Planting time of garlic in North China

The time of growing garlic in the north is mainly concentrated around September. You need to dry garlic cloves for one or two days before sowing. It is best to plant them at the end of September and the beginning of October.

Cultivation techniques of garlic

1. Land preparation

Ploughing depth is generally about 20cm, to fine ploughing, raking flat, raking solid, there is no obvious bumpy, to achieve "neat, loose, broken, clean". According to the water source, the length of the border can be 80-100m long and 4.2-4.4m wide, and that of 40m-50m long and 4.2-4.4m wide.

2. Seed selection

Peel and break the peel manually, remove the tray and stem plate of garlic, classify them according to large, medium, small and garlic heart, and treat the small garlic cloves according to the specific conditions. Seed selection requirements are pure white without red tendons, no scars, no saccharification, no light skin. The principle requires that each grain weighs about 5g. Seed size is the key to high yield.

3. Sowing seeds at the right time

Garlic should be sown at the right time. The planting time is at the end of Bailu and the beginning of the Autumn Equinox (late September and early October), and the temperature is about 17 ℃. The garlic cloves should be dried for 1 or 2 days before sowing.

4. Reasonable close planting

General row spacing 20cm, plant spacing 16~17cm, about 20 000 plants per 667m2. The method is to use a rake or trench opener to open the ditch, the ditch depth is about 5cm, and the soil above the garlic is covered with 1cm after planting.