Garlic has proved as prophylactic against cold and cold. In winter months children are recommended to give garlic cloves for strengthening of immunity. Spice helps with life and is capable to remove unpleasant smell the fridge. That garlic was not spoiled ahead of time and has lain all winter, it is necessary to know several rules on its storage.
Features of cleaning
There are two types of garlic: winter and summer. Summer (summer) is collected at the end of August, and winter (winter) at the end of June. It is easy to distinguish the first on white color and the small size of heads. Winter larger, it has pale lilac shade. Time of harvesting comes at once as soon as leaves have turned yellow and have dried. If to tighten, then vegetable can take root, crack or collapse on cloves. Such garlic will not lie long. Optimum time for harvesting: dry, sunny weather.
Preparation
Carefully examine garlic. Patients, with signs of rotting or damages of head are not suitable for storage. The cloves which have broken apart use for preservation. Having chosen larger cloves for new crops, the remained garlic heads spread on plain, dry surface and leave to dry several days. The choice of the place will depend on weather – if it is raining, then it is better to dry garlic on windowsill on sunny side. Do not forget to air the room. Before removing heads, cut off backs and arrows.
Storage
If you did not cut off arrow, then it is possible to weave garlic braid, having added linen rope to weaving. You remember, over time arrows shrink and weaken. Quite often use kapron tights, linen bags or grids. To slow down germination, backs opalivat fire in advance. That the peel did not pour, some hostesses dip garlic into warm wax. On 50-60 heads about 200 will leave gr. solution. It is impossible to boil it. As soon as wax stiffens, garlic is put away in boxes.
One more way with application of sunflower oil. Garlic heads stack in banks and fill in with the boiled, previously cooled down oil. Oil will not be gone in vain – it can be used for salad gas stations. Before filling in, it is necessary to remove peel from garlic. Garlic can be mixed with flour, ashes, salt, or onions peel. In cellar the best place for storage – plastic boxes with ventilation or the bags processed by salt solution. Thus, it is possible to avoid mold and damage of heads. If you have small amount of garlic, it can be stored in the fridge, having wound each head with food wrap.