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When to dig and how to properly store spring garlic so that it lasts until spring
13.02.2023 02:30
Updated: 14.04.2023 00:56
When harvesting garlic, you must not damage the heads to avoid infection. Then you need to keep it in the sun for a while to dry and disinfect it.
Some gardeners immediately cut off the roots and tops of garlic.
Afterwards, it is transferred to a dry and warm room, attic or shed with good ventilation for final drying.
Methods of storing spring garlic
Glass jar
Burn the bottoms of the garlic using a candle flame or a gas burner.
Next, put it in a sterile glass container, leave the neck open and transfer it to the kitchen cupboard. Such garlic can be stored for at least 2-3 months.
Flour
Pour flour into the bottom of a three-liter glass jar, place the burnt garlic heads on top, add flour again so that it completely covers the garlic, and fill the jar to the top. There should be flour on top.
Paraffin
Melt the paraffin in a water bath. Dip the head of garlic into the melted paraffin for 1-2 seconds so that the paraffin completely covers the garlic, and place it in a dry glass jar or cardboard box.
Oil
Wash the garlic heads well, dry them on a napkin, place them in a glass jar and fill with any vegetable oil.
Cling film and sawdust
Wrap the head of garlic in two layers of cling film, the bottom should be open. Then put it in any box, fill it with wood chips or sawdust.
Salt
Place the garlic heads in plastic or cardboard boxes, sprinkling each layer with salt. Store it in a cellar, the temperature inside which should be 3... 5 °C.
Net
Weave wreaths of garlic braids or place them in a vegetable net or nylon tights, and hang them from the ceiling in a draft.
Cloth bag
Sew a bag from thick natural fabric and put the heads of garlic in it, tie them with a rope and hang them from the ceiling or between the frames.
Linen bag and polyethylene
Place the garlic in linen bags and put plastic bags on top, leaving them open. Store in the kitchen and air the contents once every 7 days.
Soil
After harvesting, dry the garlic well, place it in plastic bags, tie them carefully and bury them in the soil in your garden bed on a hill.
To do this, dig a hole 35-40 cm deep, insert a bag of garlic, cover it with sawdust on top, then cover with soil.
You can store it here until spring, and you can dig it up as soon as the soil thaws.
