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Yes those little brown bulbs are a mystery to me too and I have never planted them, doubt they would grow much but you could try! I would plant them quite close together, say 2 to 3 inches.
I don’t understand your reference to a page of the new book on this site, I have not posted one, am pleased you are looking forward to reading it next February.
It’s on your Home page Charles, just above the “news” section….
“A page for my next book appearing in February 2014
Charles Dowding’s Veg Journal, month by month advice”I was also puzzled as to it’s whereabouts…
CP
Susan
I noticed exactly the same thing this summer, so I dropped a Facebook message to The Garlic Farm, who I bought them from, to ask.
They told me that you can generate new Elephant Garlic from them, but it will take two years to get back up to full size. They also said they’d never tried eating them!!
My response to that was to put them in the bin!!
I planted those bulblets from a crop some years ago but none of mine germinated. But how many Elephant Garlics do you need. I found it had next to no flavour, I think I read that its a type of leek rather than a variety of garlic?
Thanks for your feedback, the bulblets do sound like a curious anomaly with little use to the gardener.
As you say the elephant garlic is more leek than garlic and with much less flavour than true garlic, which can be a good size itself when well grown!
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