Should garlic scapes be harvested?

If you leave the scapes on the plant until you harvest the garlic, small bulbils will form at the top of the scape. The bulbils look like a cluster of miniature garlic cloves and they can be eaten just like garlic cloves despite their very small size.

The small bulbils can also be planted in the fall just like you planted your hardneck garlic cloves the previous fall. However, plants grown from bulbils will only produce garlic “rounds”, smaller heads of garlic that are not subdivided into cloves. If these rounds are replanted in the fall again, they will eventually mature into full size garlic heads with separate cloves, but this can take an extra 1-3 years depending on the garlic variety and starting bulbil size.

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[MildTimes]

if you don’t snippity snap those skippity scapes, then brother, you’ll get yourself some giggity garlic flowers that eventually go to slippity seed.

[rohantherockwiththerocketh]

I usually watch self sufficient me for gardening advice but this channel is also a good one.

[gemsoft]

"What the flippidy doo" love that

[poro]

naturally it increases the the bulb - the plants doesnt need to allocate precious energy to produce seeds and instead is focusing on bulb to survive season while it tried to regrow slowly that seed pod (depends on when it was snapped off)

[hunterfly]

I like to chop it in to soup. or it to salat. or put in blender with some onions and butter to make a spread

[jaya]

You're growing so much garlic! How do you plan to store and use it all?

[lovelydeath]

Oooohh, I wanna know how to plant more garlic like this!!! My epis needs it!!!

[cdarbo]

Blend them with lemon juice, evoo, and season with Italian Seasoning abd fresh spinach. Makes a amazing pasta Sause

[ryefry]

The flowers taste good. Grilled, they taste like garlic asparagus.

[traceylafontaine]

Scapes are delicious in so many recipes

[terrafarmer]

I removed some of the scapes but also kept sone to grow seed!

[OsirusHandle]

do they all make bulbils, and can immediately replant those for rapid multiplication?

[therdid]

Seems like a really late time to snap off those garlic scapes. Like if you're going to eat them that's good, but if you're really focused on bulb size wouldn't it be a good idea just to snap it or clip it off right as you see it so it doesn't put any energy at all?

[TheGoodCrusader]

Can you grow for seeds? Whats the best way to do so?

[joshuarichards]

it makes sense because producing flowers takes much more energy and nutrients than most other structures (except fruits), so removing the flower redirects resources to the rest of the plant.

[sheevpalpatine]

If i break the scapes more than once, do the bulbs just get bigger until they are harvested?

[mommafirst]

How long after scape removal is usually harvest time? My first year growing garlic. Trying 3 types of hard neck and 1 soft neck. Not having much luck with the soft neck. This fall, I want to plant a lot of whichever does best for us.

[KM-mwjp]

Garlic scapes are also really delicious.

[mandavaler]

Garlic scapes make for good additions to salads, stews, and meat dishes

[Faruzan]

So what happens if you don’t remove them?!