From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   T wrote:   
   ...   
   > Mine always loved the cold.  What made mine fail   
   > every year was a sudden warm spell.  And I did water   
   > them.   I just had the wrong variety   
      
     hope they do well for you this year!  :)   
      
     i sent some back with my sister for her   
   to put on her land year ago and she says the   
   clump they planted is still there, but only   
   recently is someone there who gardens and   
   takes care of things so i will be interested   
   to see if he can get it to become larger   
   cloves again or not.   
      
     here i can get some of the single cloves to   
   reach the size of my thumb or bigger.  if you   
   don't have good soil and enough water and don't   
   divide the cloves up and give them space they'll   
   still grow but may not get big.  when i replant   
   i always use the largest cloves from several   
   bulbs.  this year i expect i won't have any   
   left as i have requests from people to send them   
   some so they can plant it out.   
      
     i let the scapes grow out on the bigger plants   
   because even they will get big enough to be worth   
   eating, but this year i'll keep them all to pass   
   along.  they were my most popular item at the seed   
   swap even if the time was wrong for planting them.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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