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Post by lisaann on Jun 18, 2015 18:17:00 GMT -5
The key to Scapes is cutting them when they are not WOODY!
They are so delicate in their first stage, that you could cook them and MISS them!
Never let a scape get woody! They have a 3 day window of harvest in my opinion. That's a FAST crop! Before the Garlic!
So much fun!
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Post by desertwoman on Jun 18, 2015 18:54:19 GMT -5
Yes, definitely need to harvest them young. Good descriptive LA- "delicate in their first stage, that you could ....miss them."
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Post by brownrexx on Jun 19, 2015 8:26:53 GMT -5
Good to know. The one I harvested is as hard as a twig so I guess that it is too far gone. Thanks for mentioning that.
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Post by brownrexx on Jun 22, 2015 19:37:56 GMT -5
Is anyone else's garlic falling over? I never had this happen before but at least half of mine are laying down and the leaves are still mostly green.
The chickens did rip into the garlic bed about a month ago and wreaked havoc with their digging but I stood everything back up and it seemed OK until just yesterday.
Are they falling over due to chicken damage or does this happen sometimes?
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Post by lisaann on Jun 22, 2015 19:47:06 GMT -5
OMG!
I came home from work and found the same thing!
I was blaming the neighbor's cat! Thought it laid there, waiting to pounce on something.
This is definitely strange!
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Post by desertwoman on Jun 22, 2015 19:57:28 GMT -5
I've never had that happen but I remember our Farmers Market garlic guru giving a talk one time and he mentioned floppy garlic and said it usually is not a problem at all, just leave it and when the leaves turns (like they would if upright), then harvest as usual. I wish I could remember why he thought they do that, but my memory is not pulling it up.
Curiosity- are they soft necks. I think he said soft necks do that more.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jun 22, 2015 20:04:33 GMT -5
Some of mine did last year. I don't know if they were the larger or smaller ones. Not very scientific of me I guess. Mine were and are Stuttgarters.
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Post by brownrexx on Jun 28, 2015 17:44:07 GMT -5
All of my garlic plants have fallen over and more rain is predicted so I decided to dig them today. I planted them in almost pure compost last October and I am pleased with the results. They are a good size I think. Lots of dirt still on them but that will fall off after they are dry. I have them drying in the shed for about the next 3 weeks.
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Post by desertwoman on Jun 28, 2015 23:19:48 GMT -5
Lucky you. Mine, in the veggie garden, are just scapng.
I also have some planted around the fruit trees and rose bushes. Those all scaped about a week to 10 days ago. I should be harvesting soon. Can't wait for fresh garlic! I'm just finishing last years and they are on the dry side, though still some juice in there.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2015 23:24:05 GMT -5
Do you eat the scapes or just rip them off and compost them?
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Post by dylanfreake on Jun 29, 2015 6:57:14 GMT -5
Just recently I harvested my Elephant Garlic and had a nice crop. However , some of the cloves I planted last October did not form a cluster of cloves but instead made a round bulb. Does anyone else have this happen to them and does anyone know why this happens? It is only my Elephant Garlic that does this.
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Post by brownrexx on Jun 29, 2015 7:47:32 GMT -5
Do you eat the scapes or just rip them off and compost them? Some posters here really like the scapes but we don't eat them at my house, they are compost material. Actually my regular garlics did not have scapes this year but the elephant garlics did. Elephant garlic occasionally make single bulbs called "rounds". They can be used like regular cloves. I have read that rounds will grow from those small corms at the bottom of the heads that you harvest. I don't know for sure about that if you plant them next year, they will grow into regular heads with separate cloves.
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Post by desertwoman on Jun 29, 2015 9:16:46 GMT -5
pa- the young tender scares are good in stir fry, or used like a scallion. I tried making a scape pesto last year, but it was too strong for my taste (and I love garlic). I say- experiment and see what you like! (there may be some comments on scape use, deeper into this thread. I know we've discussed it, I just don't remember where!))
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Post by dylanfreake on Jun 29, 2015 10:05:41 GMT -5
Thanks brownrexx, I shall plant some of those small corms and also some of the rounds and see what happens.
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Post by lisaann on Jun 29, 2015 12:14:16 GMT -5
I harvested mine 6/26. Only 36 plants this year. That is working for me. Shocking to me, but I found out I don't need 78 plants every year. I used to think I did! I know some of my buddies need over 200 hundreds heads to get them through the year! I think that is SO COOL! I am going to buy new stock this year. Not impressed the last 2 years. Might have been the weather. I was always under the impression that the longer you grew garlic in your yard, the better it got, because it acclimates to your yard, soil, and climate. My stock is from 2008 from friends from the past from the Midwest and west coast. Yep was trying to acclimate. But I had some from the farmer market here in town and that peter's out for me too!, I have decided to beg to differ. I would appreciate other comments and opinions of your crop this year. Comments of mine: Last 2 years have had Extreme cold and wet. Harvest for the last 2 years has been 10 days earlier than previous years due to weather. I must say they cure well and all that............... But the size does not impress me, and my flavor seems bland. Maybe all the rain, 2 years in a row when the garlic is making bulbs.? Don't know. I could be over thinking everything too! Talk to me! Hung my garlic to cure, and curing takes about 3 weeks and Keep it in the SHADE while you cure with good air circulation. I use a fan if the air just lays and the humidity is nasty. A couple of pics and some history of the crop: 2010: After years of planting............. I love garlic and try to turn as many friends on to trying it as I can since 2007-2008, when friends here from the past did the same for me! I think they call this stuff pay it forward!
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