[Kev Coghill]

Hi
I've been growing garlic for years and after what was a very wet winter up here in the Highlands some of my garlic (Caulk White & Czechmate) have started to put out strange additional growth. A few had scapes that I cut off and used but some of the same had started this odd secondary shoot growth.
Can anyone possibly shine a light on what is going on?
Many thanks 
Kev

[Snow]

It's secondary sprouting/witches broom

https://growinginthegarden.com/witches-broom-garlic-whats-wrong-with-my-garlic/#:~:text=Garlic%20Witch%20Brooming%3A%20What%20is,about%20why%20witch%20brooming%20happens.

Happened to a couple of mine this year too, I guess it's the weather

[Kev Coghill]

Thanks for that, never heard of it before. Definitely weather related for me as I've tested my soil and use a 4 cycle crop rotation. And boy did we have bad weather this past winter!!
Thanks again.

[Twood]

Hi Kev
This also happened to mine this year and like you it was of the czech variety. i did wonder what had happened and I dug it out in case it was disease related but essentially each bulb had begun to sprout. As the article has said it's probably the weather, I have grown that variety before without any problems whatsoever. So disappointing really but thats veg growing for you