How to make money to grow garlic
Garlic is suitable for beginners on a number of parameters.
- Not complicated. If a businessman is a native, and agriculture has the most mediocre knowledge, he can still grow garlic.
High yield. Even in small areas you can grow a lot of garlic for sale.
Popularity. Garlic is one of the favorite spices of Russians, because such a product will always find its market.
True, we will open a small trick for small businesses, we must grow not really garlic, and its closest relatives - rocambol. In rocambol people more commonly known as giant garlic, has a mass of 200-300 grams and, most importantly, produces higher yields, compared to classical garlic. From 1 m / sq can remove 3-5 kg rockambol, and an experienced gardener can raise this bar to 8 kg.
Rokambol has the usual garlic flavor, but it contains less of the essential oil, which makes it feel "softer".
You can multiply rhombbolol in two ways - denticles and bulbots. Bullets (light bulbs) appear in the inflorescence so burst shell protector - they are ripe. Bulbots does not require special storage conditions, making it convenient for the business beginner. But, you need to consider that planting our bulbs will not soon get rocambol for sale, but we will get a high-quality sowing, which next year will be a complete plant.
From the main care needed for the plant, we record abundant watering and high-quality weeding, fertilizing with organic fertilizer is also required. Compared to other vegetables - such treatment is not time consuming and does not take much time.
After harvest, the tubers are dried, first in bed, and then under the canopy. Within two weeks, bulbs become ideal for preparing presale. They cut the stems and can be stored in this form for about 8 month.
Now let's talk about the cost. If you imagine a newcomer in this business, it is unlikely that without special equipment, a regular family contract, you can beat the treatment of more than 20 hectares of gardens. Therefore, for the starting point, take 20 hectares of land. When choosing a site, pay attention to easy access or access to water, since watering garlic should be abundant and frequent.