What month was garlic planted? When is the best time to plant?

The suitable sowing date of garlic is different under different climatic conditions.

In southern Shandong (Lanling County), garlic is most suitable for sowing in June10 ~ June 15, and sowing too early or too late is not conducive to the safe overwintering of garlic seedlings. The daytime temperature of garlic is about 20~26℃, and the lowest temperature in the morning is about 10~ 16℃. Garlic planted in this period grew to 4 leaves 1 heart before soil freezing, which had the strongest frost resistance and was the best seedling age for overwintering.

Garlic, also known as garlic head and garlic bolt, is the general name of garlic plants. Garlic is a perennial herb of Allium in Liliaceae. Bulbs are used as medicine, garlic cloves are often used as condiments, and garlic bolts are high-quality vegetables. Garlic was introduced into China from the Western Regions in Qin and Han Dynasties. It was cultivated and propagated artificially, which has the functions of sterilization, health care and cancer prevention, and is deeply loved by the public.

Garlic is divided into purple garlic and white garlic according to different skin colors. Garlic is oblate with grayish white or light brown membranous scales outside. After peeling off the scales, there are 4 ~ 10 garlic cloves, which are whorled around the flower stem, and the stem base is discoid with many fibrous roots. Every garlic clove is wrapped in a film. When the film is peeled off, white, thick and juicy scales are seen. It has a strong garlic flavor and spicy taste. It has a pungent smell and can be eaten or used for seasoning, and can also be used as medicine.

Growth habit and suitable environmental conditions of garlic: 1, temperature: like cold and cool, and the suitable temperature is between-5 and 26℃. The 4~5 leaf stage of garlic seedling has the strongest cold tolerance and is the most suitable winter seedling age. 2. Illumination: After vernalization, garlic begins to differentiate into flower buds and scale buds under the conditions of long sunshine and high temperature of 1.3 hours or more, which is only suitable for the growth of stems and leaves in short sunshine and cold environment. 3. Moisture: Garlic likes semi-dry and semi-wet soil. 4. Soil and nutrition: The fertile loam with neutral soil PH value (pH value is between 6.5 and 7.5), rich in organic matter, loose and breathable, and can be waterlogged and drained in drought is more suitable for garlic growth.