How often to water garlic in open ground

Garlic refers to such cultures that our gardeners do not plant too often in their areas. People believe that it can be bought in the market, and not mess around with labor -intensive cultivation. But if you still want to dilute this spicy plant in your garden, learn to water it correctly. It is on how much moisture the plant will receive during the season that the size of the heads depends, their taste and even the duration of winter storage.

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The deadlines for planting garlic in the ground

Garlic can be planted in the ground in spring or autumn. For this, certain varieties are selected. In the winter, the so -called winter varieties are sealed into the ground - they withstand the freezing of the soil and in the spring during the first rays of the sun begin to actively give out the arrow from the ground. In the spring, it is better to plant garlic in the ground that is considered spring. The agricultural technique of cultivation, including watering, these two species is slightly different from each other.

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Wild garlic irrigation frequency

Since this garlic is embedded in the ground in the fall, some gardeners believe that it needs to be watered at the same time. This is a big mistake.

Sit the garlic in the fall, when the earth is already completely cold. Even time is allowed when in the morning there is a slight frost in the beds.
For a couple of days, dial the ground well for landing to lift the layers of wet land from below. This moisture will be enough for the cloves of garlic to begin to take root in the ground.
Planted garlic mulch on top with a thick layer of grass or cut stems of any annual crops. Mulch will retain moisture if an abnormal autumn warming occurs suddenly. She will also protect the earth from severe freezing in winter, and in the spring she will protect the bed from quick drying due to the active sun.
In the spring, when all the snow comes off the beds, do not remove the mulch from it. Wait for garlic seedlings and slightly spread it over young sprouts.
Watering start when the earth under mulch becomes dry. Then remove the mulch from the beds and make small grooves between the rows of seedlings.
Water the garlic into the grooves once a week or ten days, but this is if the summer is dry. With frequent rains, you can not water the beds at all, since this spicy culture does not like waterlogging.
With very hot summer, watering in the evening, so that the earth does not take a crust in the sun. With a cool summer - in the afternoon or in the morning. Day water is needed due to the fact that not too warmed the earth does not absorb moisture well and it, stagnating near the heads, will contribute to the formation of mushroom diseases.
Water temperature for watering garlic - from 18 to 25 degrees. Cold watering will lead to fading of the heads, i.e. They will not grow big and juicy.
Take the amount of water for watering garlic by 1 square meter in the following approximate volume: 30 liters - during the period of the increase in leaves and the formation of the arrow (be sure to break this arrow), 35 liters - during the formation of the head underground (it actively begins to increase in volume after removal after removal Arrows).
Two weeks before collecting garlic, completely stop moisturizing the Earth. During this time, its stems and leaves of the plant will become dry and it is field in the garden.
Never water the garlic when it is direct cleaning with the bed. Sometimes the earth at this time becomes so dry that you want to moisturize it so that the garlic is well pulled out of the ground. If the soil becomes very dry, then do not pull the garlic, but dig a pitchfork. If this rule is not observed and watered with water, the gathered heads will be wet and, even additionally dried, I will be well stored.

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Frequency of watering spring garlic

In order for the garlic planted in the spring, it increases large fragrant heads, it must be correctly planted, and then also water it correctly.

Prepare the garlic for 7-10 days. On the day of planting, it is additionally loosened by the lower moist layers of the Earth. Plant the garlic by two heights of cloves and only in wet ground. If in the spring there is little moisture in the spring, then before planting (per day), spill the ground slightly with water.
So that moisture from the ground does not evaporate, be sure to mulch the place of landing. Before the first seedlings of garlic, do not water the bed.
When all the garlic in the garden rises, check the state of the earth. With her severe dryness, begin to water the garlic.
Water spring garlic once a week in the evening. The norm of water per 1 square meter of beds is 1 large bucket.
The next day after watering the land in the rowers, be sure to loosen.
For watering, use the water well -heated in the sun, which you hold in a large barrel.
With a very rainy summer, reduce the frequency of watering garlic.
When the arrows form in the garlic, break them. At this time, the plant will begin to increase the heads. To increase the mass of the heads, combine two or three irrigation in top dressing. A double superphosphate is suitable, which put two tablespoons on a bucket of water. Instead, you can mix the fertilizer with water separately phosphorus and potassium, but one spoon of both substance. Do these useful watering in an amount of 3-4 liters per meter square plantings.
When garlic begins to dry leaves and stems, stop watering in general. Dig garlic on dry ground using the pitchfork. They, unlike a shovel, are better to break dry ground, from which it is very convenient to remove the heads of garlic.

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