Two years ago I bought some bulbs (complete with roots) from Berkeley Bowl and like Max, I ate one of the two leaves from each bulb and planted the bulbs in a one gallon pot with a well-drained medium. During the growing season I keep the medium moist and in dormancy give them a sprinkling of water once in a while to keep the soil from drying out completely. They have a short growing season from when the temperature warmed up in March to about July. They bloomed for the first time this year and have made a number of seed pods. The pods and flowers remained although the leaves have all senesced. I'll send the seeds to the BX when they are mature. It will be a long time before I can produce enough plants to enjoy the pleasure of eating spring ramps. Nhu Berkeley, CA On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Max Withers <maxwithers@gmail.com> wrote: > I wanted to alert Bay Area residents that I spotted Allium tricoccum > bulbs at Berkeley Bowl this week. I have never seen the bulbs for sale > before, the source was "California", so I imagine some kind of > commercial ramp-growing operation. > -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/