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   Dan Purgert to All   
   Re: garlic scapes   
   17 Jun 24 08:45:33   
   
   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2024-06-11, T wrote:   
   > Hi All,   
   >   
   > My garlic has started to scape.  I cut them off.   
   >   
   > Does scaping tell me anything about when to harvest?   
      
   No, not that I'm aware.  As I understand it (poorly ;) ), the "tell" is   
   similar to onions -- the formerly strong stem starts flopping over as   
   the plant pulls water (etc.) back into the bulb.   
      
      
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