Growing garlic in the open ground as a business

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Garlic is one of the most popular vegetable crops in the world, which is why a business based on its cultivation should bring a good income. Besides, such plants are distinguished by unpretentious care and good resistance to adverse weather conditions. These factors make it possible to grow spicy heads in all regions of the country. In this review, we will discuss in detail how to properly plant and when to harvest garlic, how much planting material is needed and what is the yield per 1 ha.

What is the yield of garlic?

Garlic is grown all over the world. This spicy vegetable is used as a supplement to many dishes. It is used fresh, marina, salted, stewed and prepared according to many other recipes. Before you start growing this crop, you should be familiar with its characteristics. Gardeners divide the varieties of garlic into two main groups:

1. Spring - planted in early spring. These varieties bring small, dense heads with spicy, but not very sharp teeth. The shelf life of such fruits can reach up to 12 months;
2. Winter - planted in the middle of autumn. The resulting crop is large in size, smooth and beautiful teeth with a rich spicy taste. The main disadvantage of this type will be a small shelf life of 3-4 months.

Can I Grow Garlic for Sale?

Growing garlic for sale is quite a profitable occupation, because the price of this vegetable on the market always stays at its height, and the simplicity of performing agrotechnical works allows even a gardener to carry them out. The main difficulty will be the search for sales channels because the number of proposals for the sale of these vegetables is extremely high.

For growing it is not necessary to build greenhouses and other facilities, all work is carried out in open ground. This factor significantly reduces the initial budget. However, it is worth remembering that the harvest of spicy heads can be obtained only once a year, so you should take care about the storage conditions of vegetables in advance.

A business based on growing garlic is particularly beneficial for people who own land. But even if this is not available, you should not get upset, you can always rent the soil, depending on the region, such a service will cost from 5 to 80 thousand rubles per hectare for one season.

Garlic business can bring a good income, with minimal initial costs. Many sources recommend starting cultivation in small areas and gradually increasing the number of acreage.

Advantages and disadvantages of a garlic-growing business

Growing garlic for the purpose of resale is considered a profitable business idea, because it often ends in success. This business has many advantages:

1. Garlic is a very popular vegetable, which is always in demand, so there will always be distribution channels, even if it is necessary to try hard for it;
2. The life of such a business can begin from the usual garden plot size 6 weave, it will be enough to get a stable and decent income;
3. Garlic business does not require much starting capital;
4. Garlic is unpretentious culture which can be grown on almost any soil;
5. Compliance with simple rules for growing plants will help get a rich harvest;
6. Received heads are stored long enough therefore, if we organize sales channels correctly and provide storage conditions, profits can be obtained throughout the year.

But this business also has its drawbacks. Growing garlic in large areas will require the involvement of special equipment, the rent of which is quite expensive. We must not forget about natural factors, because a crop growing in the open field may die under the influence of an unfavorable climate.

How to start a garlic business?

Business built on growing garlic, begin with the selection of a suitable land plot. Given that this culture grows well in the open field, the construction of greenhouses will be unnecessary work, which brings only additional costs.

In order to grow a rich harvest it is enough to use a small summer cottage, several hectares in size. At the first stage of business development, such an area will be sufficient. With the expansion of the site will increase and profit and complexity of processing, requiring additional costs, therefore you should first acquire regular customers who are ready to purchase products and only after that increase the acreage.

In the event that a novice businessman does not have a land plot in the property, it can be rented. Its price will depend on the selected region, the quality of the soil, etc.

Planting and care

After the land plot is selected, care should be taken to acquire the planting material. For the cultivation of garlic using its teeth or one-teeth, obtained by cultivating the garlic bulb. Experienced gardeners recommend paying attention to the fruit varieties zoned for the growing region.

Necessary equipment and workers

When growing this crop on a small plot of land, it can be planted and harvested manually, while for processing 1 hectare of soil already need special equipment. It includes a tractor with mounted technology, suitable for sowing or motoblock.

Renting a tractor with a worker will cost at least 50-70 thousand rubles, while paying for this service will have annually. The most economical option would be to purchase your own motoblock. Its price will depend on the configuration, manufacturer, engine type and many other characteristics. This indicator varies within 20-80 thousand rubles.

You also have to buy garden tools, which include shovels, watering cans, rakes, forks, hoes, etc.

When cultivated in large areason an industrial scale it will be very difficult to do without workers. It is best to hire them for seasonal work.

Planting in spring and autumn in open ground

Terms of planting garlic will depend on the selected type:

• winter varieties planted in the fall - in late September-mid October, 3-4 weeks before the first frost;
• spring -sown in open ground in April, when the ground warms to 5-7 degrees.

Growing garlic is very important to choose the right place for planting:

1. Plot must be open and sunny;
2. It is not allowed to use lands on which melted water accumulates and precipitation. It is also worth taking care that the groundwater is at a deep level;
3. It is not recommended to plant garlic where onions, carrots, cucumbers and tomatoes grew before it. Desired predecessors will be cabbage, beans, pumpkin, zucchini or greens.

For a good harvest, be aware that garlic prefers neutral loams. Regardless of the planting dates, in early September, the soil is dug up, cleaned of weeds and debris, after which the following fertilizers are applied:

• 1 bucket of humus;
• 50-60 grams of superphosphate;
• 50-60 grams of ammonium nitrate.

Winter garlic is placed in furrows located at a distance 25-30 centimeters apart. The distance between the teeth will be 12-15 centimeters.Planting material is buried by 15-20 centimeters, this is necessary so that the teeth do not freeze during the winter. Immediately after the works, the planting is mulched with a 7-centimeter layer of peat or sawdust. If the winters in the regions are frosty but little snowy, it is recommended to use spruce branches or agrofibre.

Spring garlic is much more dense, the distance between the furrows will be equal to 15-20 centimeters, and between individual plants 7-10 centimeters. Teeth deepened by 6-8 centimeters.

Planting care

In order to get a rich harvest, which will be easy to sell mono, you need to properly care for plantings and adhere to several basic rules:

1. Garlic beds must be regularly clean weeds and loosen;
2. Watering spend moderate during the growing season and the formation of the bulbs, the soil should always be hydrated. Watering of plantings should be stopped for 2-3 weeks before harvest;
3. Recommended after each watering mulch the soil;
4. To form heads of larger size pinch off arrows a length of more than 15-20 centimeters;
5. Also plants need feeding. In the spring, after the first leaves appear, garlic is fertilized with nitrogen fertilizers, such as urea. After 15-20 days they make complex mineral fertilizers. When 5-6 sheets appear on garlic, it is fed with phosphorus-potassium fertilizers.

Growing garlic is quite easy, but at the same time, painstaking and time-consuming process. Adhering to all the rules for planting and caring for plants, a rich harvest will be guaranteed.

Harvesting

Harvesting spicy heads of garlic is most often produced by hand, for this purpose they are dug out with forks or pulled out for the above-ground part. Harvest time will depend on the climate. Usually, both in Russia and in Ukraine, winter garlic is harvested in early August, and spring garlic in early September. Most accurately determine the ripeness of the crop by the arrows, which begin to turn yellow and lie on the ground.

In order to preserve the harvest as long as possible it is recommended to perform the following actions:

1. Initially heads are cleared of earth and leave to dry for 20 days at a temperature of 25-30 degrees;
2. Then you need trim the roots and leaves, the neck is shortened to a length of 2-5 centimeters.

How to sell products

The sale of garlic is a very important step, because it will depend on it that the success of the business started. There are several options for marketing the resulting crop:

1. Retailing at own point. This option is the most expensive, but at the same time the most expensive, because you have to rent a retail outlet and hire an employee;
2. Wholesale to various bases, large chain stores, various production, etc .;
3. Also garlic can sell to restaurants and other places Catering.

The implementation of garlic is quite complicated, because the market is saturated with similar offers, but if you find a regular customer and produce high-quality products, you can not worry about this issue.

What is the profitability of a business with 1 hectare and 1 hectare

Calculation of profitability (income and expenses) will be produced depending on the size of the acreage, the income received is calculated in the same way.

Depending on the variety selected per hectare, you can get about 10 before 50 tons of crop, considering that 1 kilogram can be sold for 110 rubles, then the minimum income will be 1.1 million rubles. With the best outcome, this amount may increase by 5 times.

Based on all the above calculations, we can conclude that business can fully pay for itself already for 1 year of existence.

Business plan

Before you start a garlic business, you need to make a competent business plan, which will contain all the important details:

1. First of all it is necessary describe the cultivated variety, its taste, yield and other characteristics;
2. The second important point will be description of the acreage;
3. The business plan must include a production plan, which will include description of the process of planting and technology care for plants;
4. You must also specify guaranteed sales channels with whom an agreement has already been concluded;
5. The last and most important part of the business plan will be calculation of expenses and estimated income.

Growing garlic for sale is a painstaking, but very interesting and profitable process. With the right choice of variety and getting a beautiful and tasty harvest, business can pay off and bring net income in the first year after landing.