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Originally Posted by jtjmartin
Newbie question: I've never grown garlic from seed. Where do you get garlic seed from?
I just spent 15 minutes on Google. A number of seed sites will list "garlic seed" but they actually sell "seed garlic" bulbs. I've got bulbs - wouldn't mind giving seed a shot.
I have onion seedlings from seed growing now - gives me "a fix" for the lean months of December and January!
Jeff
Jeff
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True seed from garlic is hard to get because it is very hard to produce. Garlic has a hard time making true seed because it has been cloned for so many years through bulbs and bulbils. Also only hardnecks can produce it and it is only some hardnecks at that. So really the only way to get true garlic seed is to trick or force your plants into producing it which can be very tricky.
-Zach