My Garlic is in bloom – what do I do?

I have the large garlic in my garden. It now has blossoms on it. Do I need to do anything to it? Do I pick the blossoms off? Or just ignore them?

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#1 Comment By Heather On 06/22/2011 @ 1:00 pm

Once they are at least 12″ tall, cut them off. They are called scapes and can be harvested and eaten as a vegetable. If you leave them on, they will sap away energy from the bulb production.

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