Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rochester.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!nemo From: nemo@rochester.UUCP (Wolfe) Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Re: Garlic from seeds Message-ID: <6854@rochester.UUCP> Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 11:11:47 EST Article-I.D.: rocheste.6854 Posted: Wed Feb 27 11:11:47 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 04:06:54 EST References: <8682@brl-tgr.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: U. of Rochester, CS Dept. Lines: 16 > 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? > > Will Martin Burpee also has elephant garlic, but only from bulbs and only for fall planting. Harris and Burpee will only ship bulbs in the continental US, and mention that garlic can be planted in early spring. It is noted that in the south and pacific southwest it is usually planted in the fall. No mention of seeds, but I'll keep looking. Good luck. Nemo