garlic - bolting

[Gail-M]

Hi ,

all my garlic has bolted - does anyone know if this means it will not keep and store through the winter ?

any ideas how to prevent this happening again ? I grow garlic every year and its not happened before - don't think I've done anything different.

thanks, Gail.

[Gail-M]

[moonbells]

Some varieties are called hardneck garlic and naturally produce a flower spike. If you cut this off the energy will go back into the bulb which will be a bit bigger.  The flower buds (scapes) make THE most fantastic scape pesto

see
http://www.reallygarlicky.com/main2.html

& search for June recipes!

moonbells

[philcooper]

The belief is that the presence of scapes (the flower head things) reduces the storage life somewaht, but removal as soon as they are seen will restore the situation

Phil

[shedifice]

I wish mine had done that! They just went south and never returned  ::)

L.