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  • From: Thomas P Hurtgen <hurtgenmeadows AT gmail.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing
  • Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:07:48 -0400

Richard and others,  ... am a first-time garlic grower.  When and how are scapes harvested?  I've read to harvest scapes while they are still curled (vs straight, I guess).  How much of the stem below the bulb is harvested?  Thanks for any suggestions that you can offer.  Tom  (7B)



On Jun 13, 2011, at 8:25 AM, Richard Stewart wrote:

Three farmers that grow and sell within 30 miles of each other.  Mike and I are at the same markets, which are heavily urban and Lucy is north of us in Oxford and Eaton and fairly rural.

We sell little garlic right now (selling nothing but our smallest heads at winter market for a premium) so scapes cover the costs of growing the seed crop, which is something to consider.  With the exception of elephant we grow nothing but stiff neck garlic specifically because of scapes and look at them as part of the cash crop.

Richard Stewart
Carriage House Farm
North Bend, Ohio

An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855

(513) 967-1106

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