What is the cause of garlic forking (the cause and treatment method of garlic forking after germination)

Garlic bifurcation is related to many factors, including environmental factors, fertilization factors, soil factors and so on.

Generally speaking, high temperature causing garlic leaves to regrow is one of the main reasons for splitting. If you want to avoid garlic splitting, you need to do a good job of comprehensive management, including.

Selection of high-resistance garlic varieties

The quality of garlic seeds also determines whether garlic can thrive and be harvested. Not all garlic can be used to make garlic seeds. When farmers plant garlic, they usually choose garlic seeds with large and full cloves and strong viral resistance.

For example, a type of purple garlic currently being grown has excellent resistance and can reduce the occurrence of bifurcated garlic.

When choosing garlic seeds, you should remove those shriveled and weak small garlic cloves. Even if these small garlic cloves are planted, they will not produce much garlic and will also affect the growth of other garlic seeds, so there is no point.

Things to note when storing garlic seeds

The reason why garlic splits is also related to the long-term low-temperature storage of the garlic seeds. At present, garlic is usually stored in cold storage to prevent sprouting and rotting.

It is fine to eat this kind of garlic, but you need to be cautious when using it for growing garlic seeds.

If the garlic is stored for too long, it is likely to split after planting. Therefore, for garlic used as garlic seeds, try to store it indoors at room temperature of 25 degrees, and pay attention to ventilation and sun protection.

Garlic planting should be done in a reasonable density

When planting garlic, the density should be moderate. Generally, the row spacing is about 20 and 8 centimeters. Too large a row spacing will waste land resources. Planting too densely will not only affect the growth of garlic, but also cause some small garlic seedlings to fork.

Therefore, for garlic seeds, you should choose the same variety and the garlic cloves should be of the same size to avoid some small garlic cloves branching after planting and affecting the growth of other garlic.

Garlic planting time should be mastered

The time for planting garlic varies depending on the region and the climate. The time for planting garlic in the author's local rural area is usually based on the Cold Dew solar term in early October each year.

However, due to the high temperature this year, planting should be postponed for a few days. Generally, it is more suitable to start planting garlic when the average daily temperature is around 15 degrees.

Because garlic is planted too early when the temperature is high, and is later affected by the low temperature in winter, some small buds will appear on the garlic. The probability of branching of such garlic will increase in the next year.

Fertilizer and water management to prevent garlic from splitting

Garlic is a crop that likes fertilizer and water. Before planting garlic, a large amount of organic fertilizer should be applied as base fertilizer, and frozen water should be used for watering before winter. This is correct.

However, before the garlic seedlings turn green in spring, avoid using a large amount of quick-acting nitrogen fertilizer. Nitrogen fertilizer can promote the growth rate of garlic seedlings. If watering is too early in spring, the secondary branching of garlic can be increased.

In the later stage of garlic cultivation, compound fertilizer should be used as the main fertilizer, and urea should be avoided as the only topdressing fertilizer.

To sum up, in order to prevent garlic from splitting again, comprehensive management is needed to avoid the possibility of garlic splitting to the greatest extent .