Garlic

Question 1

Garlic
scientific name
famliy

Answer 1

allium sativum

amaryllidaceae

Question 2

Varieties

Answer 2

hardneck-
produces a flower or scape,(topsetting or bolting).flowers usually abort and form bulblis(small aerial cloves genetically same as mother)
produces 4-12 cloves
aerial cloves-propagation-small bulb
difficult to braid(Rocambole and purple stipe)

softneck
commercial
more productive than hradnecks
contain 10-40 cloves per plant
longer shelve lives(artichoke and silverskin)
easily braid

Question 3

1.medicinal uses

Answer 3

antiseptics
used as stomach complaints
uses in disorders born from children
influenza,cough,cold,lung diseases
remedy for sore eyes and ears

Question 4

2. companion planting
3. plant characteristics
4. flower characteristics.

Answer 4

.flowers arise from end of the stalk rising direct from bulb
flowers are grouped together into umbel
leaves are enclosed and among them are small bulbils
2. it can be grown together with lavender,lemon grass, rosemarey as it enhances the production of essential oils.
it deter japanese beetles of raspberries and roses.
it can be grown through out the gardern as it deters insect pest.

3. it is a perennial crop grown as annual.it si different from onion as it has seceral bulbs and it leaves are produced from flattened basal conical stem,

Question 5

1. propagation

2. climate and day length

Answer 5

1.they are vegetatively propagated from the small segments of larger bulbs as sometimes there is absence of flower stalks in some varieties.
2.climate can determine the flower formation and taste as some soft neck varieties form flower stalk under certain conditions.
high temperature with long day and cool temperature during the growing season enables bulbing.
shoot can tolerate a temp of 6 degree celsius where as the bulbs cannot tolerate temp of 12 degree celuis.