Before winter, many summer residents and farm owners plant garlic. One of the important points for obtaining a bountiful crop harvest is the selection of healthy planting material. By purchasing bulbs of the garlic variety you like from trusted manufacturers of agricultural products, you can be sure of their quality.
A good seed fund, grown specifically for the purpose of propagation, always has all varietal characteristics (color of the bulb shell, color of the clove shell, number of fractions in the bulb, density of the segments, weight, volume, shape, etc.) and is free from phytopathogens (mold , plaque, brown spots, rot, etc.).
These bulbs are pre-calibrated in size. If you buy sets for planting, then choose exclusively large single-toed ones grown in the current season.
The influence of the size of planting material on crop yield
The heads of garlic for planting and the cloves in them should be large and approximately the same size.The fact is that the larger the planted clove, the greater the number of leaf plates on it will be formed in the spring. On plants from small seedlings and cloves, 3-5 fewer leaves are formed than on the same seedlings, but from large fractions.
It is in the leaves that all the nutritional components accumulate, which, after the formation of the bulbs underground, ensure their full filling. As practice shows, small heads always grow from small garlic fractions. Large cloves are guaranteed to yield a harvest of large bulbs.
After harvesting and drying, self-grown garlic needs to be sorted. The largest and healthiest heads with intact integumentary scales and without signs of disease are left for sowing before winter. But small onions and all heads with mechanical damage are allowed for processing, since the spicy vegetable is used in numerous summer and autumn preparations (preparing adjika, ketchup, savory sauces, pickling and pickling of cucumbers, zucchini, squash, tomatoes, vegetable salads, etc. .).
Small cloves, which are sometimes present even in large onions, are best set aside for later use for culinary purposes. Planted segments of the same size, as a rule, sprout at the same time, and caring for such plantings in the spring is much easier.
The division of the bulbs into separate fractions is carried out immediately before planting. There is no need to disassemble the heads in advance, since the common root bottom protects the planting material from moisture loss. It is much easier to separate garlic into cloves using a flat metal plate with blunt edges.Such an item can always be found among the tools and various preparations available on the farm of every avid summer resident.
Approach the selection and calibration of garlic for planting with all responsibility, and you will appreciate the recommendations of experts when harvesting next summer!
