A garden sector without garlic beds is a rarity. This extraordinary culture besides high utility and spicy taste, is distinguished by simple care requirements. Therefore, gardeners with great success grow garlic. But how to put garlic in the spring season?
Advantages of spring garlic and varieties suitable for landing in spring
Garlic can be planted both in the spring and in the autumn period. Only autumn landings do not allow to grow a large crop with a long shelf life. Therefore, if your goal is to prepare garlic for a whole year, you need to land in the spring months.
Spring garlic is called Yarov. The most resistant and fertile varieties are considered: "Alasky", "Moscow", as well as "Victorio" and "Ershov". Fingering varieties belong to Prometheus, "Gulliver".
Advice! Landing work starts after spring thaws when the upper ground ball warms up to + 5⁰s. Depending on the peculiarities of the region, the landing is carried out from the end of April to mid-March.
What section is suitable for landing garlic
Garlic is a thermal-loving culture, so the landing place must be selected appropriate. The bed should be abundantly warm the sun and be without strong shading.
Another advantage of garlic is his ability to "get out" with other cultures. It develops well itself and does not interfere with the other. It can be attached near the gooseberry, cucumbers, strawberries, potatoes and other root crops. The exception is peas and cabbage - they interfere with the growth of garlic.
Important! Before landing, garlic is required to prepare. Garlic heads are divided into teeth, without damaging the peel. Then they are laid on the wet towel, they wrap it and leave for 2-4 days in a cold place - the cellar or refrigerator.
Preparation of soil and process of formation of beds for landing garlic
Garlic forms a weak rhizome, so the soil is needed loose and moistened. Preferably choose neutral soil. It is weakly acidic, before planting garlic, it is necessary to stir soil with ashes. In order for the harvest to be high, 1.5-2 weeks before the landing work the soil fertilize with the compost, then they jump well and break the ripples.
Garlic is planted in shallow wells (up to 4 cm) dug up. The teeth are immersed in the ground at a distance of 5-7 cm among themselves depending on their value: the larger the teeth, the more the distance should be. Then the teeth are sprinkled with the ground, which is slightly bother.
For the convenience of further weeding and loosening, the distance between the rows should be at least 42 cm. You also need to not forget about the mulching of dry grass to prevent the soil drying.
It is planted only to wet soil. If drought period in the yard, it is necessary to regularly water. The first shoots are glorified in two weeks.
Caring for garlic after landing
Spring garlic before shooting and another month after that needs good care:
- The first eight weeks after landing should often watered garlic, then watering is carried out only with a long lack of precipitation.
- To increase the yield, garlic fertilize nitrogen fertilizer. The first feeder is carried out with the appearance of shoots. For this suitable potassium chloride. The second time you need to fertilize the culture at the stage of formation of bulbs. Then you can use mineral fertilizers - compost or manure.
- The first harvest is sleeping by the end of September. For good preservation of garlic, it is better to collect it in warm and dry weather by digging, rather than pulling.
Advice! In short varieties, you need to take the arrows in a timely manner to reduce potassium consumption and phosphorus. This will provide more active growth of garlic heads.
Compliance with the simple norms of agricultural equipment and ensuring proper storage conditions will allow useful and delicious garlic throughout the winter.
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