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 :(
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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!