2019-2020 Onion Chronicles.

I love growing onions. The weeds love it when I grow onions, too. Do you mulch your onions to keep weeds out?

Elephant garlic is supposed to grow true seeds (like leeks do), I believe, unlike most regular garlic. However, I've never seen anyone selling the true seeds. Everyone who grows them here, do you see true seeds growing on them, or do they grow bulbils instead? It's illegal to ship out-of-state Allium bulbs into Idaho unless they're certified in some way I don't know about; so, I look for true seeds and local Alliums.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by shule1

I love growing onions. The weeds love it when I grow onions, too. Do you mulch your onions to keep weeds out?

Elephant garlic is supposed to grow true seeds (like leeks do), I believe, unlike most regular garlic. However, I've never seen anyone selling the true seeds. Everyone who grows them here, do you see true seeds growing on them, or do they grow bulbils instead? It's illegal to ship out-of-state Allium bulbs into Idaho unless they're certified in some way I don't know about; so, I look for true seeds and local Alliums.

The first time I tried to grow it I was an idiot.
Had no idea what I was doing or what I needed to do.
Planted it in the spring and it croaked in the summer heat.
Never seen a seed even sold for elephant garlic other than the bulbils or what ever the heck they are called.
So this fall is my 2nd attempt after many years.
The garlic I bought from the grocery store is from Gilroy California
Christopher Ranch is where it came from.

[GrowingCoastal]

Originally Posted by shule1

I love growing onions. The weeds love it when I grow onions, too. Do you mulch your onions to keep weeds out?

Elephant garlic is supposed to grow true seeds (like leeks do), I believe, unlike most regular garlic. However, I've never seen anyone selling the true seeds. Everyone who grows them here, do you see true seeds growing on them, or do they grow bulbils instead? It's illegal to ship out-of-state Allium bulbs into Idaho unless they're certified in some way I don't know about; so, I look for true seeds and local Alliums.

I have had elephant garlic growing wildly in my garden for years. The flower heads do develop seeds and I am drying some heads to see if I can get more than a few out of them. When I just let them mature and stand in the garden the seeds sprout while still in the flower head and drop sprouted, I think in spring. Watching more closely this year to see exactly when that happens.