If they haven’t already, your full-sized garlic plants may soon produce long, curled shoots called “scapes.” What they are and what to do with them, on this week’s episode of Garden Talk
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Gardentalk — Why timing is critical for harvesting garlic scapes
Snap them off when they start bending over and looping on themselves or you may have small garlic bulbs at harvest time.
Gardentalk – Preparing for early vegetable and garlic scape harvest
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski also recommends applying a liquid fertilizer to some vegetables if they turn a pale or yellowish-green.
Gardentalk – Garlic harvesting and late season planting
It’s time to harvest if remaining scapes are uncurling and leaves are turning yellow. Also, a $30 billion water pipeline from Washington state to California doesn’t make much sense if the entire West Coast is suffering from dry conditions.
Gardentalk – Garlic scapes
Early bulblets from hardneck garlic can be used as a substitute for green onions and garlic bulbs in salads, soups, sauces and pesto, or make flavored vinegar and olive oil.