Garlic Farming Information Guide
The following write-up details about Garlic Farming Techniques, Tips, and Ideas.
Introduction and Importance of Garlic:
Garlic is one of the important bulb crops. It is used as a spice or condiment through India. The compound bulb of garlic consists of several small bulblets or cloves. Garlic is generally cultivated in A. P, U.P, Madras, and Gujarat. Scientific experiments have shown that certain compounds in garlic will help the Heart functioning. Garlic is said to contain antibiotic substances that inhibit the growth of certain bacteria and fungi.
Best Soil for Garlic Plantation:
Climatic Requirements for Growing GarlicÂ
Land preparation for Garlic Plantation:
Improved Varieties of Garlic:
Fawari, Rajli gaddi, G-41, Selection – 2, Selection – 10, and Garlic 9 Allium Sativum.
Godavari:-Â Developed by selection from Jamnagar collection and released in 1987. Bulbs are pink in color and medium in size with 25- 30 cloves per bulb. It is tolerated by eriophyte mites. Duration is 130- 140 days. Duration is 130- 140 days. The average yield is 150 quintal per hectare.
Sweta:-Â Sweta is developed by selection from local germplasm collected from Gujarat and released in 1987. Bulbs are medium in size with 20-25 cloves per bulb of white color. Duration is 120- 130 days. The average yield is 130 quintals per hectare.
Read this: Garlic Cultivation Project Report.
Seed Rate and Time of Sowing in Garlic Farming:
Clove/Seed Preparation in Garlic Farming Method:
Best Season of  Planting:
Planting Distance of Garlic Plants:
Mulching in Garlic Crop:
Intercultural operation of Garlic Crop:
Irrigation Requirement for Garlic Plants:
Manures and Fertilizer of Garlic:
Pests and Disease Control in Garlic Production:
Thrips (Thrips sp.). Both nymphs and adults feed on the plant. They suck the sap of the plant from younger leaves to the growing points. The older leaves become withered or blasted in appearance.
Harvesting  and the Yield of Garlic:
Garlic is a crop of 4 ½ to 5 months duration. When the leaves start Turing yellowish or brownish and show signs of drying up (usually about a month or so for the emergence of seed stalks, the crop is ready for harvest. The plants are then pulled out or uprooted with a country plow and are tied into small bundles, which are then kept in the field or in the shade for 2 – 3 days for curing and drying so that the bulbs become hard and their keeping quality is prolonged. The bulbs may be started by handling them on bamboo sticks or by keeping them on dry sand on the floor in a well-ventilated room on the dry floor. In garlic 50 to 70 quintals/ha yield is obtained.
Bottom Line:
Commercial Garlic Farming is very profitable.
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I live in Kenya and still interested in pursuing this!
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Are you still interested in this im planning to start growing but I still don’t have an offtaker. I have huge land and will also require support.
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