Garlic as a cash crop, planting profits are relatively large, many farmers do not want to grow wheat, ready to change to garlic, the idea is feasible, but also to be prepared for risks.
September is the peak period of garlic sowing, most of the garlic is concentrated in September planting, however, due to different regions, different varieties, the actual planting situation encountered is different, the best sowing time is also sooner or later, sowing too early or too late, is not conducive to the normal growth of garlic.
In the eastern Henan region where the little helper is located, the time of planting garlic is generally in early to mid-September, and according to some farmers in Shandong, Hebei, Anhui and other places, local garlic can be postponed to early to mid-October at the latest.
The disadvantages of the best sowing time of garlic are related to a variety of factors, and the following is detailed with you.
1. Variety
There are many varieties of garlic, different varieties, and the sowing time is also different. Or take the area where the little helper is located, for example, the general garlic varieties can be divided into 3 kinds, namely garlic moss garlic, early garlic and late garlic.
Sowing time, garlic moss garlic varieties sown earliest, this garlic mainly harvest garlic moss, to sell garlic moss as the main income, sowing time early, garlic moss ripening time early, the next year 3-4 months can harvest garlic moss, as we all know, garlic moss market earlier, the higher the price, if you wait until other varieties of garlic moss on the market, garlic moss garlic will lose its advantage, so the sowing time is earlier, late August can be sown.
The sowing time of early garlic is generally sown in early September, early garlic is later than garlic moss garlic, earlier than late garlic, this garlic in the actual planting process, planting area is larger, compared to late garlic, garlic moss and garlic head maturity time, will be about ten and a half days in advance.
Late-maturing garlic is generally sown in the second half of September, the sowing time will not be so urgent, but it can not be too late, late-maturing garlic generally has a relatively low income, garlic moss and garlic prices will not be very high, because when the garlic moss and garlic mature, there has been an oversupply situation on the market.
2. Regional
For most parts of the Huanghuaihai region, the white dew period is the peak period for planting garlic, which mainly refers to the garlic planted after the harvest of spring sown crops. For example, after the harvest of spring sown peanuts and spring sown corn, garlic can be planted in early to mid-September.
The garlic planted after harvesting summer sown crops such as summer-sown corn, summer-sown peanuts, and summer-sown soybeans was sown relatively late. Summer-sown corn is harvested in early to mid-October, and garlic planting is postponed to mid-to-late October. In mid-to-late October, due to the low temperature, most areas are not suitable for sowing garlic, and some areas in the south are still suitable for sowing garlic, so the climate caused by the region is different, and the time to sow garlic is also different.
3. Harvest time of stubble crops
Garlic sowing time, but also depends on the harvest time of the stubble crop, only after the harvest of the stubble crop, can be sown, a small part of the situation will appear on the stubble crop did not plant crops, before it was idle land, after the contract, start planting garlic. However, in most cases, there will be stubble crops.
Again, in the village where the little helper is located, for example, the current harvest is the harvest of spring peanuts, spring sowing corn, etc., the harvest time is about a week, and the garlic will be sown in mid-September.
Through the above 3 points, there is a general understanding of the best sowing time of garlic, and some friends will ask, if the sowing is too early or too late, what are the harms?
But garlic sowing too early, may occur in the case of prosperity, garlic once prosperous, and there is no control of prosperity management, in the winter, it is easy to freeze damage, and the consumption of water and nutrients increases, not timely replenishment, there may be water shortage and fertilizer deficiency, affecting the growth of garlic.
If the garlic is sown too late, the temperature is too low, after the garlic is sown, it cannot reach the temperature of germination and seedlings, the phenomenon of lack of seedlings and ridges, and the increase of weak seedlings, resulting in weak resistance, after the arrival of winter, it is easy to frost damage, which will also affect the normal growth of garlic.
In summary, garlic sowing needs to be sown at a suitable time, in the time planting process, due to the different situations encountered, according to local conditions is the most important, if you can not accurately judge, you can decide according to the planting experience of previous years.
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