Green garlic is garlic that’s been harvested ahead of the full time it takes it to grow. It’s a garlic with tender leafs that’s harvested early in the season before the bulb is created. The best way to think about it as a baby garlic.
It’s less spicy and more mellow giving it more ways in which it can be used. It’s a common plant often used and grown around the US and in Texas in particular.
Green Garlic Trivia
- Alliumphobia is a fear of garlics
- Cats shouldn’t eat it.
- They are not the same as garlic scapes