Post by nowyo on Jun 27, 2014 21:59:34 GMT -5
As everyone knows (or soon will) hardneck garlics send up a "seed pod" on a central stalk. Not really a seed pod, but not going to get into the biology and propagation of garlic here.
This particular variety is Music. We have six varieties of garlic growing. Some folks say to remove the scapes to grow a bigger bulb, others say it doesn't matter. I've done both in a random, non-scientific way and not seen that much difference. The point is that these suckers are good to eat! Eat them raw, sauteed in a little olive oil, I've heard of people pickling them but haven't tried it. I like to just chop them up and add them to a salad of fresh greens. This time of year we have a salad most every night with fresh lettuce, radishes, mustard greens, arugula, beet greens, swiss chard. And scapes. Just something a little different, thanks for looking.
Russ
This particular variety is Music. We have six varieties of garlic growing. Some folks say to remove the scapes to grow a bigger bulb, others say it doesn't matter. I've done both in a random, non-scientific way and not seen that much difference. The point is that these suckers are good to eat! Eat them raw, sauteed in a little olive oil, I've heard of people pickling them but haven't tried it. I like to just chop them up and add them to a salad of fresh greens. This time of year we have a salad most every night with fresh lettuce, radishes, mustard greens, arugula, beet greens, swiss chard. And scapes. Just something a little different, thanks for looking.
Russ
