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How does garlic grow
- 1. Growth of Allium Sativum Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http://quicksense.net/ Mobile banner 320 x 100 Garlic is a vegetable category plant type which is exposure to full sun having soil ph of acidic to neutral is grown usually in loamy soil. It is resistant to wet clay soils since watering effects the growth of garlic. How does garlic grow? Garlic plantation is suitable in spring season or fall season. Fall season is much suitable since the harvest takes place in next summer. This allows garlic to dry and increases the flavor as well. Garlic grows up to 4 feet long and the plantation done by means of planting clove upside down 2 inches deep in dry soil and the gap between two garlic plant should be at least 8 inches. ! In frost areas one should plant garlic before six to eight weeks to prevent the growth of garlic. Cultivator should select sunny part and also the soil should be enriched with organic matters such as grass, rotten plants and so on. Mulching should be done to prevent overheating and freezing temperature. Cultivator should avoid mulching in spring season since the plant shouldn’t get enough water. One should water every 3 to 5 days and during harvest season it requires water in rare case and hence we should decrease watering in later stages. Selection of cloves should be larger in size because smaller cloves also occupy same space and giving small garlic bulbs. White rot fungus may affect garlic since one should have at least 4 year gap between every allium plantation such as garlic, onion. Garlic can produce huge bulbs while growing longer time. This fungus affects root and base part of garlic. Rose is planted majorly by cultivators since it acts as repellent for garlic growth. Garlic also requires plenty of nitrogen as fertilizers. Cutting down leaves while growing should take place since it may affect the growth of bulbs and harvest can take place during the yellowing of leaves.
- 2. ! After harvesting garlic root is cleaned by cultivator and dried by hanging garlic by pinning bunch of garlic probably 4 to 6 upside down. The dried garlic should be placed in dry place either top wrapper removed or as a bunch. Precautions need to done by cultivators that prevents the bacterial attack to garlic plantations are as follows. Using disease free cloves is suitable for healthy garlic plantation. Preparing soil and measure cleanliness and climate will give suitable response for successful growth of garlic plantation. There should be at the least of two years gap between every plantation. One should burn garlic wastage not nearer to garlic plantation growing area. How does garlic grow? The most recommended type of garlic plantation is softneck which is planted in dry and sunny areas usually having soft neck and this is the most recommended variety of garlic plantation. The second type is minimal recommended stiffneck which grows as ring around stem which is milder than softneck. Great headed variety is not recommended by many which are similar to onion variety with huge bulbs. Growing garlic depends on climatic analysis results in much better growth and one can preserve healthier bulb for future plantations. By following the above steps one can grow garlic in simpler manner by which forming healthier generations.