At the end of last fall, i stood by the old chang's acre of garlic and saw him fall out in a basket -- the garlic was small like a pigeon's egg, and i broke open, the petals were rare, and there were empty shells. And the garlic that came out of his cousin's land with a big fist, a porcelain petal in his hand. Both used their own garlic, and the conditions in the ground were similar... Finally, the old lamentation: "he changed the way he did this year, with the creeps of garlic."
That made several garlic farmers around them have ears up. Who doesn't pick and pick the garlic that we've collected, pick some strong garlic, dry it in our bags and bury it next year? How many years has it been inside and out? Fifty years? Sixty years? But the earth is not a lie: the seeding is slow, the leaf rolls up, and the morning of june is hot, and the whole area begins with yellow leaves and rotten roots... And when the garlic comes, the earth is removed: the garlic is small, the petals are small, and there are a lot of deformed horseback garlic。
It's not about fat water, it's not about the weather, it's about the garlic we've slit off. Who's ever seen it grow after the garlic? By contrast, between may and june, those garlic without moss, the top of which would be a grey-and-white-like “garlice” and would be stripped out of it of plumes — not garlic petals, which were duly 800 seeds, known as “aerobic runners”, which the village elders called “the garlic, the garlic beads”。
It's half-empty, soil-free, fungus-free. Garlic leaves are yellow, garlic moss is darkening, and the puss are screeching, and it's time to reap. The early seed is not sprouts, the late wind is out. Old zhang's cousins are used to pulling them all up and drying them under their roofs — they can't tan, they can't tan, they can't grow good。
Before and after the fall, put the garlic in the platinum, and the earth is thick. For the first year, it had a monolithic, small head, but porcelain, skin light, like a little garlic egg. The following year, the frost came down, and it was full of it. It's big, it's big, it's big, it's big, it's big, it's big, it's big, it's tight, it's big, it's big, it's good。
One acre has been calculated, and no cent has been spent on garlic for two years, but production is more than 300 pounds higher than in previous years. Even more curiously, for three years, the roots of yellow leaves are almost gone. I saw the old cousin pull up a piece of garlic with a clean and thick root, and shake off the earth and see the thick and thin roots, unlike the garlic petals, which are either broken or broken。
Traditional seeding - why is it a “reducing pusher”
Garlic is mainly based on sexless reproduction, i. E. On garlic. This seems to be an easy way to go, but there's a big trap behind it. Garlic is a nutritional organ that, unlike wheat and corn seeds, cannot be eliminated through sexual processes. Garlic disease is mainly associated with garlic leaf viruses, garlic submersible viruses, and so on, which can spread over generations。
After three years and five years of planting, the virus has accumulated to a certain extent, and the presence of garlic is clearly failing: the leaves are smaller and yellow dots appear in the veins, which are linked to the yellow-green stripes; the plant is dwarfed, the new leaves are small and distorted; and the roots are stunted, small and yellow. By the time the garlic is done, the garlic is getting smaller, the garlic is getting smaller, and there's also a tendency to have an aberration — that's what we call ponytail garlic and garlic。
More crucially, long-term sexless reproduction slowly degrades the caste of garlic. The genetic base is becoming narrower, life is declining, and the resilience to disease, cold and drought is decreasing. Even when the management of fatty water is in place, it will become apparent that after about four or five years of continuous use of home-grown garlic, these degenerative patterns will become apparent; if not properly managed, change will be seen in two or three years。
The accumulation of the virus, coupled with the degradation of castes, has essentially turned the traditional garlic-carpage practice into a “replicating disease and degradation” game. Yellow, thin, rotten roots, garlic are smaller every year — the scenes of decline in the fields are not rooted in the soil, not in the climate, but in the garlic that we hold from generation to generation。
Aerobic rooting - science code in old wisdom
What's "aerobic tube"? It's actually the little spasts that come out of the platinum of garlic, which is called "gryn." these creeps grow at the top of the garlic plume, hang in the air, and are the sexual reproductive organs of the garlic — usually infertile, but can be used for non-sexual recovery。
The whole operation has several key elements:
Identification and retention: once the garlic is pumped, the garlic is not collected and a part of the strong plant is kept. When the garlic harvest is delayed by 15 to 20 days, the garlic begins to turn yellow, the garlic creeps mature. The species are selected with a pussyness greater than 0. 4 cm in diameter。
Time for harvest: not sooner or later. Garlic leaves are yellow, garlic colours are darkened, and puss touch them hard. Early harvests of seed do not germinate and late harvests can easily fall off。
Treatment and storage: after harvesting, dry and suntans are not allowed, which can damage the vitality of seeds. When the dryness is mixed and graded, then it is properly stored for summer. Storage conditions must be ventilated and dry to prevent impurities。
Seeding and nurturing: around the autumn, the garlic is soaked or barbed into the ground, with approximately 2 cm thick of soil, with between 120,000 and 150,000 pieces per acre. Management is similar to that of garlic, but the first year of the aerobic runners is usually one-sided。
Key transplantation: in the second autumn, the monolithic garlic was dug out and planted into the field full of garlic, which entered the normal garlic production cycle. Some varieties even wait for the third year to get their strong parts。
The core mechanism of this process is twofold:
“detoxification” principle: the virus is unevenly distributed in the plant and has the lowest concentration at the growth point (several tissue). In the process of formation, the aerobic rods are equivalent to relatively clean tissue development, with a much lower toxicity rate than garlic. Studies have shown that the rate of detoxification can be significantly higher than that of regular home-grown species for garlic that is bred with aerobic rods。
The effects of “re-emergence”: through this round of “aerobic entanglement of garlic” is tantamount to a “life restart” for the garlic population. The genetic base has been upgraded and the plant has been rejuvenated, as evidenced by its well-established, robust and significantly more resistant. A strong plant means better light cooperation, stronger nutrient absorption, which eventually translates into increased garlic, higher yields and better quality。
Data versus field - perceived benefits
Scientific data are illustrative. According to the information, the effects of detoxification are evident from garlic grown with aerobic rods. The leachate group of garlic can produce more than 20 per cent more garlic and reduce the incidence of viral diseases by 60 per cent. Although this is the data of group training techniques, the detoxification principle of aerobic saplings is relevant。
The field contrast is more intuitive. In some places, new varieties of garlic are grown using aerobic root technology, which is at least one third more productive than older varieties. In the past, old acres produced 34,000 pounds, while new varieties reached 56,000 pounds, or even reports of over 6,000。
Developmental differences are particularly evident at the root. The roots of the common garlic varieties are generally between 130 and 150, while the roots of the species grown with aerobic plumes range between 220 and 250. Developed root systems mean a greater absorptive capacity, a stronger plant, and a stronger resistance to the obstacles associated with it。
In terms of quality, the garlic produced by the aerobic plume is larger, more even and tastes better. Because of the health of the plant, the proportion of deformed garlic and garlic is significantly reduced, and the commercial nature is significantly increased. The garlic is also good for storage and is not volatile during storage。
Cost-effective sum. Although it took an additional year to plant the pyrotechnics (two years to use garlic), it saved money for the purchase of garlic. More importantly, the price advantages of higher yields and higher quality, combined with reduced input of pesticides (reduced disease), have yielded significant long-term economic benefits. According to the farmers, an acre receives an additional 2,000 pounds and earns another 2,000 dollars per pound。
The dilemma and the outlook — why is “good law” difficult to promote
Why is such a good technology not spread among garlic farmers? There are several reasons for this:
Cognitive barriers are too strong: traditional practices are deeply rooted. That's how many generations have left their seeds behind, and many people don't believe in it. There is a lack of understanding of new technologies, let alone trust。
The duration of the cycle is dakan: it takes two years, from the aerosols to the available garlic in the field. For farmers seeking short-term returns, an additional year means liquidity pressure, a risk that many are reluctant to take。
Technical details are high: timing of harvest, storage conditions, seed management each link is more sophisticated than traditional seeding. The effects of poor mastery of these details are reduced by the fact that the plume is so dry that it is not tanned that it can sow the dust. Farmers need to learn and adapt, which is not always the case。
Initial inputs and risks: the need to set aside a specific portion of the aerobic plumbs, which means a season of garlic less and a season less. For farmers with limited agricultural land, the opportunity costs are not low. And in the event of a natural disaster, two years of effort could be wasted。
Weak extension systems: grass-roots extension capacity is limited and it is difficult to provide continuous and in-depth demonstration and guidance to every farmer. Better technology, no one to teach, and it's hard for farmers to find out for themselves。
Adaptive limits of varieties: some garlic varieties are not suitable for this method. For example, with no garlic or small, untidy varieties, it is not possible to breed with air。
However, the potential value of this technology deserves attention:
The implications for small-scale farmers ' economies: reduced dependence on foreign purchase of garlic and reduced production costs; improved product competitiveness, high selling prices and higher incomes. This may be a way out for farmers who are tired of buying their own seeds。
Implications for sustainable agriculture: reduced disease means reduced pesticide use and eco-friendly; conservation of local variety resources and maintenance of agrobiodiversity; this is an environmentally friendly eco-farming practice in line with green development。
Stay here, say it's about time and habits. Every year the garlic is transmitted, the more the bacteria accumulate, the weaker the species. And the creeps on the garlic are the “new starting point” that the garlic itself chooses — it does not inherit old wounds, it takes light and air clean, it takes root down, it grows up。
Changing “business as usual” takes courage, but it does not lie and the harvest does not lie. The next town farm station has sampled the monolithic seed of garlic seed, and the detoxification rate is considerably higher than that of regular seedage. Believe it or not。
It's probably the biggest mistake to pass on decades of garlic. Do you have any friends with garlic? Send this to him, maybe save him a lot of money。
