Tips for Harvesting and using Garlic Scapes

Garlic Scapes are a fantastic early season bonus for those that grow hardneck varieties of garlic. Depending on variety and you location they typically occur 3-5 weeks before you would typically harvest bulbs and signal that the garlic plant has finished the leaf growth phase of growth and will not focus its efforts on bulb development. It is critically important to remove the scape so that all of the plants energy is focused on bulb development. In this video we will demonstrate the correct way to remove the scape and provides tips for using this early season delicacy.