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drdawg said: Generally, only the hardnecks form scapes and occasionally a softneck will. I had one softneck variety form scapes this year and I had never seen that before. I thought I had it mislabeled, but when I contacted a commercial grower, I was told that the variety often formed scapes. Not every variety of my hardneck will form scapes. Some varieties do consistently though.

I frequently confuse myself on this. Is it hardneck or softneck that is generally best suited to the southern climate?

The area of Texas that I am in is very similar to Louisiana and other points to the east. I am near the LA border and it is pine trees, red clay, excessive moisture through winter with the soil turning to concrete in summer. Sound similar to yours?

I have moved my bed of garlic a few times over the years and will always have volunteers pop up in the old bed for the next few years even though I thought I had dug all the bulbs. This same old timer told me that was the small brown corms that would develop a few years later. I will say that with the density of our soil, the garlic forms smaller bulbs that you might want to produce.

And, with Daves' comment that this is the easiest edible plant I grow ~ right next to multiplier onions which I leave in ground as perennial also.