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Bill wrote:

Planted elephant garlic back in February and now have 3 foot high
plants that have put out flower stalks. Does that mean it's time to
harvest them?

Cut off the flower stalks and eat them. Now. That will put more energy
into the bulbs, which is what you want.
Harvest like hardneck garlic (which it resembles, but isn't really), when
about half the leaves have turned brown.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1200' elevation. NY WO G


Ok, but how do I use the flower stalks, just chop them up for salad?

Bill


I've got about 15 E. garlic growing now. I chopped the stalks off all
but 2 and we've used them in stir-fry, just as you'd use green beans.
Cooking really ameliorates the flavor (which isn't that pungent in
elephant garlic to begin with). I left the last 2 stalks just so I
could see what the flowers look like -- maybe I'll save some of the
bulbils and see if I can grow another crop from them.

The bottom 1 or 2 leaves are starting to turn yellow which means I'll
be digging them up in a couple weeks. Same thing with my ~40 Polish
hardnecks.

Mark