How to select and retain garlic seeds

Garlic is propagated with garlic. To keep the seed, we should choose the garlic with strong stem, thick green leaves, good root system, no diseases and insect pests, a large and strong garlic as the seed. At the same time, pay attention to timely harvest, garlic balls are harvested too early, garlic cloves are not full, not tight, next year, the germination potential is weak, the emergence is uneven, and the leaf body reel is not spread; garlic is too late, the garlic ball skin is broken, and there are many loose petals. The harvest time is generally 25-30 days after garlic vine harvest. When harvested, the aboveground should have four or five leaves, the hands of garlic cloves can be counted, and the outer skin is purplish red. To harvest garlic balls, you must dig / dig about 9 cm away from garlic seedlings and hold the base of the garlic stem with one hand, one tree after another, in order to reduce knife wounds, ensure that the garlic is finished, peel off the soil in time after the garlic ball is raised, cut off the garlic stalks and fibrous roots, and spread them on the spot for 2-3 days to prevent blackening in the rain. The harvested garlic balls can be stored in the following ways. 1. The method of hanging and hiding: after the garlic balls are harvested, the first row of garlic balls is laid flat on the ground, and the second row of garlic balls is covered on the front row of garlic balls. When the leaves become soft and yellow, tie the garlic balls into handfuls with ropes, and hang 30-40 balls each in a ventilated place to dry or hang on a hot Kang to dry. 2. Storage method: after the garlic ball is harvested, tie it up into a handful every 50 to 100, stand upright and hang it on the sun field for 7-10 days, then pile the garlic on the ground, pay attention to the stems and leaves inward, and the garlic head outward. 3-5 days later, open the garlic pile to dry the garlic, stack it in the evening to avoid rot in the rain, and then carry out the second ventilation every 7 days or so, and then transport it into the indoor ventilated place to stack up. However, it should be noted that the water content of garlic after harvest is still very high and can not be put in human plastic bags or gunny bags to prevent mildew under high humidity.