Introducing Huasuan No. 2, a New Dual-Purpose Garlic Variety
This variety is a dual-purpose garlic variety with relatively high yields of both bulbs and scapes, combining early maturity, cold resistance, disease resistance and high quality in one.
This variety has strong growth, a deep root system and lush leaves, and its hard stems and sheaths resist cold, with no frost damage at -16°C; it is easy to grow and manage. Sow at White Dew, harvest garlic scapes 8-12 days before Grain Rain the following year, and harvest garlic bulbs 5-12 days before Grain in Ear; 90% of bulbs are more than 5 cm in diameter, and large ones reach 7-8 cm. It is suitable for planting in dual-purpose scape-and-bulb production areas in China.
Generally, the yield per mu is about 2,300 kg of garlic bulbs, and high-yielding plots can reach 2,500 kg, with about 750 kg of garlic scapes, and high-yielding plots can reach 1,000 kg.