Author Topic: Garlic stalks?? (Read 2567 times)

chriso · « **on:** May 22, 2011, 10:34:15 am »

Hi all, my garlic has started to grow big stalks, a sort of pointy shoot with a bulb type of thing half way up. Does this mean it's ready to be dug up?

lazybee · « **Reply #1 on:** May 22, 2011, 03:51:16 pm »

Quote from: chriso on May 22, 2011, 10:34:15 am

Hi all, my garlic has started to grow big stalks, a sort of pointy shoot with a bulb type of thing half way up. Does this mean it's ready to be dug up?

No it means your garlic is knackered and gone to seed. This usually happens in the second year if they're left in the ground. How long have they been it for? the leaves normally turn yellow. This is the time to harvest.

chriso · « **Reply #2 on:** May 22, 2011, 06:37:36 pm »

I put them in late last autumn. The leaves are a bit yellow but they have been since the hard frosts.

deepinthewoods · « **Reply #3 on:** May 22, 2011, 07:02:54 pm »

t doesnt mean theyre knackered.
there are two types of varieties of garlic. hardneck and soft neck, one type produces a scape around now which is like a flower head and is edible http://www.garlicfarm.ca/growing-garlic.htm

chriso · « **Reply #4 on:** May 22, 2011, 07:35:59 pm »

Great link! Thanks.

Hopewell · « **Reply #5 on:** May 22, 2011, 08:29:32 pm »

Quote from: deepinthewoods on May 22, 2011, 07:02:54 pm

t doesnt mean theyre knackered.
there are two types of varieties of garlic. hardneck and soft neck, one type produces a scape around now which is like a flower head and is edible http://www.garlicfarm.ca/growing-garlic.htm

I agree, but whether you like to eat the scapes or not is obviously a matter of taste. We like our garlic but really weren't sure about the scapes when we tried them in stirfry.