Garlic Farm in Jaisamand. Garlic has to be planted in single or double rows or in intensive beds with four to six plants across with four to eight inches between plants. Tighter spacing in the beds will produce a greater number of smaller bulbs for a higher total yield in terms of pounds of garlic per square foot of garden. We have lots of land and plant garlic in well-tilled beds of six rows, with about eight inch spacing between rows and between plants. This bed size is comfortable for hand planting. When you have planted the garlic you can cover it with a layer of mulch. Mulching conserves moisture, moderates soil temperatures and inhibits weeds. It also shelters rodents and attracts deer and elk. Mulching can even out the soil moisture between rains and irrigation cycles. Garlic requires fairly even soil moisture during the growing season with no additional moisture during the last few weeks. It is said to prefer free draining loam with lots of organic matter. Building up your soil with green manure cover crops as part of your normal crop rotation is good practice. The timing of fall planting should be such that the roots have a chance to develop and the tops do not break the surface before winter, about three weeks before the ground freezes. <br /><br />Lassan / lahsan / lahsun / lassen or garlic in Hindi! <br /><br />This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and Digital Betacam. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... rupindang [at] gmail [dot] com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com.<br />
