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Wed, Jul 4, 12 at 15:28
| Both of my softneck garlic varieties have grown well with our unusually mild winter and warm spring. On a few bulbs I have noticed a knot in the stalk about 4 or 5 inches above the bulb. I thought it was a possible injury site that had healed and kept growing. After harvesting the garlic and curing it I noticed that the knots have grown so I split one of the stalks. It turns out it is a short scape. There are 4 to 6 bulbils on each of the ones that have done this. It is from softneck varieties that I have grown for a few years and have never had this happen before.
Is this something garlic does when grown in a warmer than usual year or could it be a possible mutation? |
Follow-Up Postings:
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- Posted by austinnhanasmom 5 CO (My Page) on Wed, Jul 4, 12 at 19:52
| I've read that softneck varieties were bred to "not-scape", but will generate scapes when stressed. |
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- Posted by still_kris z17 NoCA (My Page) on Thu, Jul 5, 12 at 9:19
| I have softneck varieties that scape consistently and hardneck that sometimes fail to scape. No hard and fast rule when Mother Nature is involved, it appears. Too many variables. |
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| I too experienced my softneck variety producing scapes this year. I believe i read somewhere that heat can cause this..I can believe that because the last 10-12 days they were in the ground (pulled 10 days ago), it was extremely hot, I live in Dayton, OH. Besides the 'off' winter i think everyone had, i would definitely say they have been stressed this year. I suppose my predisposition to selective planting for larger bulbs, longer storage, ...no scapes on my softnecks..., will lead me to keep them separated & Not put any of those that set scapes back into the ground. ??? |
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| Thanks for all the replies. I'll make sure to only replant bulbs that didn't send up a scape this fall. Hopefully we have a normal winter this year. I've been having trouble with more insects than normal this year and I attribute some of it to the unseasonably warm and short winter we had. |
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