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Green Thumb
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Harvesting Hard Neck Snake Garlic (Allium sativum)
Harvesting Hard Neck Snake Garlic (Allium sativum)
Hard Neck Snake Garlic (Allium sativum) 5 July 2008 Harvesting Hard Neck Snake Garlic (Allium sativum) 5 July 2008 Harvesting Hard Neck Snake Garlic (Allium sativum) Pulling garlic and the beginning of the curing process. Below is the Growing experience for 2008. Hardneck garlic is technically known as the ophioscorodon variety of allium sativum. Hardneck garlics have a "scape" - stalk - which coils from the top. These "scapes" are in much demand, and essentially gives the commercial growers two products from as field of garlic. There are three main types of hardneck garlic: rocambole, porcelain and purple stripe. My type is probably porcelain garlic. 17 April 2008 Snake Garlic (Allium sativum) 17 April 2008 Snake Garlic (Allium sativum) Planted in October 2007, and all 54 plants are doing well. 9 May 2008 Hardneck garlic (allium sativum) Probably porcelain garlic 9 May 2008 Indicating Growth 1 June 2008 Snake Garlic (Allium sativum) Thriving. 1 June 2008 Hard Neck Snake Garlic (Allium sativum) Plants are slightly over three feet tall, and very healthy. 14 June 2008 Snake Garlic (Allium sativum) producing scapes. 14 June 2008 Garlic producing scapes (seed trunk). These will be cut off before they straighten out in two or three days, and used in a stir fry. Apparently the garlic cloves get slightly larger when the scapes are removed. 17 June 2008 Garlic Scapes removed. 17 June 2008 Garlic scapes removed. These will be used in a stir fry. They are an expensive luxury item. |
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