Garlic possesses good lezhkost even in house conditions. At observance of certain rules it is capable to remain same juicy and fragrant as if it is just broken from bed, up to the spring.
What garlic is stored better
It is important to distinguish summer garlic from winter. The first is put in the spring, and the second – towards the winter. Yarovoy is stored much better, but at the same time he concedes winter on the consumer qualities – he has less head, and small teeth are worse cleaned.
What storage lives of garlic depend on
Influence safety of garlic:
- the fertilizers introduced during the whole season;
- harvesting time;
- drying after cleaning;
- temperature condition;
- humidity level.
Fertilizers
Thoughtless fertilizing is capable to do harm to the reaped crop. The surplus of nitric fertilizing leads to rather fast and mass rotting of garlic heads.
Time of collecting
If to hurry and pull off garlic from beds before the put time, it will be extremely bad to be stored it. Reap crop when the lower leaves turn yellow completely, and on specially left shooters the cover will burst. Pull off garlic only at dry weather, and in two weeks prior to collecting do not water.
The correct drying after cleaning
After excavation shake residues of the stuck soil from heads. It is impossible to cut off vershoks! Garlic together with them has to dry out well in the natural way. For this purpose place harvest under canopy. The direct sun is excluded! It is admissible to suspend garlic to ceiling.
About two weeks are required on that nutrients from feathers have passed into heads. The end of this process is demonstrated by yellowing of vershoks. After that safely get rid of tops of vegetable. Completely you should not cut off it, leave stumps not less than 3-4 cm long. From heads remove peel, but only that which without effort departs, and send harvest for week to the cool place for final drying. At once throw back the sick and damaged copies without regret. For prevention of germination of heads accurately singe their backs on fire. After all these manipulations , garlic is properly ready to long storage.
Optimum temperature and humidity for storage of garlic
Winter garlic will remain juicy and fragrant long time if in the place of its storage there are no more than +18 and not less than +12 wasps. To Yarovoy create temperature from +1 to +3 wasps. Light should not get into the room. Suitable humidity – no more than 80%. If it is higher, garlic will quickly become covered by mold or will begin to start to rot slowly.
What to store garlic in
The simplest option – cardboard box, safely use shoe. Heads are allowed to be displayed layers, but their height should not exceed 15 cm. Instead of cardboard boxes use wooden boxes or wicker baskets.
In the apartment it is the most convenient to store garlic in the normal glass jars which are previously sterilized. Place in them heads and zakoyta cover. Periodically look through tanks regarding the spoiled copies.
It is possible to season garlic with salt. Layer height from below and from above has to be not less than 3-4 cm. Salt perfectly absorbs excess moisture. With the same purpose and the same way it is possible to use flour.
For certain to preserve teeth till spring in maximum fresh look, adopt the warmed paraffin. Lower each head in warm weight literally for couple of seconds. Laborious work, but is worth it. In such state to garlic heads overwetting, drying and temperature drops will not be terrible.
Paraffin alternative – food wrap. Hardly envelop it each head and place in the dark place. The film well saves garlic from drying.
Honest is perfectly stored till spring in linen bag from natural materials. Previously take heads 1-2 minutes in the concentrated salt solution and dry. Similar actions minimize risk of emergence of mold. It is admissible to soak in salt not heads, but bag.
As a last resort for storage it is possible to use also refrigerating door. Only in such conditions garlic will rather quickly lose presentation and tastes.