They're the mini-bulbs (almost like seeds) that form at the top of a garlic plant.

I cut and saved them from my garlic plants, but since I will be replanting the cloves this fall, I don't need any of the bulbils. I don't know what the name of the variety is, but they are a hardneck type that is completely hardy here in zone 5 (upstate NY).

Would be happy to send them to anyone who would like them. Please PM me if interested.

How nice of you to share.

The Allium family is very easy to propagate. My little hillbilly Grandma used to cut off the bottom of every onion or garlic, etc that came into the house when she was cooking. And replanted each one in a new place, and they all came up again. I think that she had direct descendants of starts from her own mother. I'm sorry now that I don't have any of hers now that I've gotten old enough to love their history.

Hmmm...... Should I try planting some of my garlic. Since you first talked about growing garlic a couple months ago, Nan, I have been thinking about planting some. I do know when the cloves sit around a while they start to "grow" Do you think I should try planting that and seeing if I get some garlic of my own!! I'm in Southern California so your garlic may not do as well out here.

The garlic plants we recieved are doing great. They seem to love their new home. Love the addition to the garden. Next year we will use the garlic to mince and spray to kill the pests attacking various garden plants.

You don't get winter freezes like we do here in NY, so if what you have is not as winter hardy as mine, you'll still probably be ok. No harm in planting a few cloves, right? If they do well, you will probably have 8 times as many next year, enough to do an actual "garlic patch"!

I would love to receive some garlic bulbils, if you wouldn't mind sending it. While we don't have a long, cold winter, last year it dropped to 4 below zero, killing quite a few of our palm trees & almost all of our oleander bushes locally. Needless to say, it was a 60 year storm that brought such temps & snow, with ice long enough to kill such vegetation!!!! I'll drop you a PM with my address & e-mail in it. I'll be looking forward to hearing from you soon!!!! Thanks a bunch in advance!!!!!

Isn't there a town in California that's the Garlic Capital???

I live in Calif. and I can not answer your question. :oops:

Yes, Gilroy. It's about 5 hours north of us.

LOL, I knew California has a reputation for it's Garlic!!! TY for identifying the town.

I love the smell of Garlic when we drive thru there!! I do enjoy my garlic!!! However, garlic ice cream has never called my name!! LOL!!!!!

I also love the smell when they are harvesting onions here in my city, smells so good!! A lot of people don't like it!

when you grow garlic to you ever have bulbs that look like onions they are just one solid bulb no segments? ive had that a few times mostly when i plant in pring not the fall before. dose anyone know why this happens i actualy like them better for canning since i dont have to peal as much husk off.

Mine have always made multiple cloves per bulb.

hi iam ron odell,i would love to have some bulbils seeds,i feed them to my homing pigeons,they are good for them.thank you very much.(address edited out by moderator) Please use PM function

IF you still have any left I would love some. Since I live in the same zone as you do they would be perfect for here.
Let me know if you have any left, just pm me. Thanks for the offer.

Kat