Cut the scapes off half my garlic. We will wait and see if it changes the sizes of the bulbs!
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I gotta pull my scapes this week!
Is it your first time for garlic? We've grown it for a bunch of years but lapsed this year. I miss it and am still getting used to having garlic now instead of just having an infinite supply hanging in the garage :(
Nope! But getting mixed reviews about leaving the scape or cutting it off. Decided to cut half of them off and compare when I harvest them!
We did the exact same thing one year. I think the cut scapes were better, if I remember correctly. Whatever the outcome was, we concluded with "we'll always cut the scapes" - so I assume it was that the bulbs were better.
Seems to be reasonable: keep the energy in the bulb rather than in the scape/flower.
I think you only leave the scapes if you want to propagate the garlic - but that's a multi-year process and I've never dove into it. I just buy seed garlic each year.
Thanks for the input!
We made scape pesto last year and were NOT prepared for how garlicky it turned out. You've been warned. Cut that shit like strong cocaine