Q: What are garlic scapes?— A.M., Columbus, OhioA: Garlic scapes, which sprout in the spring, are the green flower-bulb shoots of the garlic plant.Farmers typically remove them to allow energy to flow into the garlic bulb in the ground rather than the green shoots aboveground.Garlic scapes resemble a green onion, but they are firm and curve or curl around. They typically have a small bud on the end, which is the unopened garlic blossom.Scapes can be difficult to find in [...]
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