Planting Systems

The mean bulb weight from both systems within each variety was similar, except that Blanc du Connun tended to be larger in the ridges. This seems to confirm the results of the spacing trial, which suggest that at the plant spacings used there is little influence on bulb size. If cloves can be planted in ridges without loss of yield, like Narcissus, mechanical lifting might be made considerably easier.

GARLIC SPACING TRIAL
Efford 1982/3

Tentative conclusions are that bulb weight, although variable increased as plant spacing increased. However, yield per unit area decreased steadily as plant spacing increased.

OBJECT

To compare various plant spacings with a view to establishing the optimum area per bulb to obtain maximum yield per unit area.

TREATMENTS

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