Matters needing attention during garlic harvest

Garlic harvest is divided into garlic stalk and garlic, with strong seasonality and concentrated harvest period, which is not only related to yield and quality, but also related to garlic shelf life and garlic seed quality. therefore, reasonable harvest plays an important role in improving garlic yield and quality and storability, so what should be paid attention to in garlic harvest period? Let's get to know it.

1. Timely harvest

Early harvest of garlic bolts will reduce the yield, and the garlic bolts remaining in the pseudostem will continue to grow and consume nutrients, which is not conducive to the expansion of garlic; while too late harvest, the fiber of garlic bolts will increase, and the quality is poor, and the garlic bolts are not easy to be pulled out. If you want to pull out, you have to break the pseudostem, which will affect the yield of garlic. The best harvest time should be flexibly controlled according to the cultivation purpose and variety characteristics, generally in the garlic stalk (higher than the leaf sheath mouth of the last leaf about 7cm, the upper part has not yet bent. The same is true for garlic harvesting. When the outer leaf sheaths become thinner and thinner, they will fall off themselves after harvest. At this time, the inside 3-4 leaf sheaths are thicker, tightly wrapped in garlic, and the garlic varieties are better. If the harvest is too late, the leaf sheaths become thin and dry, and the leaf sheaths are easy to split when harvested.

2. Management before bolting

Watering should be stopped 4 days before bolting, lest garlic bolts are too brittle, and it is very easy to break during harvest, which is disadvantageous to yield and quality. after bolting, Chinese cabbage enters the bulb expansion stage, but because of the decline of root, stem and leaf function and weak absorptive capacity, it is not suitable to top fertilize after bolting, so as to avoid excessive growth of stems and leaves, resulting in late ripening of garlic, and as the temperature increases, it should be irrigated in time after cabbage bolting, and small water should be watered frequently. Just keep the soil moist and make the garlic bulge. Stop watering the garlic a week before the harvest, so as not to cause the garlic skin to rot because the soil is too wet.

3. Harvest time

The time of bolting should be carried out on a sunny day, when transpiration is large, water in the plant is watered, the texture is soft and elastic, bolting is more convenient, and it is not easy to be broken. The harvest time of garlic should also be carried out in sunny days, so that the outer skin of garlic harvested is complete, and drying is faster, which reduces the phenomenon of mildew and rot during storage.

4. Post-harvest treatment

The roots should be adjusted down in time after the garlic is harvested. If the roots are not cut, the stem plate is not dry enough after drying, and it is easy to mildew during storage. Root-cutting is also fastidious, early-maturing varieties with short leaf sheaths should be pruned and stored, shoots should be trimmed at the same time, leaves with 10-15cm long leaf sheaths should be kept; varieties with long leaf sheaths should be braided and stored in braids, only roots should be cut instead of shoots. Pruning is to turn the garlic down and dry it to make it even. at the same time, we should pay attention to weather changes to avoid rain. Generally, it can be stored after 3-5 days of drying.

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