elephant garlic Community › Community › General Gardening › Sowing and Growing › elephant garlic This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 11 years, 2 months ago by charles. Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) Author Posts 19th May 2015 at 7:58 pm #30955 stuParticipant Does leaving the flowering bud on elephant garlic improve the size of final yield or should it be snapped off 20th May 2015 at 2:43 am #30958 charlesModerator I never did a comparison of bulb size but like to eat the scapes and I cut them out when about 12in (30cm) long, by the end of May usually. Author Posts Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In