Garlic 2021 season

[headfullofbees]

When crushed and then analyzed using a DART ion source, elephant garlic has been shown to produce both allicin, found in garlic, and syn-propanethial-S-oxide (onion lachrymatory factor), found in onion and leek, but absent in garlic, consistent with the classification of elephant garlic as a closer relative of leek than of garlic

 

[Tetters]

Well, that clarifies a lot of possible misunderstanding. I often think that it doesn`t matter how long I have been gardening (hundreds of years) there is always going to be something else I can learn.
A really good snippet for ''over the garden fence'' chatter.

 

[SeniorCitizen]

Calling a plant a leek that smells like garlic, looks like garlic, tastes like garlic and grows like garlic brings up a question. Why is a Peanut called a peanut when it is truly not a nut at all but Legume.

 

[Tetters]

Look what I found whilst looking for recipes ! My old mum used to say ''he who lives longest will know most''

Elephant Garlic

Elephant Garlic © Denzil Green Elephant Garlic is not a true garlic; it's actually a perennial member of the leek family. Above ground, its bluish-green leaves resemble grass, and can grow up to 3 feet (1 metre) tall. The bulbs can grow up to 4 inches (10 cm) wide, and weigh up to a po

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[Tetters]

 

[SeniorCitizen]

The Elephant Garlic being closely related to the Leek isn't recent news to me. Nearly 40 years ago, on a popular state university weekly gardening site, that was mentioned by a gardening expert that was probably 30 years my senior at the time of the show.

 

[Tess]

I just stuck my cloves into the wet ground about an inch without digging and covered them with 2 inches of half finished composted cow manure and covered with it with straw. Hope they grow

I planted some garlic clove sections that sprouted in my fridge! I waited a season and they grew to a very large whole bulb! You can do the same thing with an onion that sprouts! Gardening rocks!