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Detailed Explanation of Garlic Seed Selection and Purification-Rejuvenation Techniques
Because garlic reproduces asexually, and the garlic clove is a modified lateral bud that forms part of the mother plant, long-term asexual reproduction inevitably leads to the accumulation of viruses within the plant as well as the buildup of other undesirable traits, causing degeneration of the garlic's varietal characteristics. Degenerated garlic plants are short and small, have low photosynthetic capacity, produce smaller bulbs, and decline in quality, seriously affecting garlic yield and profitability. The key techniques for garlic seed selection and purification-rejuvenation are introduced below: 1. Establish off-site garlic seed-production fields. Establishing garlic seed fields with a certain degree of regional and cultivation difference can prevent
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How Should Garlic Be Stored? Five New Methods to Teach You
There are many methods for storing garlic. Depending on the storage purpose and conditions, methods such as hanging storage, heap storage, burial storage, radiation storage, and chemical treatment storage can be used. They are specifically introduced as follows. 1. Hanging storage method: When harvesting garlic, the garlic intended for hanging storage should be strictly selected, removing those heads that are too small, have rotten stems and leaves, are damaged, or have been affected by moisture. Then spread them on the ground to dry in the sun until the stems and leaves become soft and yellow, and the outer skin of the garlic is dry. Finally, select 50 to 100 garlic heads of uniform size, braid them, and hang them under a cool, ventilated, rain-sheltered eave so they are air-dried and stored.
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How is the new garlic variety Lu Garlic No. 1?
"Lu Garlic No. 1" is a new garlic variety successfully bred by Jinan Aerospace Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. after more than ten years of unremitting efforts. The garlic scapes of "Lu Garlic No. 1" come to market 7-15 days earlier than ordinary garlic, with a yield of 500-1000 kg of scapes per mu. The bulbs have a diameter of 5-7 cm, with a yield of 2000-2500 kg of fresh bulbs per mu, and the bulbs come to market about 10 days earlier than ordinary garlic, allowing it to capture the fresh garlic market with extremely high returns, 2-3 times that of ordinary garlic. "Lu Garlic No. 1" combines double high and double early
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How to prevent and control garlic heart rot? Occurrence patterns and integrated control techniques
In recent years, the garlic industry in Pizhou City has developed rapidly, with the planting area growing from 3,333 hectares in the 1970s to 33,000 hectares in 2004, making it the largest garlic production area in the country and a national standardized high-quality garlic production demonstration county (city). However, with the expansion of garlic cultivation area and the extension of continuous cropping years, various pests and diseases have become increasingly severe, especially the damage from garlic heart rot, which has worsened year by year and seriously affects garlic yield and quality. 1 Occurrence patterns and damage symptoms ① Occurrence patterns In late February 2002
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How to Keep Garlic Fresh for a Long Time? Try These Traditional Preservation Techniques
After the summer solstice, garlic bulbs entering dormancy are extremely sensitive to their environment (temperature and humidity), and the slightest mishandling can easily lead to rot and spoilage. Several traditional garlic preservation techniques are introduced below: 1. Mixed storage with bran. First spread a layer of bran about 20 cm thick on the bottom of a storage box (or basket), then stack the dried garlic bulbs layer by layer by piling one layer of garlic bulbs (a height of 2 to 3 bulbs is appropriate) and scattering one layer of bran, and when the pile reaches 40 to 50 mm from the rim of the storage container, cover it with bran so that the garlic bulbs are completely covered. This method mainly uses
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How to do garlic fine management and care? Detailed explanation of the eight-step method
Land preparation and fertilization. Choose fertile loam or sandy loam land that has not been planted with onions, garlic, or chives. Before plowing, apply 7500 kg of high-quality farmyard manure and 200 kg of soybean cake per 667 sq m. Or apply 100-150 kg of ternary compound fertilizer and 5000 kg of farmyard manure per 667 sq m. The land should be leveled and raked fine. Combined with land preparation, use 1.5-2.5 kg of phoxim granules per 667 sq m, mix with an appropriate amount of wheat bran and soybean cake into poisoned bait, and scatter it into the soil clods of the plowed land to kill white grubs, wireworms,
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What to Do About Garlic Continuous Cropping? Practical Control Methods Shared
Yongnian County is a major garlic-growing county, but in recent years, continuous year-after-year garlic planting has caused physiological diseases to become increasingly severe. In addition, garlic's selective absorption of nutrients has made the problem of insufficient nutrient supply prominent, showing symptoms such as dead seedlings, root rot, anthracnose, and in the later stage some cylindrical leaves like scallion leaves, which are unfavorable for the normal bolting of garlic scapes. This not only increases the labor intensity of garlic farmers but also reduces garlic yield. Changing the garlic root environment is the key to increasing garlic income, as follows: apply "Nong Dage" or "Chongcha No. 1" biological bacterial fertilizer per mu of garlic
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What to do about duck food poisoning? Garlic can detoxify
Garlic is a plant-based broad-spectrum antibacterial agent, with strong bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects. When ducks suffer from food poisoning, first drive the ducks into clean water ditches or ponds to drink water and dilute the toxic juices. If the duck's poisoning symptoms are relatively severe, feed them crops such as rice or corn mixed with some garlic and a little salt. The garlic should be cut into fine pieces to achieve the purpose of disinfection and detoxification, and at the same time feed more green feed until the affected ducks improve.
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Garlic yields improve with frequent switching to good seed varieties, and Guosuan helps you achieve high yields
Garlic has a long history of cultivation in China and is one of the main vegetables and cooking seasonings. In recent years it has been exported in large quantities and has become one of China's major export vegetables. Among them, Shandong Province has the largest cultivation area and is one of China's key garlic production and export regions. However, as the cultivation area has continued to expand, the output value and economic benefits of growing garlic have become the issues of greatest concern to many farmer brothers, and selecting seed and switching to improved varieties is even more urgent. In 2006, the prices of garlic scapes and garlic bulbs rose across the board, and garlic farmers' income
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How to save garlic seed? Mastering these tips is key
Garlic loses vigor because it is propagated vegetatively by replanting cloves year after year, resulting in weak, stunted plants, poor disease resistance, smaller bulbs and lower yields. In concentrated garlic-producing areas, seed selection, seed saving and purification and rejuvenation should be carried out properly. Selecting bulbs and cloves Before harvest, select plants in the field, mark those that match the variety's characteristics, grow vigorously and are free of pests and diseases, and pick them out as seed at harvest. At harvest, also choose bulbs that are large and round, free of deformed cloves, undamaged, uniform in size, and with skin color, flesh color and clove division matching the variety's characteristics; dry, braid and store them separately; select again when planting, remove rotten, damaged, soft and yellowed cloves caused by heat, freeze injury or bruising, and plant large cloves; bulb and clove selection must be done every year, which can improve the seed stock's quality.
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