Chinese garlic. Does it grow in Russian conditions?

Chinese garlic, which appeared in Russia in the early 2000s, at one time flooded the markets of many countries, since its production in China was very cheap and its harvesting season lasted longer.

In appearance, Chinese garlic is spring, since it lacks a hard core, which in winter crops is usually located in the center of the head.

You can plant this garlic at the end of April in the same way as regular spring varieties of garlic.

The regrown Chinese garlic has a wider feather and a yellow-green color, in contrast to the narrow feather and dark green color of other types of garlic.

Chinese garlic ripens a month earlier other varieties. The heads may not be white, like store-bought ones, but bluish-violet, and not always round, but more often oval. After harvesting, Chinese garlic stores well until spring.

Summer residents who decide to plant Chinese garlic are surprised to note that the garlic that they left to winter in the ground sprouts in the spring, the stems quickly get thicker, and the feather becomes wide and much larger than that of ordinary winter garlic.

Chinese garlic sprouts much faster, constantly outpacing the growth of regular spring garlic. Already at the end of July it forms large heads, the stems begin to turn yellow.

The only disadvantage of Chinese garlic is that its dormant period is much shorter than that of other spring varieties, which are stored for about a year.

This variety of garlic can be called universal. It gives a good harvest both as a spring and as a winter crop, which cannot be said about ordinary spring garlic, which produces small heads when planted in the fall the next season.