Species Alliums being edible?
Chad Schroter (Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:40:41 PDT)

My old leeks have formed true separate bulbs - round like an onion . The flavor intensity was similar to garlic.

Chad Schroter
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On Apr 8, 2013, at 3:53 PM, "Bulborum Botanicum" <bulborum@gmail.com> wrote:

elephant garlic is Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum a tasteless garlic
Garlic is Allium sativum an other species

Roland

2013/4/9 David Ehrlich <idavide@sbcglobal.net>

Smuel --
I have never seen leek left in the ground, but I am told it becomes like
garlic. I have also been told that elephant garlic is really just a
variety of
leek. However, I do know that leek has a solid scape, and
when you shop for it summer or later, you must be careful to make sure
that the
scape has not yet started. If it has, you will end up having to discard
nearly
half the plant. The scape is inedibly hard.

David E.

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From: Shmuel Silinsky gardenbetter@gmail.com
I wonder what happens if leek is not
harvested and let to form a bulb? Another is what they call elephant
garlic - the catalog of Nichol's Nursery in Oregon says they introduced it
as a crop and gave it the elephant garlic name. I have not seen it wild
here, but would sure like to. : )
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