How to cultivate purple garlic? How do you eat it?

Purple garlic is famous for its fat cloves, juicy cloves, spicy smell, mashed into mud and unchangeable flavor. It is not only a nutritious, delicious seasoning, but also a good vegetable that people like to eat. So, how to cultivate purple garlic?

I. cultivation methods of purple-skinned garlic

1. Sowing time

Purple garlic is a warm and hot crop, and the most suitable sowing time is from August to September every year. Of course, in warm and cool areas or relatively hot and humid areas, measures should be taken according to local conditions, the specific situation is analyzed. But the sowing time of purple garlic should not be early, otherwise the garlic is very easy to get leaf blight, so the plant will be easy to senescence prematurely.

2. Cultivation density

In the cultivation of purple garlic, the planting density should not be too large, nor too small. Basically, the degree of 5.1-61000 plants per mu is the best. Too high density may lead to insufficient yield, and too low density may lead to too weak light, resulting in purple garlic withering and yellowing and unable to grow. When sowing purple garlic, it is most suitable to use on demand, about 130 kilograms of seeds per mu of land.

3. Fertilization

Garlic is a fertilizer-loving and fertilizer-tolerant crop. The cultivation is mainly based on organic fertilizer, with the application of N fertilizer and the combined use of P and K fertilizer. The application rate of organic fertilizer is 60 cubic meters per hectare, which is mostly human manure and livestock manure such as pigs, cattle and sheep. Chemical fertilizer as base fertilizer should be applied when raking in spring, generally applying diammonium phosphate 375 kg / ha or calcium superphosphate 750 kg / ha. The application of topdressing fertilizer is mainly available nitrogen fertilizer urea. The application amount is 450 kg / ha. The garlic was applied in seedling stage, flower stem extension stage and bulb expansion stage. In the later stage of growth, the leaves of the plant showed the phenomenon of de-fertilization or premature senescence, and potassium dihydrogen phosphate and micro-fertilizer could be sprayed on the leaves.

4. Watering

Before the seedlings grow four leaves, try not to water them unless there is a very dry situation, in this way to maintain the ground temperature and promote the rapid growth of purple garlic. When the purple garlic grows to 7-8 leaves, it should be watered once a week to keep the purple garlic hydrated during its growth.

Second, the edible method of purple garlic.

Garlic has the function of improving immunity, helping appetite, detoxification, diuresis and dampness, but garlic is warm, more food produces heat, and has local stimulation, Yin deficiency and fire, eye and tongue disease is not suitable to eat, otherwise it will cause countereffect. So, how to eat purple garlic?

1. Garlic can be eaten raw, rammed mud, simmered, fried soup drink, or tamping juice external application, slicing acupoints.

two。 Sprouted garlic has little therapeutic effect, pickled garlic should not be too long, so as not to destroy the active ingredients.

3. Before the dish is ripe, add some minced garlic to increase the delicacy of the dish.

4. When cooking fish and meat, add some garlic pieces to relieve the fishy smell and remove the smell.

5. When making salad, add some mashed garlic to make it more spicy.

6. Mix sesame oil, soy sauce and mashed garlic well for dipping in cold noodles and dumplings.

After reading this article, are you ready to get excited about purple garlic?