Instructions Harvesting Bulbils 1 Inspect the flower stems for bulbil formation on hardneck garlic once they form in summer. Bulbils resemble small bulbs packed tightly together at the top of the stalk. They are covered in a papery fiber. 2 Cut off the garlic stalk with a sharp knife once it falls over. Remove the entire stalk, cutting it off at the soil level. 3 Peel off the remaining papery covering and separate the bulbils from each other. There is no need to peel the individual bulbils. 4 Store the bulbils in a perforated plastic bag or a mesh sack in a cool, 32 F room until you are ready to plant. Store bulbils for up to six months. 7 minutes ago · Like DeYoung Chef Frank Prepare soil bed like any other seed - well worked, composted, raised beds. We recommend to plant bulbils in the Spring - not in the Fall. Plant as early as you can possible work the soil. In a raised bed, draw shallow 1” deep seed rows about 6 inches apart. In a 30” raised bed row we get 4 parallel bulbil rows. Sprinkle the bulbils in the shallow rows - maybe for Porcelain about 25 per foot. Cover with dirt and water well. Water and weed like any other vegetable. Small bulbils will not compete well with weeds, so keep the bed clean. The first year, the bulbils will grow like small onions - some still very small, some perhaps 3/4” across. Harvest when you harvest your other garlic. Cure like other garlic, and replant each “round” that Fall, just as you do with your garlic cloves. Spacing the second year can be slightly closer than usual garlic cloves. By the second year, your bulbils will have already developed a bulb, usually smaller than a garlic bulb grown from a clove. We have had second year garlic grown from bulbils, produce scapes the second year, and be pretty close to normal size. Harvest the second year garlic grown from cloves, and treat exactly like garlic grown from cloves. Replant in Fall, and the third year your garlic will be adapted to your own garden, and yield a normal sized bulb. The Genetics and Economics of Growing “Your Own” Garlic from Bulbils is Natures Way! One Porcelain Garlic Bulbil Capsule could yield 1000 Garlic Bulbs in Third Year! 2 minutes ago · Like DeYoung Chef Frank It’s Easy. It’s Genetically Beneficial. It’s Natures Way. It’s Economical. It’s Fun. We want to encourage you to try growing “your own adapted” garlic from garlic bulbils.
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