I can see the trigger value in the output of gc():
> gc()
used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
Ncells 1173182 62.7 2310631 123.5 1173535 62.7
Vcells 97391820 743.1 171477824 1308.3 121138100 924.3
But how do I change it?