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How to plant garlic?

First of all garlic needs to be planted garlic in early September to early October, no later than mid-October. In addition to planting green garlic needs to be at the end of August, planting each planting hole needs to have 2 to 3 cloves of garlic. The interval between the two needs to be about 20 centimeters, and the depth should be maintained at about 2 to 3 centimeters. After sowing the seeds should be covered with a layer of grass ash.

Garlic is oblate or short conical, grayish-white or light brown membranous scaly skin on the outside, peeling off the scaly leaves, there are 6 to 10 cloves inside, whorled around the flower stem, the base of the stem discoid, with a majority of fibrous roots.

Each garlic clove is covered with a film, peel off the film, that is to say, white, fat and juicy scales. It has a strong garlic odor and a pungent taste. It has a pungent odor, and can be eaten or used for flavoring, as well as medicine.

The underground bulb is divided into cloves, which are divided into purple-skinned species and white-skinned species according to the color of the skin. Garlic is the Qin and Han Dynasty from the Western region into China, by artificial cultivation and breeding, with anti-cancer effect, by the public like to eat.