Is this a type of garlic?

rlansdon · Apr 3, 2013

I got this from my grandfather yesterday and he has always told me that it is garlic. I am confused though since it doesn't have a cluster at the bottom. Could anyone here give me an outside opinion for identification? The bottom root ball area looks alot like an onion but it has a kind of garlicy smell.

Thanks!

mistletoad · Apr 3, 2013

Looks like ramps to me.

primal1 · Apr 3, 2013

taste it

wild garlic doesn't have a cluster of cloves, just a single yummy bulb/clove

rlansdon · Apr 3, 2013

Great suggestions! Any one else?

Belfrybat · Apr 3, 2013

Elephant garlic is of the onion family -- actually a wild leek -- and doesn't always divide into cloves for a couple of years. But it has a definite garlic taste/ odor. I love the stuff!

Rockytopsis · Apr 3, 2013

Looks like ramps to me also
Where did it come from?
Nancy

Paquebot · Apr 4, 2013

If that's a 5-gallon pail, and they were ramps, they'd be a world's record! It's elephant garlic. When they go feral and grow crowded, they don't make bulbs. Instead, they grow just like a leek which is exactly what they are.

Martin

romysbaskets · Apr 5, 2013

Absolutely Elephant garlic, I have them growing outside and the foliage is identical. No doubt about it and Paquebot knows! Remember the saying Bo Knows? Well with Garlic, Paquebot knows!

Is this a type of garlic?

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