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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: aquilegia on July 22, 2004, 09:38:58

Title: bolted garlic
Post by: aquilegia on July 22, 2004, 09:38:58

About half of my garlics have bolted. I dug one up and the bulbs is still quite small (smaller than what you buy from the supermarket).

Should I harvest it now or can I leave it in a little longer?

The buds are so bizarre looking!

Title: Re:bolted garlic
Post by: tim on July 22, 2004, 10:18:26

Sad - but better than the rot.
Lift now! And use, or preserve  - because they won't keep.= Tim

Title: Re:bolted garlic
Post by: aquilegia on July 22, 2004, 10:31:44

THanks.

There wouldn't be any left from the amount we use anyway!

Title: Re:bolted garlic
Post by: Multiveg on July 22, 2004, 11:25:40

Some of the garlics as part of their normal growth, throw up a flower doofy (called a scape?) which, according to Tuckers for one variety, should be half chopped off two-three weeks before lifting.

Title: Re:bolted garlic
Post by: aquilegia on July 22, 2004, 11:44:43

which variety is it MV?

Title: Re:bolted garlic
Post by: tim on July 22, 2004, 17:17:52

One such is Purple Wight. = Tim

Title: Re:bolted garlic
Post by: Multiveg on July 22, 2004, 18:49:35

Meditteranean is the one in the Tuckers catalogue. Does Rocambole ring a bell with this type of garlic?

If you have elephant garlic, that needs to be harvested just before the flowers open.