Roland thanks for that tip! I had noticed that bulbs of garlic left in the ground produced a lot of leaves in spring. I have a great tuft right now in the middle of the veg plot! But I will still have a soft spot for elephant garlic. Spring planted cloves of Allium sativum never do much here. They get terrible rust and barely survive. Autumn plantings are fine. Mark " Message du 09/04/13 10:45 > Objet : Re: [pbs] Species Alliums being edible? Allium ampeloprasum > > If you want less heavy garlic taste you just use the leaves from the garlic > the plants you just leave in the soil the whole year > Good time for planting them is now > and you can enjoy them the whole summer > I have maybe 10 varieties for you if you want > > Roland" _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/