When is the best time to plant green garlic seedlings? When is the best time to fertilize green garlic seedlings?

Garlic sprouts are the main seasoning in autumn and winter. They can be eaten until around the Qingming Festival. After that, they have a strong smell and poor quality. If you continue to plant them, you can grow garlic stalks and garlic heads. If you specialize in growing garlic sprouts, how can you produce high-quality garlic sprouts?

When is the best time to plant green garlic seedlings?

Garlic seeds need to be large in size and need to be treated with low temperature. About 20 days before sowing, the selected garlic seeds need to be soaked in water for 12 hours, and then taken out and dried before being placed in a special cold storage for low temperature treatment. Low temperature treatment between 0-5 degrees for about 20 days can break dormancy and promote rooting and germination. This is mainly for green garlic seedlings that are planted earlier.

Green garlic seedlings are generally cultivated in early September and are then available on the market around New Year’s Day; if planted in October, they will be available on the market before the Spring Festival.

Since green garlic cultivation mainly requires garlic seedlings, the planting density is much greater than normal garlic planting, basically one plant next to another. The width of the bed can be adjusted according to the width of the arch shed.

When is the best time to apply fertilizer to green garlic seedlings?

If the base fertilizer is sufficient, topdressing is not necessary. Because the seedlings rely mainly on the mother garlic cloves for nutrition before the mother stage, and the root system absorbs nutrients as a supplement. For sowing at the end of September, if the soil moisture is suitable, generally no watering is required in the early stage. For sowing in August, watering is required 2 to 3 times according to the situation. Watering once before wintering.

What should I pay attention to when cultivating green garlic seedlings with mulch?

After land preparation and fertilization, make ridges, dig trenches and put garlic cloves in. In order to increase the density, put them in parallel with the connecting line between the back and the face of the garlic cloves and the trench. The row spacing is 5×10 cm, and the soil is covered with about 2 cm. The seed amount is 200-250 kg. The density of early garlic seedlings is high, and the density of late garlic seedlings is low. After sowing, water thoroughly once to ensure that the surface soil under the film is moist. When the seedlings emerge, use a knife to cut the film and put the seedlings in, and cover the break with fine soil.

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High-quality garlic seedling cultivation means using no pesticides as much as possible, reducing or not applying chemical fertilizers, and using organic fertilizers as the main cultivation mode. Cool down in the hot season, take insulation measures in winter, water frequently in early spring, and apply fertilizer reasonably according to the seedling conditions to ensure high-quality and high-yield garlic seedlings.