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7:43 pm
October 18, 2010
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I planted garlic for the first time last fall. Now I have scapes on the plants! Do I cut them off or not? How would I use them if I cut them off? Like chives, or ???
8:30 pm
September 16, 2010
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Generally you cut the scapes off soon after they appear. On elephant garlic the scapes are delicious and mild. I cut off about 6 to 8 inches and cook for 7 minutes in a little water with butter added until tender. Butter and salt bring out the flavor. The rationale for removing the scapes is to prevent the bulb from using up it's energy to flower.
8:30 pm
May 5, 2010
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Off with their heads! The first year [three years ago] I planted garlic I didn't trim anything and had puny heads at harvest. So discouraged didn't plant garlic for last year. After a bit of reading, I'm ruthlessly pinching off anything that suggests 'bloom' this year. Ditto with ALL of the alliums. This year is my first year for shallots (Matadors, what a name!) and, oh joy, they are monsters! Can't wait.
I'd read about eating scapes but doubt I can coax my family into trying them … aside from wanting sizable production underground, am not lettin' any plant spend energy on blooms.
11:35 pm
December 14, 2010
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Garlic scapes make nice skewers for kabobs.
11:59 am
November 9, 2010
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My friends swear by making a pesto with the scapes. Not too garlicky if that is the fear. Use them instead of the basil. I have used them like chives or even garlic. A little EVOO and salt with greens… YUMMY. They really are a great early summer jump to harvest season.
1:46 pm
June 1, 2011
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Oooh, scapes are DELISH sauteed in butter!!! I've never known anyone who if they liked garlic, didn't like scapes. They taste almost like a "garlicky" asparagus. We used to grow and sell these at farmer's markets!
5:40 pm
January 9, 2011
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I don't have any scapes on my garlic. Is that bad?? I planted the bulbs last fall. They sent up green stalks but no scapes. I'm worried…
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