Good afternoon, my reader. To begin with, it is imperative to choose high quality planting material, because the quality of the crop and its quantity directly depend on this.
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Garlic cloves should not have various dents and cracks, there should be no putrefactive plaque, and cloves of the same size should be selected.
You should not peel the teeth of the husk and film, because the grown garlic head will not be well preserved.
Winter garlic varieties
1. Spas
This garlic has a dense arrow around which the teeth grow. Spas is a mid-season variety with oval-rounded bulbs. The husk has a reddish tint interspersed with bright purple. The variety is frost-resistant, not afraid of nematodes and fusarium.
Well suited for conservation and fresh consumption due to its pronounced pungent taste. The bulb can have up to 10 teeth.
2. Alcor
This, like the previous one, is an arrowhead variety. It is characterized by a high yield and an average ripening period. Bulbs are round, violet-pink in color with veins. Since this variety is intended for planting in winter, it is not afraid of frost. The disadvantage of Alcor is that it is susceptible to the yellow dwarf virus.
One bulb can have 4-5 teeth, and the total weight reaches 36 grams.
3. Sofievsky
This variety has high yield rates, it ripens in medium terms and has a main arrow with slices around it. The bulbs themselves are large, rounded and slightly flattened. This garlic is resistant to pests and fungi, but the nematode does not always tolerate well.
It is best used fresh, but it is also suitable for canning. Stores very well.
4. Belorussian
Early ripe medium-yielding garlic. Frost-resistant, as it is a winter variety. Large white onions with purple veins. It tolerates bacterial diseases well.
Characteristic spicy taste, which is very well suited for fresh salads and rolling in jars. One onion grows from 4 to 8 cloves.
5. Podmoskovny
This variety is classified as a mid-season, arrowhead species. The shape of the bulbs is flat-rounded, the husk is white with streaks of purple and brown colors. Up to 2 kilograms of garlic are harvested from a running meter of planting.
It is resistant to disease and keeps well. When canned, it retains its taste, but it can also be used for making salads or added to cooked dishes.
6. Gribovsky jubilee
Gribovsky jubilee has a high yield - from sq. meters can be removed from one and a half kilograms of bulbs with 8-10 slices. The heads are flat-rounded, elongated upward. The scales, like the husk, have purple streaks.
Such garlic ripens in 100-105 days. Very resistant to pests and infections and tolerates dry weather well.
7. Sail
The variety is high-yielding, medium ripening. Large heads weighing up to 50 grams are slightly extended upward. The color is gray-white with a shade of lilac. An onion can have up to 10 cloves.
It is rarely affected by peronosporosis, as well as rot and stem nematode.
Good for canning and adding to salads with fresh vegetables.
8. Lyubasha
A winter variety with a large yield, ripens in 85-95 days. It has a main arrow around which 5 or 7 lobules are formed. Lyubasha has violet-blue veins on pinkish-white scales.
It is resistant to various diseases, but it can become infected with a fungus during the growth period. The variety is well resistant to fusarium.
Do you know which garlic to plant in the winter?
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