After the garlic head is harvested, the dormant period is generally 2 to 3 months. After the dormant period, in the appropriate temperature, the garlic head will quickly germinate, long leaves, consume the nutrients in the stem, resulting in bulb shriveling, shriveling, greatly reducing the food value, and even rot. So, the sprouted garlic head, although you can eat, but because of its nutritional consumption, the food value will be greatly reduced.
Garlic is a generally loved vegetable, for the edible part of the green garlic, garlic moss, garlic cloves, etc., whether it is green garlic, or garlic moss garlic cloves, have a special pungent odor, its active ingredient is allicin, but also contains pyruvic acid and ammonia, that is to say, garlic from the garlic head germination to re-growth of garlic, the body of the nutrients in the various stages of the growth of the transformation process does not produce Toxic substances. Garlic germination is just garlic in the appropriate external conditions, the use of its own stored nutrients and the formation of another form of edible products, so as long as the end of the garlic discoloration moldy rot, even if the buds can be eaten, eat no harm, just taste slightly worse.