The planting time of garlic varies with different cultivation purposes. Most of the garlic shoots and garlic heads are planted in September-1October. As the saying goes, "July onion and August garlic" (lunar calendar), those cultivated as green garlic (tender leaves) can be planted in August, and the requirements for sowing date are not very strict.

Garlic planting method

1, soil preparation and fertilization

The root system of garlic is distributed in the surface layer of soil, and the root absorption is weak. It is best to choose fertile, loose soil with strong water-retaining and drainage performance. In order to facilitate the occurrence of garlic fibrous roots and the absorption of nutrients, the planting land should be deeply cultivated, and the base fertilizer is mainly manure, and garbage, plant ash, etc. can be added, and the base fertilizer is about 2000 kg per mu. After ploughing and harrowing, the compartments are divided according to the width of planting habits in various places. Generally, the compartment width is110-150 cm and the height is15-20 cm.

2. Sow seeds

Garlic cloves should be selected and graded before sowing, and garlic with early maturity and characteristics of this variety should be selected as seed garlic strictly from before harvesting in the field. When sowing, garlic cloves are divided into three levels according to the size of garlic cloves, which are planted separately to facilitate field management. In order to break the dormancy of garlic and promote its development, garlic cloves should be dried for1-2 days before sowing, and seeds can be soaked in water for1-2 days before sowing.

Sowing method: when sowing, first open a ditch from one end of the box, sow garlic cloves in sequence according to the plant spacing, then open a second ditch according to the row spacing, and cover the first ditch with soil from the second ditch one by one. After covering with soil, a layer of crop straw can also be covered on the compartment surface to prevent the surface soil from hardening and promote the elongation, softness and whiteness of leaf sheaths.

Sowing density: Because the planting purposes are very different, for the purpose of harvesting garlic heads and young garlic shoots, the row spacing is13-20cm, the plant spacing is10-13cm, and the seed consumption per mu is100-1. The row spacing for planting green garlic is10-13cm, and the plant spacing is10-13cm.