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A new method for keeping garlic fresh, teaching you to store it longer
5-10 days before harvesting garlic, spray the basal leaves with a 0.2% maleic hydrazide (MH) sprout inhibitor. The MH sprout inhibitor is absorbed through the leaves and transferred to the young sprouts of the garlic cloves, thereby inhibiting their growth and achieving the purpose of keeping them fresh. With this method, garlic can be stored until April of the following year. The following points should be noted when spraying the chemical: 1. Do not water for 3-4 days before spraying the solution. If rain occurs within 24 hours after spraying, immediately re-spray the solution once at the original dosage after the weather clears. 2. Strictly control the concentration of the maleic hydrazide (MH) sprout inhibitor, which must not exceed 0.
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How to select and store sweet potato seed tubers? These methods you need to master
1. Timely harvest: If sweet potatoes are harvested too early, the yield is lower; if harvested too late, they are prone to frost damage, which affects storage. Therefore, it is generally best to begin harvesting when the temperature is around 18°C, and finish harvesting when the temperature is above 10°C (that is, before the frost-kill period). 2. Carefully select tubers: When harvesting and selecting good sweet potato varieties, you must dig and cut carefully to avoid wounds. In order to produce more sprouts, strong sprouts and lower costs, tubers weighing 150-200 g should be selected as seed. The selected tubers must be disease-free, free from flood damage, and also have the typical characteristics of the variety. At harvest,
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How to Store and Keep Sweet Potatoes Fresh? A Detailed Explanation of Practical Technical Points
I. Building the sweet potato cellar The cellar site should generally be chosen at a corner of the courtyard, with a cellar hole dug 3-5 m deep, the mouth of the hole about 80 cm in diameter, and at the bottom 2-3 storage chambers dug to the side, each 1.7 m high, 1.4 m wide and 3 m deep. If it is an old cellar, the loose soil on the cellar walls needs to be scraped off, and then a fungicide should be sprayed to prepare it for storing the sweet potatoes. II. Preparation before storage and harvesting techniques After Frost's Descent, it is time to harvest sweet potatoes. Harvest should be done on a clear, windless day, taking care to dig, handle and transport gently, and to prevent digging injuries as much as possible.
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What methods are there to prevent chilling injury in stored peaches?
Peaches are climacteric fruits, with a respiratory peak and poor storage tolerance; at room temperature they can be stored for only a few days, and most cultivars can be stored at 0°C or below for only 15~30 days. After harvest, peach fruit enzyme activity and respiration are both very strong, so at room temperature the fruit easily softens and rots; low temperature, low oxygen and higher carbon dioxide can inhibit respiration and enzyme activity. At 0°C, using film bag packaging and controlled atmosphere storage, controlling 1%~2% oxygen and 3%~5% carbon dioxide, and applying an ethylene absorbent, the fruit can be stored for 2 months, but care must be taken
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How to Store and Preserve Fresh Peaches? Practical Tips Shared
Fresh peaches have a short storage life and are prone to rotting and spoilage. If the following preservation methods are adopted, the supply period of fresh peaches can be extended and economic benefits improved. 1. Harvest without injury, grade and package. To judge the maturity of peach fruit: first, after the fruit has fully developed, the skin begins to lose its green color, the flesh is slightly firm, and colored varieties have basically reached full color - this is the firm-ripe stage. Second, when the background color of the fruit is green or light green and the fuzz on the fruit surface begins to color - this is the seven-to-eight-tenths ripe stage. Fruit at the firm-ripe stage and the seven-to-eight-tenths ripe stage stores better and tolerates long-distance transport. Because peach maturity is uneven, most
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Hybrid late japonica rice restorer lines successfully bred in the Yangtze River Basin
Through the efforts of experts from the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the "Yangtze River Basin hybrid late japonica rice restorer lines - Shenhui 254 and Shenhui No. 1" were successfully bred and utilized. This project was awarded first prize for scientific and technological progress by the Shanghai Municipal Government this year. The key to applying hybrid late japonica rice in production in the Yangtze River Basin is to breed excellent late japonica-type restorer lines. This project used intermediate materials between indica and japonica subspecies as bridge parents, introduced indica restorer genes into late japonica rice varieties, adopted convergent crossing and systematic selection, and gathered the excellent base
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How to store shiitake mushrooms? Practical preservation methods to share
1. Dry storage. Shiitake mushrooms are highly absorbent and not easy to store; when their moisture content is high, they easily oxidize and spoil, and mold develops. Therefore, shiitake mushrooms must be dried before they can be stored. An appropriate amount of moisture-absorbing agents such as lump quicklime or dry charcoal must be placed in the storage container to prevent moisture from returning. 2. Low-temperature storage. Shiitake mushrooms must be stored in a low-temperature, ventilated place; if conditions allow, the container holding the shiitake mushrooms can be sealed and then placed in a refrigerator or cold storage. 3. Light-proof storage. Infrared rays in light will raise the temperature of shiitake mushrooms, and ultraviolet rays will trigger photochemical
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How to Store and Keep Garlic Scapes Fresh: Methods and Techniques Explained
Garlic scapes, commonly known in some places as garlic sprouts, are the flower stems that bolting garlic produces after vernalization, and they are an important by-product of garlic production. Garlic scapes are rich in crude protein, a variety of vitamins and minerals, and have a delicious flavor, making them a high-quality, premium vegetable. (1) Storage conditions 1. Temperature 0-0.5°C. 2. Relative humidity 90%-95%. 3. Gas composition O2: 2%-4%, CO2: 6%-8%. (2) Storage methods 1. Ice cellar storage method: trim the selected garlic scapes
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How to Restore a Broken Branch in a Bonsai? Detailed Repair Methods
The branches and trunks of a stump bonsai will inevitably get broken, affecting the shape of the whole branch. Effective measures can be taken to revive the damaged branch or restore it to its original state. As long as the branch is not completely broken off, even if only about half of the bark remains connected, it may still be saved. First, carefully fit the broken ends of the damaged branch back together, then take a piece of medium-gauge wire longer than the break and fairly straight and stiff, tie one end of the wire to the broken branch end that connects to the parent plant, and tie the other end to the fitted branch end (if the broken branch is a curved branch, bend the wire to a curvature matching the broken branch during the operation).
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How should peaches be stored to extend their fresh, crisp period?
Prompt pre-cooling to prevent softening. Because the temperature is relatively high when peaches are harvested, especially for mid- and late-season varieties, if they are not pre-cooled promptly, the peaches will quickly soften, age, rot, and deteriorate. Therefore, after harvest, peaches should be pre-cooled to below 4°C as soon as possible. Generally, two pre-cooling methods are used: forced-air cooling and water cooling. Water cooling is fast: a peach with a diameter of 7.6 cm cooled in 1.6°C water for 30 minutes can have its temperature lowered from 32°C to 4°C. After water cooling, let the fruit dry before packing. Air cooling is slower and generally requires 8-12 hours or longer. Storage
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