Garlic help please

cut them off -you can eat them, they're rather good

They flower stems are called scapes, by the way

cut them into 4" pieces, boil for 5 minutes, drain and butter  like asparagus or cut smaller and add white sauce.. delicious,..

Don't know whether onion seed heads are edible, but in any event they should be removed as soon as they are seen (although even that's too late really!)

Garlic scapes are an alternative way the plants can reproduce themselves because they don't produce viable seeds - mature scapes contain tiny garlic bulbils, but for eating they should be removed when young (they should be removed whether you eat them or not to concentrate the plant's energy on bulb growth.)

I've definitely got rusty garlic! Apart from the rusty bits the plants are looking quite big and healthy so hoping they'll be OK....

Quote from: Mrs Ball on June 11, 2012, 14:28

Ooooops. Better dig up some of my overwintering onions then. Spotted a couple of seed head forming.

Don't dig them up before they die down! 

(Just remove the seed head - the plant will continue to grow, although the bulb won't keep well.)

Will do. Thanks for that. Still gots lots to learn, including patience

Mine are planted in a block and are the worse ever!  I thought they might escape as they are in a really sheltered location compared with last year's crop but I guess the weather has simply encouraged the garlic rust.