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- From: "Dave or Kathy Campbell" <dkcampbell AT southslope.net>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:19:22 -0500
It’s important to harvest scapes when they are tender, because they go woody pretty fast. Only new, tender scapes are worth eating; woody ones are worthless! You have at most a 2-week window to get them. Get them when they emerge and have a half curl or so. If possible, you pull them straight up to get as much as you can of the ultratender lower stalk. (Can’t imagine WHAT those chefs were thinking who only wanted the tips—flowering part?—because they would be discarding the best part of the scape!) Still, many will break off higher, but that is what you are trying for, at least. We get them early and tender, and then keep in the fridge to sell during the rest of June, until our “real” garlic crop (bulbs) comes in around Independence Day. We sell them dollar a dozen at Iowa City Farmer’s Market. Originally only Asian customers would buy, but now (after 8 years) everyone does. We explain that scapes are almost a separate vegetable, great for stir-fry or pesto (we have a reference file of recipes from the web for customers to peruse), but ought to be cooked all the way through (by light boiling) before going in the wok. Finally, they can be kept year-round by blanching and then put in freezer bags. Lot of folks get a year’s supply, and do that. Dave Campbell / Tiffin IA / Zone 5b From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Thomas P Hurtgen 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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[Market-farming] scape pricing,
Deb Taft, 06/12/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing, Beth Spaugh, 06/12/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
Richard Stewart, 06/12/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
grizzdover, 06/12/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing, idyllwild farm, 06/13/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
grizzdover, 06/12/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
Owsley lucy, 06/13/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
Richard Stewart, 06/13/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
Thomas P Hurtgen, 06/13/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing, Beth Spaugh, 06/13/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing, Dave or Kathy Campbell, 06/13/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
Thomas P Hurtgen, 06/13/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
Richard Stewart, 06/13/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
Wyatt Jones, 06/13/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
Don Lareau, 06/13/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
Road's End Farm, 06/13/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
Thomas P Hurtgen, 06/13/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
Road's End Farm, 06/13/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
Deb Taft, 06/13/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing, Thamnophis, 06/13/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
Deb Taft, 06/13/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
Road's End Farm, 06/13/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
Thomas P Hurtgen, 06/13/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
Road's End Farm, 06/13/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] scape pricing,
Don Lareau, 06/13/2011
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