Will my elephant garlic be ok if I keep cutting off the leaves?
Its a long story.
This
spring I planted some just for fun so I only have 6
plants. I read someplace that the leaves were edible so I cut off a little piece and tried it. It was pretty good and I cut more to put in some
potato soup. My 3 year old grandson ate most of it raw before I could get it into the soup.
Then I decided to make some dip with the leaves and I cut more off. It was AWESOME. I took some to a potluck and now everyone I know and even people I don't know very well are bugging me to make them some of this dip.
Its hard for me to say no, and now my poor little
plants are "bald" except for one center leaf. I am going to have to buy more to
plant this fall just so I can have some for myself.
My elephant garlic is still
growing really well but I wonder if it will be ok if I keep cutting off the leaves.
Do you think it will be alright?