Garlic is a spicy vegetable like onion. It has long been used as a cooking spice and herbal medicine. The garlic plant is a perennial shrub of the flowering monocotyledonous lily class and its scientific name is Allium sativum. Natore is the largest garlic producing district in Bangladesh. Natore district is known as the district producing 30% of garlic demand in Bangladesh and 80% as the single district. So let’s get to know the details about garlic.
Suitable land and soil
Garlic is cultivated in the soil of Bangladesh. Before cultivating garlic, the first thing to do is to select the land and soil. Soil that is rich in organic matter and easily powdered is very suitable for garlic. This is why it is so important for us to choose the right Johnny first.
Selection of varieties of garlic
Different varieties of garlic are cultivated in our country. However, there is usually no specific approved variety of garlic. So usually local varieties are cultivated.
Fertilizer management
In case of garlic, the amount of fertilizer per hectare is 10 tons of dung, 200 kg of urea, 125 kg of TSP, 100 kg of MOP, 20 kg of zinc sulphate, 10 kg of borax and 100 kg of gypsum. And during land preparation all dung, TSP, zinc sulphate, borax and gypsum should be mixed with the soil. After 30 days and 60 days after planting garlic, fertilizer is applied in 1st and 2nd installment respectively. In addition, 100 kg urea and 50 kg MOP fertilizer were applied per hectare at a time.
Harvesting
Garlic leaves are suitable for picking when the leaves turn brown and dry and fall to the ground. Garlic is picked along with the garlic plant and in this way the dead leaves are dried and stored in the shade. If the crop can be grown in the ideal way, the yield is 10-12 tons per hectare.
Garlic Usage
Garlic has been used as a spice for many years. Garlic is also used in making various pickles and delicacies. On the one hand, just as garlic plays an important role in satisfying our appetite, so too is garlic used to ward off vampires. All such stories have been spread about garlic for centuries.
Garlic’s medicinal properties
1) Dewormer
2) Reduces breathing difficulties
3) Helps in digestion
4) Increases the speed of urination
5) Exhales the mucus of the trachea
6) Asthma relieves the patient
7) Reduces hypertension
8) Reduces hair curling
9) Reduces cholesterol levels in the body 1
10) Cures various bone diseases.
The price of garlic in the current 4 May 2024 market
Usually we buy garlic from the market. The market price of garlic is not always stable. Prices go up and down according to its demand and market. Its value in the current market is-
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Conclusion
Garlic is a spice used in cooking. Garlic is also used to make various herbal medicines. So it is very important for us to know the details about garlic. For this reason garlic has been discussed in detail above.
