Garlic, both summer, and winter, is perfectly stored even at the room temperature if previously it is good to dry up and meet it necessary conditions of temperature and humidity. For landing material optimum indicators are humidity of air of 70-75%, and temperature of +3-4 wasps. Garlic for consumption can be stored at higher humidity and temperature of 18-20 degrees.
Though garlic within a year is used not so much, and it isn't bought in dozens of kilograms for the winter, but the gardeners who grew up with own hand kind one hundred heads should try very much to keep a harvest till spring in house conditions. Especially as some part will come in the land in the spring. In spite of the fact that winter garlic is dug out in July and at once used in food and at conservation, and in October is planted, remained all the same it is necessary to store.
Conditions necessary for storage of garlic
After excavation, garlic needs to be dried up well in the shaded aired room without moisture access. Only fully dried up heads will be able to remain during the whole winter even at the room temperature. Even before drying it is necessary to decide by what way garlic will be stored: in bunches or in bulk. In the first case it isn't necessary to shorten a stalk.
In the presence of a cellar or an underground the issue of storage is resolved more simply, however at high humidity and temperature lower than +4 wasps garlic has nothing to do there. For bigger confidence in safety of a product it is possible to arrange on a wall the thermometer. Future landing material is stored at humidity of air 75% and at optimum possible low temperature. So garlic gloves will be more resistant to diseases and will amicably sprout on a bed. Garlic doesn't suffer direct sunshine, to be exact at storage on a bright sun it quickly will become flabby and will begin to sprout. At storage in premises, garlic will well feel at a temperature of 18-20 degrees in a case or under the bed, but it is necessary to exclude places where pass a number of a pipe of heating. If it is a little garlic, then it is possible to use the fridge. When the freezer is from above, the lowermost compartment, in case of its lower arrangement – the top shelf will be the best location.
Storage techniques in house conditions
Garlic can be stored in hover on a wall of a case or an underground. For this purpose he is brought together in bunches or knit in braids. As a garlic storage container wicker baskets or cardboard boxes in bulk will approach. It is possible to use wooden boxes and glass jars, but in the latter case it isn't necessary to close them polyethylene covers. You shouldn't store garlic in plastic and iron tanks. For storage of garlic some owners use linen sacks. Having added to them an onions peel, it is possible not to worry about low humidity. At excess of humidity of a head of garlic season with salt or presoak previously a sack in abrupt salt solution and dry. With the same purpose the garlic which is stored in boxes is poured an onions peel, sawdust or ashes too. For use in cookery garlic can be divided into teeth at once and to clean. In a clean glass jar it is necessary to lay densely peeled garlic and to fill in it with any vegetable oil. Such storage saves time when using garlic, and oil napityvatsya so by its smell that they can water vegetable salads. Less widespread storage technique of garlic is its placement in flour or closing by means of wax when each head is dipped in the kindled wax, and then it develops layers in a box or a basket.