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PunkRotten wrote:Yeah I was looking at some pics of scapes. I got an elephant garlic that has a flower stalk. It looked like your pic but never curled and the bud opened at the end. Has nice tiny purple flowers.
Keep in mind though that elephant garlic isn't actually garlic, it's a leek. I found out after my first year when I planted a bunch thinking "if I'm gonna grow garlic I might as well go for the big 'un!"

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Yeah I know it is a leek. It grows like garlic but is not very strong at all.



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