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Using Garlic Offsets (Bulbils) to Grow New Garlic Plants

Those Small Cloves on Your Garlic Bulb

The small "bulblets" on the outside of a garlic bulb are offsets (bulbils). They can be planted to grow new garlic, though very tiny ones may lack maturity. Plant them anyway—many will produce viable plants.

This is a great way to increase your garlic stock without buying new seed garlic.

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