Does garlic need soaking before planting? What's the use of doing this?

Green garlic is a favorite vegetable of many people. Growth is like a cold climate. Garlic cloves need a certain temperature to grow and germinate, generally at 10 to 20 degrees Celsius, which is suitable for garlic cloves to germinate. The minimum requirement is 5 degrees Celsius. The weather above 25 degrees is not conducive to the germination of garlic cloves because it is only the beginning of September, and the temperature is around 30 degrees or even higher. It is difficult for garlic cloves placed naturally to germinate, and it takes longer to grow directly in the ground. In fact, in rural areas, farmers generally have refrigerators. If you want garlic cloves to germinate earlier, you can make full use of the refrigerator to accelerate the germination of garlic cloves before planting. Many garlic cloves germinated in the refrigerator, and many of them germinated. Garlic is broken and garlic cloves germinate easily.

Garlic itself has a certain dormancy period. After harvesting in summer, it enters the dormant period. It won't sprout and grow. It is not surprising that the dormancy period needs more than one month or even two months. When the weather is fine, garlic will germinate and grow by itself. Breaking the dormancy period of garlic and letting garlic cloves germinate early is what we usually call germination treatment. There are many garlic cloves on a garlic head. Garlic cloves are usually planted. You must put garlic in the refrigerator to speed up germination. You must also break the garlic cloves one by one, because the sprouting part of the garlic cloves is at the bottom of the garlic. When you come out as an independent individual, it is easy to sprout.

Garlic cloves growing on the same garlic head are large and small, and some garlic cloves are partially damaged. Garlic cloves are a manifestation of nutrient accumulation. Garlic cloves grow well, indicating that garlic cloves have strong vitality and are easy to grow good seedlings when planted. So choose garlic cloves that are big, not soft, not rotten and not germinated. Of course, green garlic, as a green leafy vegetable, has lower requirements for garlic than garlic seeds. Garlic cloves don't break, and smaller garlic cloves will do. Soak garlic cloves in water. Garlic soaking water treatment promotes water absorption and germination. After the garlic is harvested, it will be air-dried to a certain moisture and then stored. Garlic contains less water. It is broken down into cloves for germination and planting. There are also subtle differences. How long it takes to soak depends on the specific situation. It is suggested that the outer skin is not soft, and it should be unfolded after pinching each other. It usually takes several hours to soak. Like the fresh dried garlic that Xiangju Xiaocai bought online, the seller will dry it. I soaked the chopped garlic cloves for 5 hours so that I could use it to accelerate germination. I don't think there is enough time for soaking. It's better to soak for 2 hours.

Put garlic cloves in fresh-keeping bags and put them in the refrigerator to accelerate germination. After soaking in water, put garlic cloves in a hollow basket and drip dry. Put garlic cloves in a fresh-keeping bag. Soaked garlic cloves should be put in a ventilated place to dry, and then put in the refrigerator for refrigeration. If there is no obvious moisture, put it in a fresh-keeping bag and tie the mouth of the bag tightly; Because it germinates at low temperature, if the garlic cloves are wet, tie the bag mouth and put it in the refrigerator for refrigeration. Under the action of temperature difference, the inside of the bag will be very wet. Garlic cloves are wet, and water does not come out, which is not conducive to budding.