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'Morado' Organic Garlic (Autumn Planting)
Organic Morado Certified Planting Garlic gives good size (35mm+) regular purple bulbs with attractive white markings. More details including of bulbs per kg below.
Organic Morado Autumn Planting Garlic
- Spanish hardneck garlic which can have between ten and twelve cloves each
- Overwintering planting Garlic
- Excellent taste and stores well
- Morado means purple, referring to the purplish-brown colouring of the cloves
- Spanish garlic species with purple-red skin
- Contains high amounts of the substance allicin, the 'natural' penicillin
- Planting time: September to January
- Requires cold conditions to develop
- Highest yields will come from autumn plantings
- When the first six leaves have turned yellow, lift and dry in the sun or in an airy shed
- Harvesting June – August
Average number of bulbs
- 250g = 4-5 bulbs
- 1kg = 16-20 bulbs
- 10kg = 160-200 bulbs
(You will separate each bulb into several cloves which you plant individually)
Reducing Disease in Garlic
Rust:
- Infection is worse on nitrogen-rich soils with low potassium, so take care with fertiliser applications.
- Do not crowd plants, as this raises humidity and increases the likelihood of infection.
- Keep well weeded.
- Dispose of all plant debris at the end of cropping.
- See Herfomyc – this is effective against any fungus on herbaceous plants. It also acts as a foliar feed so will strengthen the plant as well.
Disease Prevention (General):
- Watering: Don’t water in the evening/night as this moisture will linger overnight and allow the perfect environment for fungus to creep in – water in the morning so the plants can dry out throughout the day
- Soil: If you have heavy clay soils, you can do things like add sand,compost, and plant your garlic in mounds.
- Tools: When dealing with any type of plant disease it’s important to sterilise your tools/materials that came into contact with it.
- Crop Rotation: To prevent lots of different soil diseases, rotate your vegetable families each season.
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