separate root system. I'm not really sure what to do with them. Should I dig them up and carefully replant them. There might be 70+ separate plants here. Will they grow like a normal garlic clove. I am assuming they will. I had this last year and left them in clumps and they withered and died. I even thought about trying a few in pots which I am sure I will I have more than enough garlic to plant so If I ripped all these out I wouldn't be out much in reality. So first off what are these, is this what happens when you miss a bulb? Is this what happens when you plant Bubils? This is my first year trying bubils so I am not sure what to expect. The other patches might be bubils that fell off during harvest. Finally what should I do with these? Thanks, Dono    These pics aren't the greatest if needed I can get better ones, again thanks. |
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Post by paquebot on Oct 2, 2012 20:41:17 GMT -5
When you plant garlic, you explode a bulb into single cloves and each becomes a single plant. Plant 2 cloves and you get 2 plants. Plant 20 cloves and you get 20 plants. A double clove will result in 2 separate half-bulbs. For most types, that's maximum from which to expect a divided bulb. More than 2 usually results in only rounds.
Martin
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Post by gixxerific on Oct 2, 2012 20:55:26 GMT -5
Thanks paq I know how to plant garlic. I thought I got it all out. I might have missed some or these were bubils that dropped. That row has me wondering if these were the bubils that I thought died.
Do bubils make multiple bulbs or a single bulb normally?
Either way I will try to replant some of these, I will try them in pots too to see how that goes, I have plenty of garlic to plant so these won't make or break me.
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Post by ferdzy on Oct 2, 2012 21:34:37 GMT -5
Those look to me like they could have grown from dropped clumps of bulbils, at least the last photo. The middle one looks more like it could have been a missed clove. In either case, they can certainly be replanted. At worst the heads you get next year might be a little on the small side.
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Post by diane on Oct 3, 2012 0:03:27 GMT -5
There is one of my garlics (bought as separate types but totally mixed now) that has little sharp-edged bulblets alongside, or sometimes just under the outer skin, of the bulb. If I pull this garlic up, the bulblets get left in the ground. I haven't replanted in some areas for 20 years, and get garlic every year. If I dig them carefully, I can detach the bulblets and plant them somewhere new.
I think these might be elephant garlic, which I believe is actually a leek.
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Some threads, like this one, have lo-o-o-o-ong lines that are a bother to read. Why?
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Oct 3, 2012 0:15:13 GMT -5
Some threads, like this one, have lo-o-o-o-ong lines that are a bother to read. Why? It's due to posted photos... The page displays the entire width of the photos and then expands the text to fit the photo. To avoid that, I try to post my photos so that they are no more than 640 pixels wide and not more than 480 pixels high. If I get it wrong and get annoyed by having to scroll horizontally to read the text, then I resize the photo and try again. Most of the computers I use are set up to handle a maximum photo size of 640 pixels before I have to scroll. I use one that can handle 1024 pixel wide photos, so this thread seems perfectly right on that computer. |
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Post by paquebot on Oct 3, 2012 21:34:34 GMT -5
Do bubils make multiple bulbs or a single bulb normally? A single bulbil will ONLY make a single bulb, NEVER a multiple. That bulb may be a pea-sized round or a 2" divided bulb depending upon the type and variety. Martin |
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Post by paquebot on Oct 3, 2012 21:44:27 GMT -5
There is one of my garlics (bought as separate types but totally mixed now) that has little sharp-edged bulblets alongside, or sometimes just under the outer skin, of the bulb. If I pull this garlic up, the bulblets get left in the ground. I haven't replanted in some areas for 20 years, and get garlic every year. If I dig them carefully, I can detach the bulblets and plant them somewhere new. I think these might be elephant garlic, which I believe is actually a leek. You are correct in that elephant garlic is a leek and has no bearing on this topic. The worse thing that ever happened to Los Mols Wild Leek was when it was given a garlic name. Babington leek also produces such corms but also bulbils. Because the two resemble each other in many ways, gardeners often have the one while thinking that they have the other. I have both and consider elephant garlic to be a weed for me. Not all corms sprout the following year and may remain dormant for several years. Just when I think that they are cleared out of one bed, they show up again. Martin |
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