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elephant garlic leaves cracking

19 years ago

newbie with a purple thumb, here.

Planted this elephant garlic last fall. They grew (slowly) all winter. Then started growing amazingly when it began to warm up. Now, some of the leaves are cracking, sorta bending in half.

Is this a problem?

Comments (5)

paquebot
19 years ago
That's just the normal aging process of the plant. The leaf center ribs aren't woody enough to support the leaf after awhile. Regular leeks will do the same thing.

Martin
thorspippi
Original Author
19 years ago
YAY!!!!!! I'm SO relieved! These garlics are hopefully going to be my very first harvest of anything.
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coho
19 years ago
Elephants are fun to raise, but try a purple stripe hardneck too. They have more flavor.
garliclady
19 years ago
Ah yes I agree But Elephant garlic makes the best homemade garlic powder !
thorspippi
Original Author
19 years ago
I hope to grow other kinds in the future, but right now, I'm focused on getting at least ONE plant to live all the way to harvest. That would be a banner day for me. :-)

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