Sorry to start another garlic thread....but this is weird.
I was outside today and I noticed that in the middle of all of my garlic shoots, right before the leaves start to branch from the plant, there appears to be a small, divided clove bursting out of the stem. I have never seen this in any of my less than thorough garlic growing research.
I started all of mine from cloves bought from the food store, so who knows what kind they are. But here's a pic. Thoughts?
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those will end up as little tiny cloves, you can plant them. I get a few each year and plant them. they take a year to become regular size.
sometimes if you don't cut the scapes they will flower and youll end up with a hundred or so tiny cloves, they take two years to become regular size,the good thing about these is not all of the "seeds" come out the same. giving you some variety to choose from for your next generations.
sometimes if you don't cut the scapes they will flower and youll end up with a hundred or so tiny cloves, they take two years to become regular size,the good thing about these is not all of the "seeds" come out the same. giving you some variety to choose from for your next generations.