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Re: garlic- to trim or not to trim...




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

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