How to plant autumn-sown garlic? A full analysis of the latest cultivation techniques and key points

Garlic is a side dish that many people enjoy eating very much, and many people choose to grow some garlic at home for their own use. If planting on a large scale, then you must ensure that the garlic plants can grow 5 leaves before overwintering. During this period, the garlic plants' cold resistance is very strong, and they can overwinter normally. So today the editor has brought you the autumn-sown garlic cultivation techniques, and below let's take a look together!

1. Seed treatment

First, we need to select virus-free varieties with strong disease resistance, preferably garlic cloves that are free of pests and diseases and have no wounds. Before sowing, wash the seed cloves clean, then use wettable powder fungicides such as Tuzet and other agents for seed dressing. Alternatively, you can use Tianda hymexazol for seed dressing for about 20 minutes to carry out disinfection measures. Garlic sowing methods are generally mainly furrow sowing, and first a shallow furrow should be opened well. Then sow the seed cloves into the soil, cover with soil after sowing, press lightly and firmly, then water appropriately to avoid soil water shortage and drought, control the sowing depth well, and ensure healthy growth of garlic.

2. Sow at the right time

When planting garlic, we should reasonably adjust the sowing according to the planting region to ensure that the garlic can grow 5 true leaves before overwintering. If planting in the Yangtze River Basin and further south, then the sowing time for autumn-sown garlic is generally around September. The weather in September is relatively cool, which can improve the garlic emergence rate. Do not sow too early or too late. If too early, the seedlings grow vigorously, easily consume too much nutrition, affect garlic overwintering, and in the second year easily form compound-clove garlic, and the quality will also be affected. If sowing too late, nutrient accumulation is too little, cold resistance is poor, and it is easy to die in winter.

3. Reasonable close planting

Garlic can be appropriately densely planted, and reasonable close planting is the key to increasing garlic yield. We should reasonably adjust the planting density according to the variety being planted. If planting early-maturing varieties, because the plants are relatively short, have few leaves and a short growth cycle, the planting density can be appropriately increased, planting about 50,000 plants per mu, with plant and row spacing controlled at 8*15 cm. Compared with mid- to late-maturing varieties, because their growth cycle is long, the plants are larger and have more leaves, so about 40,000 plants are planted per mu.

4. Field management

After sowing, we need to do a good job in field management. In order to promote the growth of garlic and increase the nutrition of the plants, we should topdress appropriately. Because garlic roots absorb water relatively poorly, topdressing fertilizers should mainly be quick-acting fertilizers, to avoid fertilizer deficiency causing insufficient nutrition for garlic growth. Topdressing should be done at important periods such as full emergence, two months after sowing, the flower stalk elongation stage and the bulbing stage. Then do a good job in water management, ensuring both that garlic's water needs are met and that excessive water is avoided, which would affect garlic growth.

The above is a brief introduction to autumn-sown garlic cultivation. Garlic cultivation techniques are relatively simple, but everyone should pay attention to doing a good job in management to ensure yield. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only, and we hope it can be helpful to everyone.