Should I take the the flower stalks out or not in order to get the
best heads?

Regards
JonH

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Should I take the the flower stalks out or not in order to get the
best heads?

Removing the scapes will put more energy into the bulbs. How much it
matters depends on your soil fertility, moisture, phase of the moon....
In my location (northeastern U.S.) with regular hardneck garlic, it matters
a lot.

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Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

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wrote:

Should I take the the flower stalks out or not in order to get the
best heads?

Removing the scapes will put more energy into the bulbs. How much it
matters depends on your soil fertility, moisture, phase of the moon....
In my location (northeastern U.S.) with regular hardneck garlic, it matters
a lot.

I'm wondering about removing the stalks, too.
Having sixty plants, I might leave half of them on - to see what
difference it makes.
Has anyone tried that already?
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Chris

Chris ] wrote:

Has anyone tried that already?

Indirectly, yes: When I remove scapes, it seems that I always miss a few,
and those bulbs are noticeably smaller (by a half, give or take). But,
there are a lot of variables, so you should certainly do your own
experiment, rather than take the word of a distant ex-colonial!

Cheers!


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Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G