How best to use Elephant Garlic bulbils.

Question

I have just dug up my elephant garlic. It has tiny bulbils around the bottom. Do I plant them straight back into the soil, or preserve them over winter until next spring?

Answer 1

Garlic prefer a winter planting. As long as it is not hot in your area, then you will be fine to plant at just about any time, but they prefer a cool planting in fall.

These two articles will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/herbs/garlic/grow-elephant-garlic-plants.htm

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/herbs/garlic/save-garlic-next-year.htm