Single-clove garlic tastes spicier, how do you grow single-clove garlic?
Summary: Single-clove garlic tastes spicier, how do you grow single-clove garlic?
When we browse the supermarket, we find that the price of single-clove garlic is more than double that of regular garlic. In many people's view, single-clove garlic is spicier, more nutritious and more flavorful! Because single-clove garlic is relatively larger in size than a garlic bulb, after eating one single-clove garlic you do indeed feel it is spicier, but when eaten in equal amounts, neither seems spicier than the other. As for whether the nutritional value of single-clove garlic and ordinary garlic differs, I have not specifically looked it up to make a comparison, and this is also irrelevant to the topic of this article.
Regardless of whether single-clove garlic is more nutritious, from the perspective of planting economic benefits and business operations, perhaps growing single-clove garlic brings better economic returns. So can the trait of single-clove garlic really be inherited, that is, if you use single-clove garlic as seed, will it grow single-clove garlic the next year? Science Xingnong will give you a brief introduction.
The causes of single-clove garlic
Many friends may think that single-clove garlic is a stable inherited trait, so after planting it, the next year they find that the garlic that grows is not single-clove garlic, but the same as our ordinary garlic. This is a normal phenomenon, not a special case. One major reason is that the formation of single-clove garlic is greatly affected by environmental factors. Science Xingnong would not dare say it definitely has no heritability, but can clearly say that even if it does have heritability, it is very low.
In the field you will find that in some places where the soil is poor, or in some areas without plastic mulch, places where growth is weaker actually have a higher chance of single-clove garlic. This is likewise not a coincidence, but because the development of single-clove garlic is due to insufficient nutrient supply. The garlic does not have enough nutrients to develop more cloves, resulting in single-clove garlic. And if the nutrient supply is sufficient, the number of cloves in the garlic will also be somewhat greater.
How to grow single-clove garlic
Combined with the introduction above, if you want to grow single-clove garlic, you can start from the following angles. First, choose small garlic cloves, the smaller the better, and use such cloves as seed; second, use farmland with average soil fertility as the planting site. The more fertile the soil, the more likely it is to prompt the garlic to induce differentiation of more cloves during the bulb swelling stage; third, fertilizer and water management should not be excessive. The purpose of this measure is also to avoid excessive nutrition for the garlic as much as possible. Fourth, increase planting density. On the one hand this raises yield, and on the other hand it increases competition among garlic plants and promotes the formation of single-clove garlic. Fifth, use the small garlic that forms at the upper part of the garlic scape, plant it densely, and the garlic that grows will basically all be single-clove garlic. This is also the most thorough approach. However, because this measure makes it hard to meet the demand for garlic seed, naturally few people use it.
As for the other measures starting from fertilizer, water and field management, although the chance of single-clove garlic is on the low side, it can still ensure about 80 percent. If you are interested, you can give it a try.