Spring garlic, planting and care

28.04.2015 Garlic

Experienced agronomists claim that the best predecessors of spring varieties of garlic are legumes (soy, peas, beans, beans, lentils). Garlic also responds well to land on which fodder grasses grew - alfalfa and clover, which are excellent siderates that structure the soil and saturate it with beneficial nutrients.

It is undesirable to create garlic beds after tomatoes, potatoes or onions, as it is possible to become infected with common infections and increased attacks of garlic pests. Carrots and beets greatly deplete the upper layers of the soil, so to create beds for garlic it is better not to consider the areas on which they grew last season.
Planting material

Garlic heads are divided into separate cloves, removing damaged, cracked or rotten. The teeth joined together and with two apices are a symptom of the degeneration of the variety. Be sure to calibrate the cloves to size. Seeds of different sizes are planted on separate beds.

Before planting, it is advisable to disinfect planting material in a solution of sodium chloride, copper sulfate, potassium permanganate, or fly ash. This manipulation significantly reduces the risk of plant infectious diseases.

Spring garlic, planting and care

Depending on the weather conditions of spring, spring varieties are planted in late April, tentatively from the 19th to the 26th. Spring garlic beds are made in open areas of the garden open to the sun, dry, with fertile, organic soil fertilized from autumn.

The optimal height of the garlic beds is 10-15 cm, and the width is not more than a meter. The teeth are planted to a depth of 6-8 cm (depending on grade and size), so that from the top of the clove to the surface of the earth is no more than 2.5-3 cm. With a deeper planting, ripening occurs a few weeks later, so how vegetation processes slow down.

Do not push denticles into the ground, as the earth is compressed and the development of the root system slows down. The teeth are placed in the ground with the bottom down (vertically) or laid on its side (horizontally). Garlic is planted in well-moistened soil. The distance between planting teeth, bulbs or single teeth should not be less than 7 cm, and the rows should be approximately 20-24 cm apart.

Spring Garlic Care

After the first green shoots appear, be sure to fertilize the plants. For this purpose, nitrogen fertilizers are used, for example, urea solution (15 ml per bucket of water). It is advisable to add a glass of mullein to the same substrate. Fertilizer is applied at the rate of: for each square meter 3 liters of irrigation solution. Top dressing is repeated after 9-10 days.

It should be ensured that the soil on the garlic beds is always moist. This is especially important in the initial growing season (May-June), when the heads of garlic are formed. To do this, you need to organize regular watering, at least 2 times a week.

Harvesting Spring Garlic

When the lower leaves massively begin to dry, and the upper leaves turn yellow and lie down, this will be a signal to you about the need to carry out cleaning. Typically, spring garlic is dug up at the end of August, but depending on the conditions of this summer, the collection can be carried out before September 10.

The collected garlic is dried directly on the bed (weather permitting). Drying time is about a week. If it rains, the garlic is transferred under a canopy. Only after quality drying, the stems are cut off from the garlic.If you are not going to braid garlic for storage in braids, then the length of the left stem does not exceed 5 cm. Then the garlic is transferred to the room and left to dry for another 2-3 weeks.

Spring garlic is stored all winter warm (17-18 ° C) or cold (1-3 ° C) method. Accordingly, with the cold method of saving, garlic is placed in wooden boxes in the cellar, and with warm - in a dry basement or in an apartment (house).

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