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Cooking & Baking

no_hypocrisy

(52,031 posts) Sun Jun 15, 2025, 05:21 AM Jun 15

What's going on with garlic? [View all]

Up until about a month ago, the bulbs were large and white.

Now the bulbs are half the size, kinda purplish. And they don't take as garlicky.

Was there a blight I didn't hear about?

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What's going on with garlic? [View all] no_hypocrisy Jun 15 OP

Do you mean at the grocery store? markodochartaigh Jun 15 #1

I'm looking out the window at my garlic right now, the scapes have been cut dem4decades Jun 15 #2

will be harvesting ours in a month ShepKat Jun 15 #3

Probably just different cultivars. Store may have switched suppliers. eppur_se_muova Jun 15 #4

Where are you? Retrograde Jun 15 #5

New Jersey no_hypocrisy Jun 16 #6

Im a nature guy, kozar Jun 16 #7