Garlic Harvest Yield and Storage
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Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is in the onion family. For thousands of years it has been grown for culinary and medicinal uses.
Garlic Yield
There is an increased demand for big cloves of garlic in the global market. To answer these needs, the growers take all necessary measures to promote cloves development. That's why we Onion Doctor offer high quality cloves and seedlings at a very competitive price and Agronomist support to ensure that your journey will be smooth and get the required harvest at the right time. Do not hesitate to reach to us for any of our services and quotation. In general, to have a satisfactory economic gain, a garlic crop should yield around 5 times more than the cloves needed for its planting. A garlic crop usually can yield between 3 and 6 tons of cloves per acre, but there are references with garlic yielding 13-19 tons per acre.
When and how to harvest garlic
Garlic bulbs are ready to be harvested around 4 to 5 months from planting. The goal is to harvest the garlic bulbs when they have obtained the maximum size , but the cloves remain strongly attached and protected by the bulbs’ skin. Usually, garlic is ready to be harvested when half of its leaves have turned yellow-brown, or the leaf tips have dried out and bent toward the ground. Garlic is harvested either by hand, with the help of digging forks, or mechanically using harvesters
How to cure-dry and store garlic after harvest
Garlic is not sold or stored directly after harvesting but needs to be cured (dry out). This process can prolong the storage life and reduce the risk of infections and water loss of the garlic bulbs. Producers use several techniques for this purpose. Some traditional, small, or medium-scale growers prefer to leave the garlic on the field after harvest and take advantage of the sun’s warmth to dry them out (during summer). Other farmers transfer them to rooms with proper aeration and hang them from the ceiling.
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