garlic in flower

[kentish girl]

Hi

My elephant garlic has started to flower, what should I do ?

Thanks
Louise

[rustylady]

Nip off the flower heads - you don't want the plant to waste energy trying to produce seed.

[gojiberry]

Don't know about elephant garlic but the hardnecks produce flower spikes (called scapes) and these can be used in stir fries etc.

Ian

[maypril]

Yes, the scapes are delicious. I picked all of mine today. Half of them got eaten on the way from the garlic bed to the kitchen, and the rest ended up lightly fried with a bit of spring cabbage and some broad beans.