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Re: garlic- to trim or not to trim...
- To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: garlic- to trim or not to trim...
- From: Loren Davidson <loren@farwalker.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 08:25:18 -0700
- In-reply-to: <LYRIS-100945-44555-2001.05.29-10.07.26--loren#farwalker.com@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Newsgroups: permaculture
At 07:14 AM 5/29/01 -0700, Krettler Family wrote:
>I grow a lot of garlic, 26 varieties so far. I usually trim back the
>flower stalks
>but there is some debate as to the benefit of doing this. Chester Aaron,
>a popular
>author of several books on garlic, is convinced that the flower "scape sucks
>nutrients, or energy, from the bulb." Chester cuts the scape almost as
>soon as it
>appears. There are some recipes out there for using the flower scapes.
An Oriental coworker I had a few years back told me that she used to see
these in the Asian produce markets, bundled, for about $4/lb. So they can
not only be used at home but possibly converted into currency.
Build soil,
Loren
Loren Davidson Permaculturist, philosopher, writer
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