Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!wmartin From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Garlic from seeds Message-ID: <8682@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 17:25:22 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8682 Posted: Tue Feb 26 17:25:22 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 04:29:34 EST Distribution: net Organization: USAMC ALMSA Lines: 28 A recent episode of the PBS coking show, The Frugal Gourmet, emphasizing garlic, inspired me to look into growing my own. I was especially interested in "elephant garlic", a much larger variety which has a milder garlic flavor, but otherwise seems to be ordinary garlic increased in size. Checked some of the nursery/seed catalogs, and Gurney's had both regular and elephant garlic bulbs; you are supposed to plant individual cloves in the fall and harvest them the next fall. Well, that leaves me waiting for 6 months or so before I can start, via that route. However, I notice that there is no mention of growing from seeds. I recall that most onion and onion-like plants are grown from sets, or bulbs, rather than seeds, but I also recall that onion seed is available for those who wish to take that route. My query is, then: Is it possible to grow garlic from seeds, especially the "elephant garlic" variety? If so, from where can such seeds be obtained? Or are these artificially-propagated plants which will not breed true from seed? If I got garlic seed and planted it, would I end up with some odd parent throwback varieties, like the wild garlic from which the cultivated variety was bred? Thanks for any advice you can give. Will Martin USENET: seismo!brl-bmd!wmartin or ARPA/MILNET: wmartin@almsa-1.ARPA