Which garlic variety is the best? Recommended high-quality garlic varieties
For garlic farmers in different regions, they basically choose different garlic varieties for planting and cultivation, while combining local geographical and climatic conditions in order to cultivate high-yield garlic. Generally, garlic varieties can be divided by skin color into purple-skin garlic and white-skin garlic, or by garlic scape type into scape garlic and common garlic, etc. So what are the best garlic varieties? Let's take a look.
1. Liuban Hong
Liuban Hong is a local variety from Tianjin, generally with 6 cloves per bulb and a single bulb weight of 60-70g. Its main characteristics are crisp texture, strong pungency, and good quality; the dry garlic yield per mu can generally reach 800-900kg.
2. Purple-skin garlic
Purple-skin garlic is a local farmer variety from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with a growing period of generally 105-110 days. The plants grow vigorously, are cold-resistant at the seedling stage, drought-tolerant, salt-alkali tolerant, and highly disease-resistant. Its main characteristics are a strong pungent flavor and good storability, and the yield of garlic scapes per mu usually reaches 75-100kg.
3. Erhong Pishuan
Erhong Pishuan is also a famous variety from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, but it was introduced for planting from Baoding City, Hebei Province. Its bulb weight is about 80g, and the outer skin of the bulb is light purple-red. Its main characteristics are relatively strong drought resistance, salt-alkali tolerance, strong pungency in the cloves, and above-average quality. In terms of yield, fresh bulbs usually reach about 1750Kg per mu.
4. Taicang White Garlic
Taicang white garlic is a local variety from Taicang County, Jiangsu Province. It matures relatively early and is a type used for green garlic, garlic scapes, and bulbs alike. The yield is 250-375Kg per mu.
5. Cangshan Garlic
A local variety from Cangshan County, Shandong Province. The garlic scapes are thick and long, the bulbs have about 6 cloves, weigh more than 31g, and have white skin. The growing period is about 240 days.
6. Soviet Garlic
Soviet garlic was introduced in 1953 by the seed station of Linying County, Henan Province, from Shandong Province. The garlic skin is purple, wrinkled, and glossy, with a single bulb weight of 49.1g. Its main characteristics are strong cold resistance, a short dormancy period, slightly poor storability, and relatively mild pungency, but it has slightly poor resistance to rust disease.
In summary, the above is an introduction to some of the best garlic varieties in China's production areas, and for garlic to achieve high yield, it is very important to reasonably select garlic seed suited to local conditions. I wonder what other garlic varieties everyone knows? You are welcome to leave a comment and discuss.
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