Judith in England wrote:

Have people grown garlic from supermarket human consumption ones - or do people
always use garden-centre bulbs?

You can, but you won't know the variety or whether it harbors soil-borne
diseases. IMHO, better to get a few bulbs from a trusted source as close
to home as possible, and expand your stock from them. Garlic is believed
to adapt to local conditions, so growing your own seed stock is a good
thing.


--
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G