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What are the simple storage methods for garlic?
Garlic intended for storage should be harvested at the right time on a sunny day when the leaves begin to turn yellow. At harvest, first loosen the soil beneath the garlic so the plants can be pulled easily from the soil. After harvest, pile the garlic up, cover the bulbs with the garlic leaves and sun-dry for 2--3 days; when the garlic stalks begin to wilt, trim the roots and basal plate and cut off the leaves and stems, then place the bulbs into baskets. It is best to sun-dry the bulbs or dry them artificially. For artificial drying, a temperature of 30°C and a relative air humidity of about 50% are suitable; this helps accelerate drying of the bulbs, promote dormancy
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Detailed Explanation of Key Techniques for Garlic Cultivation for Health and Fitness
The garlic sowing season is approaching. In view of the various disease and pest damages occurring in garlic cultivation (among which the main diseases are leaf blight, gray mold, white spot disease, and purple blotch, and the main pests are root maggots, with root mites and white grubs causing relatively severe damage in some production areas), and the actual production situation of reduced garlic yield and harvest, the following comprehensive control measures are hereby proposed: 1. Select high-quality garlic seed. Sun the seed before sowing. The seed selection standards are having the characteristics of this variety, round and neat garlic bulbs, plump terminal buds, no disease spots, and no wounds. Remove garlic bulbs that are yellowed, softened, insect-damaged, have injured terminal buds, or have yellowed and rotted stem plates.
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What agricultural benefits does garlic extract have?
Garlic is rich in natural antibacterial substances, the main component of which is allicin. It has been reported that applying garlic extract to crop cultivation can not only control pests and diseases, but also help promote crop growth and development; when applied to plant tissue culture, it can effectively prevent tissue culture materials from contamination; when applied to the preservation and freshness-keeping of agricultural products, it is both reliable and safe. Its application methods and effects are introduced as follows: 1. Controlling crop pests and diseases. According to relevant domestic research, using 1%-3% garlic extract to treat peanut seeds by soaking
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What are the key points to note for garlic planting in 2010
The garlic planting area in Eryuan County has remained at around 50,000 mu year-round. Thanks to the unique natural climate conditions and cultivation techniques, the garlic produced there bolts early, reaches the market early, and has a high rate of single-clove garlic. Garlic cultivation yields high output value and good returns, and the garlic industry plays a positive role in increasing farmers' income and helping them prosper. In order to promote the healthy and steady development of the garlic industry and effectively protect the interests of the broad community of garlic farmers, in accordance with the provisions of the Seed Law, the Measures for the Administration of Crop Seed Labels, and the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Quantitatively Packaged Commodities, and in conjunction with Dali Prefecture Agricultural Office Document
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Detailed Explanation of Garlic Growth Characteristics and Management Strategies in April
Growth during this period involves both vegetative growth and reproductive growth advancing together. In the early stage, rapid vegetative growth predominates. The garlic plant's growth volume has ample space, growth accelerates, and the vegetative growth of garlic is fully developed. The number of leaves, leaf assimilation area, and root number reach their maximum values for the entire life cycle. After mid-month, scape growth predominates, and the bulb is in the early stage of expansion. By the end of this period, the total root number can reach 120-150 roots, and the depth of penetration into the soil can reach 40-50 cm. All leaves of the plant have formed. During this period, the growth volume of all plant parts is at its greatest, requiring sufficient
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How is the TP stainless steel garlic peeling machine?
Before using the machine, the garlic roots must first be removed (if the roots are not removed, the time will be longer), and the de-rooted garlic should be soaked in water. When peeling, pour about 30 kg of garlic into the machine at one time; after it runs for about 5 minutes, open the discharge outlet and the garlic cloves will come out on their own. After the garlic cloves have been fully discharged, close the discharge outlet, then repeat the above process and pour the garlic into the machine. The feature of this machine is that it has the function of breaking apart garlic bulbs and can be used continuously without stopping. If it is not peeled clean the first time, it can be put through the machine a second time to peel it clean.
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How to rejuvenate 'Ai Datou' garlic? Master these key measures
Tongling County, Anhui Province, China is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Garlic, as one of the "Eight Treasures of Tongling," has a long history of cultivation, especially the local variety 'Ai Datou', which has a unique flavor and is highly favored by people. Due to various reasons, 'Ai Datou' has shown serious variety degeneration: the per-unit yield of garlic scapes and garlic bulbs has dropped substantially, quality has deteriorated, and a large number of undesirable traits such as single-clove garlic, single-segment garlic and multi-segment garlic have appeared. 1 Causes of variety degeneration in 'Ai Datou' 1.1 Long-term asexual propagation 'Ai Datou' in the Tongling area
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A Detailed Guide to the Application of Fresh-keeping Technology for Exported Garlic
Garlic is one of the main varieties of agricultural products exported from China, with an annual export volume of about 300,000 tonnes. Of this, refrigerated (fresh-keeping) garlic accounts for about 60% of total exports. Therefore, whether the fresh-keeping technology is mature has a direct impact on the quality of exported fresh-keeping garlic. I. The fresh-keeping principle of garlic. After the cloves of a garlic bulb develop and mature, the bulb immediately enters a dormancy period of 1-2 months, during which it will not sprout even under suitable environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity and gas composition. After the dormancy period, the bud sheath and bud primordium begin to grow and become active, and under suitable conditions the young sprouts gradually germinate. In practice, the storage and fresh-keeping of garlic means that after the dormancy period of the bulb, necessary measures are taken to create unsuitable growing conditions and thereby force it to remain dormant. That is, through appropriate low-temperature, low-oxygen and other measures, its intensity of life activity is inhibited, the rate of consumption of its substances is reduced, and its original fresh state is maintained.
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A Preliminary Study on the Prevention Methods of Two Abnormal Garlic Conditions in Cangshan Garlic
Cangshan garlic is renowned worldwide for its large bulbs, thin skins, pure white and neatly arranged cloves, and its pungent, rich flavor, with excellent qualities such as aroma, pungency, and stickiness. In recent years, due to improper planting and management methods, two abnormal garlic conditions have appeared in Cangshan garlic production. One is that the garlic simultaneously produces small garlic leaves (commonly known as "little braids") when bolting, causing difficulties during the harvest of garlic scapes and affecting the yield and quality of garlic scapes. This condition accounts for 5%-10% of the total garlic. The causes are mainly two: one is excessive nitrogen fertilizer, and the other is the effect of low temperature.
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Intensive Prevention and Control of Sudden Garlic Diseases Underway in Cheng County
Facing the severe situation of garlic disease spread across the city since the beginning of winter, Cheng County made early arrangements and early deployments, promptly organizing the agriculture and animal husbandry department to go deep into the county's main garlic-producing areas to carry out investigations, conduct extensive publicity and technical guidance, and promptly apply chemical control to affected fields, so that the sudden garlic diseases were rapidly brought under control. Due to the excessive showers since early autumn, relatively high field humidity, temperatures higher than in previous years, years of continuous cropping of garlic fields in the riverbank areas, a large base of pathogen sources, and heavy application of nitrogen fertilizer in cultivation management and other factors, sudden diseases mainly including garlic gray mold, garlic purple blotch, and garlic leaf blight occurred commonly across the city's garlic-producing areas.
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