Thread: Garlic Scapes
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Old June 29, 2015   #6
Father'sDaughter
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Default Garlic Scapes

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Originally Posted by staubinn View Post
I always thought you had to remove the scapes so the bulb itself would grow larger. What does everyone plant in the garlic patch after you harvest the garlic? I hate to just see the plot do nothing, but am not an experienced enough gardner to know what would have enough time to grow in my zone 5 yard.

I don't really care if removing the scapes helps the garlic or not, I only know that my family and I absolutely LOVE garlic scape pesto and to make it, you need to pick the scapes!😄😄😄

After the garlic is harvested, you can plant anything that will produce before first frost. I usually go with a second planting of things such as lettuce, zucchini, kale, bush beans, basil.

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