This fragrant product is used in obtaining various dishes, which acquire an original taste and characteristic aroma. This vegetable contains many vitamins. At the same time, it can be stored in a purified form. You just need to do it in proven ways. How to store peeled garlic is described in the article.
Types of garlic
There are many varieties of vegetables that can be harvested for the winter. They differ in skin size and color. But the keeping quality of garlic is determined by the time of planting and harvesting. There are 2 types of plants:
- If a vegetable is planted in the fall, then it is called winter. It ripens by August, the level of maturity is set by the arrows. It keeps until spring.
- Many housewives plant a plant in the spring. Then it is considered spring or summer. The plant has no arrows, and it will not be easy to keep it until winter.
What varieties are suitable for storage?
There are many plant varieties. For long-term storage not all can be used, but only some:
- Alcor.
- Lyubasha.
- Ukrainian white.
- Saved.
- Sofievsky.
- Yelenovsky.
- Sochi 56.
Training
Garlic pruning types:
- Unlike other crops, garlic should be dried with stems. It is necessary to harvest the crop, and also let it dry.
- After the roots and tops have dried, cut off the roots, leaving 3 mm. The tops are not cut off all, leave 10 cm.
- Then you need to select the temperature. It can be 16-20 degrees or 2-4.
In the fridge
- It is necessary to take healthy and high-quality cloves in which there is no rot, diaper rash, and unpleasant odors.
- Vegetables prepared in accordance with all the rules may become unsuitable for food over time, so they should be inspected periodically, throwing out everything unnecessary.
- Fresh garlic should not be put in a plastic bag if there is no inflow fresh air, as the accumulated moisture will cause the occurrence of fungus.
It is advisable to place the heads in a paper bag, leaving access to air. It is placed in the far section of the refrigerator. Peeled vegetables can be fresh for up to a month. But keep in mind that nearby products absorb the smell of the workpiece.
Using a jar
- Jar.
- Vegetable oil.
You need to put the container in a dark place where there is no sunlight. The jar needs to be washed hot water using detergent. Then it must dry. Then you need to peel the garlic, shift it whole or in the form of slices. The product is filled with oil so that it is completely immersed in it. The workpiece should be installed in a dark place, it can be used at any time.
The oil absorbs garlic aroma, so it is used for cooking various dishes. For example, it is perfect for dressing salads. This is a convenient and simple way that does not require costs, a lot of time and effort.
Freeze
How to store peeled garlic in the freezer? This is a convenient method in which the product does not lose its properties and vitamins. This will require a clean plastic bag, food container or foil. Garlic is put in it and placed in the freezer.
It is advisable to set the temperature as low as possible. When the hostess needs to take a few cloves, they should be broken off from the mass and left to defrost in room temperature. Do not dip in boiling water, as this will destroy the vitamins.
Salt is considered a natural preservative. Since ancient times, it has been used to store food. How can you store peeled garlic with it? Requires a container. Salt is poured into it, then garlic is placed and sprinkled with salt again. This creates multiple layers. Such a blank is stored in a dry place where there is no sunlight. Slices can be used at any time.
Wine
How to store peeled garlic in wine? A bottle is needed so that a clove passes freely through its neck. The container is filled with peeled slices, which should be up to half. Then you need to pour the wine, and its variety can be any, it is only important that it be dry.
Pickled garlic will have an original flavor. It is possible to replace wine with natural vinegar, but then the product will be sharp and sharp, which not everyone likes.
garlic salt
How to store peeled garlic long time? To do this, it is necessary to make salt from it, which will be used as a seasoning. To get it, each clove must be cleaned and dried. Then the finished raw material must be crushed by any method. The coffee grinder works great.
The finished powder should be mixed with salt and other seasonings (basil, ground pepper, curry, celery) in a ratio of 1:1:1. You should get a homogeneous mixture. Store it in a dry, tightly closed jar in the refrigerator.
Puree
How to keep peeled garlic cloves longer? You can make mashed potatoes from them, which you need to put in the refrigerator, it will not lose its taste, aroma and useful properties. You will get a product in the form of a sauce, which is served with fish and meat dishes.
The slices must be crushed to obtain a gruel. To do this, use a blender or press. Then extra virgin olive oil is added to the mixture. You get a great tasting sauce. But keep it in the refrigerator should not be longer than a week.
Cellar storage
If a cellar was chosen to preserve the vegetable, then the following rules must be observed:
- The temperature is within +2 to +5 degrees.
- Humidity - 50-80%.
- Protection against fungi and bacteria.
- Quality ventilation.
You need to store the product in nylon and in braids. A vegetable with both methods does not lose its beneficial properties.
Why does garlic turn black and rot when unpeeled?
Rotting occurs due to fungi. To preserve a vegetable, it must be stored properly. Usually backfire arise due to high humidity. Therefore, the heads, before being stored, are dried, sprinkled with adsorbents. They can be salt or flour.
Room temperature
If garlic lies in the cold, it retains valuable properties and aroma for 8 months. At room temperature, after 4 months, the vegetable is dried. And by spring, it will stop smelling and lose vitamins. How to extend the shelf life in a warm room? There are several storage options for this:
- You will need a dry, clean plywood box, into which coarse salt should be poured, preferably sea salt. Then you need to lay a layer of garlic. Salt is poured on top again.
- Not everyone knows that fresh garlic can be stored in paraffin. The film protects the heads from drying out. Paraffin must be melted, and then garlic should be dipped into it. After drying the vegetable long time kept fresh.
How to prevent storage problems?
With the storage of vegetables, the same difficulties arise. In order to preserve useful and fragrant garlic you need to know how to prevent them. One of them is germination. To avoid this, before laying the bulbs for storage, it is necessary to burn the roots over the fire.
Another problem is the drying of the bulbs. This is due to the evaporation of moisture. For protection, a film should be created on the surface of the heads: paraffin or oil.
A common problem is mold and rot. To avoid this, after harvesting it is necessary to dry the heads in the sun. After a few days of exposure to the rays, bacteria and fungi die.
Is it possible to store onions and garlic together?
Onions and garlic can be stored together, but should be kept away from other vegetables. They do not need excessive moisture, mold immediately appears on them, the bulbs can rot. It is advisable to pour onions and garlic separately into paper bags, create holes in advance. They need to be placed in boxes. There is a possibility of storage in prepared stockings. Then they must be hung in the heat.
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Ways
Long-term methods of storing garlic can also be attributed to some extent with the help of fresh air or household appliances.
Training
How to prepare winter garlic for long term storage?
In order for winter garlic to be stored for a long time, it should not be grown in damp places and excessively applied to the kidney. nitrogen-containing fertilizers. Before harvesting garlic do not water for three weeks.
Mature, not damaged (mechanically or by pests) bulbs are selected for storage: only they have good keeping quality. Each must have at least 3 dense scales covering the entire bulb.
Harvested garlic bulbs are dried within 28 days, cleaned of the upper contaminated scales and cut off (if the crop is not supposed to be stored in pigtails) the stem at a height 5 cm from the head, and the roots - leaving 1 centimeter. The roots, if desired, can also be plucked or burned over gas stove, leaving only the bottom.
Tips for harvesting winter garlic and preparing it for storage in this video:
How to store winter garlic in the apartment? In order for winter garlic to be stored longer, it is recommended to process its heads boiled for 2 hours. vegetable oil with a few drops iodine(0.5 liters of oil - 10 drops of iodine), then dry the crop in the open air.
Where to store winter garlic at home? Winter garlic is usually stored in pantry, in the kitchen or refrigerator. It must be consumed first: unlike spring garlic, it is less suitable for long-term storage.
How to store winter garlic at home - in what container? Sprinkled with salt, flour or swollen vermiculite, winter garlic can be stored in glass jars or pots.
Salt (flour, vermiculite) is poured on their bottom, and then a layer of garlic is placed.
Layers must be alternated as long as the height of the container allows. Above the last layer of garlic should be 2 cm layer. This method involves changing the salt several times during the winter, as it becomes wet over time.
uncut garlic braided into pigtails and decorate the walls of the kitchen with them. Like onions, winter garlic is stored in villages in nylon tights.
Special nets for vegetables, they are convenient for storing garlic, but in them, as well as in a pigtail and nylon stockings, if the storage rules are not followed, winter garlic dries out rather quickly.
Winter garlic is stored in small canvas bags. And so that it does not lose moisture, sprinkle it with onion peel.
Optimal conditions
How to keep winter garlic in the apartment longer? Temperature: +2 - +3 degrees Celsius (when stored in the refrigerator); +15 - +20 degrees Celsius (storage in the pantry or in the kitchen). Humidity: 70 to 80 percent.
The results of the experiment on storing garlic in an apartment for six months in different conditions in this video.
The question of how best to store garlic worries many. This article will discuss the storage conditions of garlic, how and where it is best to store it. After all, not everyone knows about how to store garlic for the winter.
It is worth noting that there are two types of them, which must be taken into account not only when growing, but also during storage, as well as when buying for lack of your own crop:
- Winter(winter), it is planted in autumn, it always grows with a stem (arrow), around which large slices are located. Is different high yield, at the same time quite capricious for storing garlic in winter. It is planted in autumn and harvested in July.
- Spring(summer), sown in the spring, usually without a stem, the cloves grow as if in a spiral in several rows. Harvest it in mid-August.
Collection and preparation
First of all, you need to properly harvest, wait for full maturity, dig up and let it dry well, in dry weather, two weeks is enough. Be sure to carefully sort out the bulbs, removing spoiled and rotten ones. After that, the stem is cut, while leaving about 10 cm, as well as the roots, retaining 2-3 mm. It is better to scorch the roots with fire to prevent their further growth. Preparing the bulbs for planting is very important. As a rule, the spring type is more suitable for long-term storage, it can even last until spring. Winter, on the other hand, is easily susceptible to decay and disease. It is usually left with the remainder of a high harvest and they try to use it in the very first months after harvest, it draws a maximum of two or three months. Therefore, it makes no sense to store winter garlic until spring.
Storage conditions 
In addition to the type of garlic, for proper bookmarking important condition there will be a level of humidity and temperature conditions, as well as the place itself intended for this purpose.
Approximately 80% humidity is the acceptable limit for fair condition winter garlic, and for spring 60-70%. You can’t lower it lower - it can dry out , when raised, it will rot and germinate.
The storage temperature of garlic should be appropriate for its type. If it is winter, then it should be 2-4ºС, if it is spring, then 16-20ºС.
Lighting is not required. Garlic must be stored in dark place, good method at the same time, fold in portions, providing air access.
Another important fact is that it is undesirable to store garlic and onions together. Related cultures - however, do not coexist badly. The onion starts to rot and can spoil the garlic. In general, any neighborhood of other vegetables is not recommended for this reason.
It is undesirable to put the bulbs in plastic bags he needs to breathe. This fact must be taken into account when placing it in any container. Must penetrate required amount air.
How to store garlic at home
There are many known ways to store garlic at home. Let's consider them in more detail.
Methods for unpeeled garlic
Braids and bundles
The most famous, so to speak, grandmother's method is weaving bulbs with a stem into a braid or a bunch 
in bundles. They take three heads and weave them, adding one at each curl. There should be no more than 20 bulbs in one braid. For greater strength, twine or rope can be woven. The bundles are simply tied with a rope for the long stems left and hung in the intended place, just like braids. This method allows you to place crops in this way in places such as the basement, attic and of course in the cellar. Usually such "braids" survive until spring.
Packing in domestic containers
Also popular is the method of placing entire heads in wooden boxes, carton boxes, nylon tights, wicker baskets or linen (mesh) bags. For better savings, put together with the bulbs sawdust, husk, ash. Then they are placed in a dry and cool place. Sometimes it is necessary to monitor the condition of vegetables, when damaged, remove damaged bulbs.
Paraffin treatment
With a small amount of garlic, you can treat it with paraffin. This is done to retain moisture, while creating a kind of shell. In a water bath, it is necessary to melt the paraffin and lower the bulbs into it. When the shell seizes and hardens, let it lie down for a while and can be stored in any breathing container or container. This method is acceptable for apartments when it is not possible to provide the necessary space and favorable conditions.
Storage of garlic in glass jars.
Many have adapted to store garlic in a jar. To do this, dry bulbs are placed in prepared and steamed jars, closed with nylon lids.
in flour. Flour is also good for storing garlic in winter. The method is similar to the method described above. It is also placed in jars and additionally sprinkled with flour. But in this case, there is no need to close them.
Salt. Instead of flour, storing garlic in salt is optimal. Moreover, you can stack the heads in rows and in plywood boxes. Salt must be added after each layer.
All of the above methods are suitable for storing bulbs in an unpeeled form. Thanks to this, spring garlic can last until spring, and winter garlic until winter. In this case, it is better to save it. However, there are a couple of others effective methods for garlic without husk. Thus, how to store peeled garlic, you can watch the video or read below.
How to store peeled garlic
How to store garlic for the winter in oil
Dividing into cloves, peel the bulbs from the husk, removing the spoiled ones. Then rinse, dry and put in sterilized jars, pour any vegetable oil. Close with nylon lids and place in the refrigerator or any cool place.
This method is designed for 3-4 months and it allows not only to preserve the peeled garlic, but also to get a healthy garlic version of the oil, suitable for cooking.
in vinegar
If there is a question , how to keep garlic until spring in a purified form, then vinegar is suitable for this, it is better white wine. Moreover, he will give interesting taste, as if marinating it, without depriving it of useful properties. To do this, the peeled cloves are also stacked in steamed jars and poured with vinegar, while not forgetting to salt and add sugar with dried herbs. For more piquancy and for a change, instead of vinegar, you can close a couple of jars with red wine.
Freeze
Many housewives have adapted to freeze peeled slices by wrapping them in foil. As needed, it will be necessary to break off the right amount and, for example, grate or chop with a blender. Of course, it will lose a little in taste, but it will retain its aroma.
Drying
There is another way in which you can use heads damaged by mechanical stress during harvesting - this is drying. The slices are cut lengthwise into thin plates and laid out on a baking sheet. Then they are placed in the oven and dried until they crack and break easily.
There are special electric dryers for such purposes.
Then it is cleaned in dry jars and stored at room temperature. It should be noted that a significant part of the nutrients will be lost, but it can be stored for a long time. It is permissible to grind such flakes into powder and mix with salt, this will also help save garlic for many months.
How to store garlic in a city apartment
In this section, it makes sense to consider not only the question of as store garlic indoors ,
but also about ,
where store garlic indoors. 
Balcony, cellar
If there is an insulated balcony or loggia, then it is enough to place it in boxes or jars, as described above. However, it should be borne in mind that the temperature in winter should not fall below 1-2ºС. In some apartment buildings, basements or storerooms are provided for the population. In this case, the problem of how to store garlic in the winter in an apartment is solved very easily. Here you can store it different ways, controlling storage conditions so that it does not dry out and does not rot.
Fridge
It is quite popular to store garlic in the refrigerator, allocating a special container for this business. Many people may have a question, is it possible to store garlic in the refrigerator? Yes, and even desirable for winter crops. If you periodically sort it out, eliminating damaged heads. Storage methods in jars are also suitable for the refrigerator. If, of course, space permits.
How to store garlic in the refrigerator so that it fits as much as possible: put a newspaper or sawdust in a container, and place the bulbs there.
How to store garlic for the winter so that it does not dry out : Salt comes to the rescue again. It is necessary to prepare a strong saline solution, soak linen bags in it. Lubricate the bulbs themselves with any vegetable oil and place in prepared bags, and then in the refrigerator.
On the shelf
For lack of other places, you can use the shelves and store at room temperature. It must be borne in mind here that one will have to rely on a short time. The fact is that in such conditions, garlic, upon contact with air, evaporates moisture and begins to dry. So possible way- These are glass jars and boxes where it is mixed with salt or flour. This is usually how garlic is stored, which will be consumed primarily, considering that it is not stored for a long time.
Unpleasant moments during storage, the reasons for their occurrence
- drying: this should not be allowed, at the first sign you should change the place of storage of garlic in winter and provide a sufficient amount of air;
- the appearance of mold occurs when the humidity level is disturbed and temperature regime, and also if the bulbs were not completely dried during harvesting;
- germination occurs during improper storage: the slices begin to deform, green arrows appear, useful qualities are lost.
From all of the above, we can conclude that storing garlic in winter is possible if due attention is paid to this. It makes sense to approach this issue seriously, since such a valuable product grown by oneself is much healthier and tastier, and, what is important, environmentally cleaner. When buying in a store or on the market, there is a risk of acquiring defective goods, and in addition also of foreign origin.
Therefore, if you managed to grow a good crop, or find a good ripe garlic, you should properly and conscientiously prepare it for storage, provide conditions and control the process itself.
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Harvest and preparation for storage
You should think about storing the product already at the time of choosing a variety for planting. Spring garlic varieties are harvested in the tenth of August. main feature maturation - yellowed feathers that lean towards the ground. Many of these varieties are suitable for long-term storage.
Winter garlic is harvested in the middle of summer, when the leaves become yellow, and the scales become thinner. Varieties of this variety may also be suitable for long-term storage, for example, winter garlic of the Nadezhny variety can be stored for up to 11 months, Belozerovsky and Otradnensky Plus varieties - up to 9 months.
At the time of harvest, there are no inflorescences on garlic plants. Strictly speaking, garlic grown for harvest is not allowed to bloom at all. In summer, he really throws out flower stalks (in garlic they are called arrows), which must be cut out even before the flowers bloom, so that the plants do not waste energy on the process of flowering and setting seed material(In garlic, these are not real seeds, but tiny “cloves” called bulbs). Arrow removal is an obligatory agrotechnical procedure; without it, it is impossible to obtain high-quality heads.
When it is necessary to dig up garlic that is stored in the winter - it largely depends on the variety (see information above) and on the region of growth (do not forget about choosing a dry, fine day for harvesting).
For garlic, keeping quality is a varietal trait, one of the most important in breeding work. Modern varieties that retain consumer qualities for a long time are found among both spring and winter varieties.
When digging, be careful not to do not damage the heads. Damaged garlic is not subject to long-term storage.
If the harvest was carried out in rainy weather, it must be dry. To do this, spread the garlic for two weeks on wooden surface in a dry, well-ventilated area. You can also braid the heads into braids and hang them under a canopy.
After digging and drying, the crop is subject to sorting. Do not store empty, scratched or damaged heads. Discard sprouted and green bulbs. Be sure to get rid of garlic affected by rot or other diseases, as evidenced by bad smell or dark spots on the slices.
Even one spoiled head can lead to the loss of the entire crop, so it is better to remove all suspicious specimens. At the same time, it is not necessary to throw away such garlic, just to store it, you should choose another, unconventional way.
In order for garlic to be stored for a long time, it is important to fulfill the following conditions:
- choose a variety belonging to the category of lying;
- process teeth before planting drugs that protect against pests and diseases;
- in the process of cultivation in the strictest way comply with all agricultural regulations(watering, fertilizing, removing weak and diseased plants, etc.);
- carefully before storing dry and sort heads;
- comply with everything storage rules.
Garlic keeps well at home, but it is important to provide optimal conditions for this. At what temperature should the crop be stored? At +15…20 ℃ when choosing warm way storage and at +2…4 ℃ when stored in the cold.
Creation favorable conditions storage will help preserve the juiciness, aroma and useful properties of the product.
It is also important to monitor the humidity of the air. In the place of storage, it should not be too low so that the garlic does not dry out, or high, otherwise the crop will quickly rot. To prevent garlic from sprouting, the humidity indicator must be within 50%.
It is completely pointless to store garlic heads in the refrigerator (there the humidity is always much higher than necessary).
Choosing a place and container for storing garlic
To save garlic, you can use various capacities: wicker baskets, plastic, wooden or cardboard boxes with perforation, nylon stockings, glass jars.
Another storage option is in braids, which are hung in the kitchen or in the pantry. Minimal contact with surfaces and good ventilation ensure that the garlic is preserved until the next harvest.
Popular storage methods
There are several options for storing garlic. The choice depends on the preferences and wishes of the hostess, as well as on the quality and quantity of the crop.
Product storage is popular in glass jars. Dry heads (whole) are placed in a sterilized jar and closed with a plastic lid. If at the same time sprinkle garlic with flour, then it will lie much longer.
When it is not planned to store the product for a long time, divide the dried heads into cloves, put them in glass jar without tightly closing the lid, and put in a dry place.
You can save garlic until spring in salt(fine grind). To do this, dry and sort the heads, removing all spoiled ones. Sprinkle the salt evenly into the plywood boxes. Arrange the garlic so that the heads do not touch each other. Sprinkle everything with salt and repeat 2-3 more layers.
If there is not a lot of garlic and it is not planned to store it for a long time, you can store the heads in the fridge. However, you need to remember that the humidity level there is much higher (!) than required for garlic storage, so stay in original form he can't. Be sure to dry the heads well beforehand and remove products with signs of decay or mechanical damage. Put everything in an airtight container and place in the refrigerator.
Can also be stored in the refrigerator for a short time peeled garlic. Just peel the slices and put them in an airtight bag or container.
Store garlic separately from other vegetables. Only food neighborhood with onions is allowed. The storage period is 3 months.
Extend the shelf life of garlic in the refrigerator onion peel or salt, which should be sprinkled heads.
If a few cloves have gone bad, do not throw away the entire head. You can save a good part of the product by grinding it in a meat grinder. To do this, sort the garlic and peel the whole cloves. Grind in a meat grinder, add salt, put the resulting mass into glass jars (up to 250 ml) and refrigerate. Be sure to cover the containers with cling film and a nylon lid. This will prevent the odor from spreading through the refrigerator. The disadvantage of this method is a short shelf life (up to 2 months), and the main advantage is the presence of ready-to-use garlic mass at hand.
Peeled garlic cloves can be stored in any vegetable oil . This method allows you to save the product for a long time if you keep it in the refrigerator. In addition, you can get fragrant, healthy oil which is suitable for seasoning various dishes. The shelf life of the product is 3 months.
Preparation method:
- Divide the head of garlic into cloves and peel them.
- Place the cloves tightly in a glass container.
- Pour sunflower or olive oil into a jar.
- Close the container tightly with a lid.
- Store the workpiece in the refrigerator.
Help keep garlic fresh rag bags. You can make them yourself from unnecessary scraps of fabric or old clothes. To prolong the shelf life of the product, soak the cloth bags in a concentrated saline solution, and then dry well. Salt will create a barrier to the penetration of pathogenic bacteria. Put the dried garlic in the prepared bags and store them in a dry place.
Unusual but effective method storage of garlic in paraffin. In this form, the product can be stored for 6 months. To prepare, dip the clean, dried heads in melted paraffin, let it harden, and then put the garlic in a bag or box.
Another non-standard way storage:
- Wash the heads and dry well.
- Pour into a dry glass jar flour and fold the garlic roots down.
- Make several layers, each pouring enough flour.
- Store the jar in a dry but cool place for up to 5 months. In the apartment best option- balcony.
Properly store garlic dried. To do this, cut the peeled slices into thin slices and dry in an electric dryer or oven at a temperature of +60 ℃. Grind the dried garlic with a blender, add a little salt and place the powder in a sterile glass container. The shelf life of this product is up to 12 months. Dried garlic does not spoil, is stored for a long time and is convenient to use. However, such a product loses a significant share of useful properties and has a specific smell.
Proper organization of storage will save garlic, its aroma and useful properties until spring. Be sure to adhere to the recommended temperature and humidity, and also ensure the constant circulation of fresh air in the room.
Video
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native of Central Asia, a natural antibiotic, an assistant in the fight against viruses and fungi, an anesthetic and just a healthy vegetable that can transform any dish - it's all garlic. Appearing on dining table 6000 years ago, he became loved by many nations. If you are a fan of this vegetable, then you just need to know how and where to keep it correctly. In this article, you will find all the necessary information on how to properly store garlic.
Garlic is very desired product in every house. It is a good antiseptic that prevents colds. It is also very important for our teeth and gums, this plant, like onions, prevents the appearance of scurvy. In addition to useful properties, it is just a food product that adds spice to dishes. Unfortunately, we often do not know how to properly store it so that it remains fresh and does not lose its beneficial properties.
From the garden or counter: we collect and select garlic
First you need to choose the right spicy vegetable, it is divided into two types - winter and spring.
If you have to take care of the garlic you have grown on garden plot, you need to know the timing of the harvest. It all depends on the type of vegetable:
- Winter or winter is harvested in the second half of July and eaten in the next 2-3 months. The maturity of the garlic can be determined by the yellow leaves and slanting stems.
- Spring or summer is harvested in the first half of August, it can be stored for a long time, until the spring or summer of next year. The readiness of the fruit to "go out" can be determined by the yellow leaves and cracked skin of the inflorescences.
Advice: it is better to harvest on a dry day, as the soil should not be wet.
Visually, it is difficult to distinguish them when buying in a store or on the market, but the shelf life of garlic heads directly depends on its variety.
If you buy garlic in a store or market, then you need to focus on the following signs: the skin on the head of the vegetable should not be cracked. Choose smooth, firm, firm fruit without spots or dents.
There can be many reasons why garlic spoils. various factors, and they are not always directly related to the conditions of its storage.
If the garlic heads are affected by fungi, nematode larvae, then their shelf life will be very short, and in general, such a product is dangerous for consumption. In this case, it is necessary to carefully sort the garlic, divide it into slices, select the damaged ones (covered with spots, dents, cuts, empty). Only after all this procedure, you can proceed to storage.
When buying, you need to make sure that the product is by no means raw. Under such conditions, it creates favorable soil for the development of larvae and fungi.
Preparation and storage conditions
The next step is to dry the vegetable. The heads must be laid out in a well-ventilated area so that direct sunlight does not fall on it. The entire crop should be checked and discarded fruits with dents, even small spots, as well as dried or rotten heads.
In addition, it is important to remove the roots up to 3 mm, and cut the stems, leaving 10 centimeters. To avoid seedlings, the cut places of the fruit are cauterized before storage. After drying and preparing the garlic, you can determine where and under what conditions it can be stored.
Winter and summer types stored in different conditions:
Adviсe:
- You can use any container (jar, box, box, basket, bag, etc.) except plastic containers- such dishes do not let air through, the fruits will rot and rot in it.
- Garlic should not be placed next to other foods, as this may affect its shelf life. However, it is permissible to keep this vegetable next to the onion.
Why and how to store garlic? In case of non-compliance simple rules this representative of the onion family will not last long, one by one the fruits will deteriorate and become unsuitable for human consumption. In a room that is too dry, the heads will dry out and shrink, and in high humidity, on the contrary, they will rot. There are a huge number of ways to extend the life of the crop, choose the most convenient for you.
How to create all of the above conditions? Probably everyone has seen old films, where in wooden houses at grandmothers, garlic bunches or pigtails hang from the ceiling above the stove. Here's a hint, in this form you can and should store garlic in the cellar or basement, this prevents the accumulation of moisture in it and creates proper air circulation.
Ways to store garlic
Braids, bundles or wreaths
- the method has long been known and popular. 
The advantages are that garlic does not take up space on the floor, on the shelves of lockers, and can even serve as a decoration for the kitchen or dining room. The shape depends on your imagination, for example, a simple bundle can be designed as a detail of your interior.
Advice: in order to make it convenient to tie the fruits, use twine, the stems do not need to be cut.
Storage in jars or boxes
1. Place dry onion-garlic in a jar
2. Sprinkle with flour
3. Close with a capron lid
In this form, the vegetable will remain fresh until spring.
Alternatively, garlic can be pickled, of course you can’t call it fresh, but you can store it this way for a very long time and it will not lose its properties. In addition, it is also tasty, garlic marinated with beets is common.
Storage in cling film
So that excess moisture does not penetrate into the garlic, and the taste and smell of the vegetable is preserved, you can wrap each head with cling film. Thus, the harvest can be stored in boxes, boxes or baskets.
Storage in the ground - non-standard way. Place the fruits in a tight bag, wrap it with newspaper to make a bundle, dig a hole up to 50 cm and bury your crop. This method helps to preserve the garlic for a long time.
Often found is storage in wooden boxes.
1. Make small holes in the box for air circulation.
2. To keep the juiciness and freshness until spring, distribute the ash along the bottom of the box, in a small layer, you can still use salt or sawdust.
3. Spread the heads of garlic on top and cover them again with the original layer, with the same component. So fill the box to the top.
So that the garlic stored in the apartment does not dry out, wrap it tightly with cling film, with the exception of the tail. After that, place the vegetable in an open glass jar.
More time consuming is a method called waxing
- Dip the head in melted paraffin
2.Wait until the paraffin hardens
3. Put the garlic in the box, evenly
Of course, it is much easier to store garlic in a private house, especially if there is a large amount of it. Cellar or basement with good ventilation system, this is a great place for this product. You just need to place it there correctly, or put it in boxes as described above, or tie it up in bundles and hang it upside down.
Storage in a dry, ground form
If you notice that vegetables are starting to spoil or dry out, they can still be saved. Make shavings from the cloves, cut into thin slices or finely chopped, and dry. You can dry it both naturally, that is, by spreading the pieces on the surface in a warm, dry place, and in the oven. If you want to get garlic powder, use a blender or coffee grinder. Dried vegetables can be stored for up to 3 months.
Frozen storage
Pass the cloves through a meat grinder or grind in a blender, place the resulting mass in molds for freezing. All year round garlic with the taste of "fresh from the garden" is available to you.
Advice: do not forget to regularly sort out stocks and throw away fruits that begin to deteriorate, this will save you from losing the entire crop.
But what if you live in an apartment?
Putting garlic in the refrigerator, you often encounter the fact that it simply dries out, although it seemed that it was put there only a week ago. Never store garlic in the refrigerator. Although many websites say otherwise, you can certainly store it in the refrigerator if there is nothing else in it besides garlic. The temperature needed to store this vegetable is +1 ... -3, this is too low temperature for all the products that you have in the refrigerator, with this content you will get a sausage covered with snow from the refrigerator. It's stupid to adjust everything refrigerator compartment under the garlic, and in the freezer compartment it will be very cold and it will simply freeze. Therefore, in an apartment it is better to store it in a jar of salt, just on kitchen table or shelf.
Good while fresh or how long to store garlic?
Of course, the shelf life of a representative of the onion family depends on the chosen method and compliance with the rules. The winter type is stored least of all, respectively, summer is more suitable for long-term storage.
On average, garlic can be stored and remain edible for 3 months to 1 year.
To preserve the taste, choose from the above methods the one that suits the conditions of your home and will help to maximize the life of the vegetable.
Garlic, popularly called "stinking rose", brings many benefits to people. To keep such an assistant always at hand, use the suggested storage methods, and make sure that the storehouse of vitamins can be used at any time in your life.
As you can see, there are a lot of ways, but there are a couple of the most simple options that suit everyone. And you can buy garlic for the future, without worrying that it will deteriorate, or store the grown crop with my own hands in your garden. Of course, just fold the garlic correctly and forget about it for a year, you won’t succeed, the product is rather capricious and reacts to changes in the climate and humidity of the room. Periodically, it will be necessary to look at garlic, throw out stale, damaged, empty, rotten heads. All this is necessary so that the infection and other sores cannot be transmitted to the rest of the garlic.
In conclusion, the most important factor is the complete, ideal drying of garlic, any ingress of moisture leads to damage to the entire batch stored nearby.
Follow these tips, and you will always have order in the field of food storage.
Video: how to freeze garlic and how to quickly peel it
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