Topic: My elephant garlic has babies!

[KittyKatt]

I have just dug up some of my elephant garlic, which I have grown for the first time this year. its a good size, and was very tasty roasted for lunch today! I noticed that it had small "baby" cloves attached to the outside of the main head. They are about the size of a chick pea. If I potted them up, would they grow and produce cloves suitable for planting for a crop next year?
Many thanks
KK

[Sparkly]

We had the same with ours, dug up yesterday. Can't answer your question though, but would be interested in the answer myself.

[realfood]

If you replant or pot them right away, you should get a "round" next year, as explained in this page from my web site. http://www.growyourown.info/page145.html

[Robert_Brenchley]

They will produce eventually, but I suspect you'd have to wait two years to get a decent bulb. For comparison, I took two years to produce shallot-sized bulbs from my walking onions, which started as some of the little bulbs from the tops of the stems.

[KittyKatt]

Thank you for your help and a most interesting web site! I think I will give it a go, after all, nothing ventured ...
KK