Spring onions or garlic?

[Gryfon]

How do you tell the difference at this time of year? I think it smells of garlic but I would have thought I would have had bulbs now so I'm wondering if they're the spring onions I planted next to them. Trouble is it was two years ago I planted them so I can't remember

Last year was a bit of a bad year for me so the beds were abandoned. However I've also found some parsley which is great so I'll be moving that somewhere else.

[Shadylane]

Spring onions look like grass when they first come up where as garlic is more like a hard pointy leaf. They won't bulb up for a while yet - I think they put most of their bulb growth on at the last minute. Or did you plant the garlic 2 years ago aswell?

[zazen999]

Spring onions have a round leaf whereas garlic has a flat leaf [in cross-section]