the flowers on garlic

[sunshinegardener]

Can anyone tell me how to proceed re: those funky and kinda cute flowers on my garlic?

Have read that they should be snipped off and also that they should be kept intact...

Any info, appreciated -

sunshinegardener

[rainbowgardener]

You mean the scapes? This has some pictures of them:

https://notwithoutsalt.com/2009/06/18/garlic-scapes/

A long shoot that comes up and has a pointy/ kind of pyramid shaped end something like an elf hat?

We have just been having a discussion of them:

https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46375

I think consensus is they should be harvested to keep the plant putting energy in to making garlic cloves. The scapes are really tasty to cook with.

[sunshinegardener]

ty to rainbowgardener for all the great info about garlic scapes!

Never knew they had a name - or that they could be eaten/pickled.

They are the coolest thing -

[RogueRose]

Hey! My garlic was doing this and I was wondering what those things were!

[sunshinegardener]

hey all - I've never cut the scapes off. They make the cutest little clusters of garlic after they bloom and dry. I have actually planted them and did not know that the clove of garlic from in the ground was the right thing to plant.

Anyway, it's nice to know what they're called. I think they make the garlic look like an alien plant. They're so cute...

[ButterflyGarden]

What if you are just growing it for the leaves (green garlic)? Should it still be cut off?