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Old October 27, 2016   #11
TomNJ
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I have read many books on garlic and the consensus is that leaving the scapes on will reduce the bulb size. There appears to be some exceptions, however, such as with very fertile soil. I remove my scapes, but every year I miss a few, and these bulbs were always smaller than the average.

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