garlic flowering question

[kathymuggle]

My garlic have started to flower. Can I use the little seeds from the flower for next years crop - or should I re-order bulbs/ use one of the bulbs I grew? I know I can use the seeds from the flower - but they seem awfully tiny - do normal size garlic emerge from the tiny flower seeds?

[FarmerCathy]

It's easier to just use cloves from the garlic you harvest this year. The seeds I believe take two years.

[lmonter]

Yes to what Cathy said. If you use your cloves you harvested this year, odds are you'll be better off. Plus they'll [start to] acclimate to your yard/garden, which is always groovy.

[kathymuggle]

Thanks!