Onions and garlic take pride of place among the vegetables that gardeners love. Naturally, to get a good crop, you need to know what, when and under what conditions to plant, how to care for a particular crop. Literate farmers always have a few tricks in stock, thanks to which they get the desired result.
Garlic of autumn and spring planting (winter and spring)
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crops, garlic can be planted twice a year - in early spring and autumn. Therefore, all its varieties are divided into spring and winter. Each species has its pros and cons. Take winter garlic. Landing on a personal plot is made in the fall. It ripens better, has large cloves, juiciness and a vigorous taste. But to keep it longer than a few months does not work even in the refrigerator. The heads begin to blacken, deteriorate, rot. Spring is much better suited for long-term storage, it will be enough for the whole fall, winter and spring, and if the harvest is rich, then for the next summer.
Features of spring planting
Before starting garden work, you should figure out which soil is suitable for planting garlic. Of course, black earth comes first. In addition, loamy soils are good - light and medium. Naturally, they will require good fertilizers, humus. When the plants grow, nitrogen-containing and potassium supplements will need to be added to the soil. Without such top dressing, the heads of garlic will grow small, with small cloves. And now a few basic rules on how to plant garlic in spring:
- You must choose the right time. The soil should warm up no less than +5 degrees, and the danger of frost should be eliminated, otherwise the garlic will freeze and not germinate. Therefore, the optimal landing time will be mid - late April or early May. However, you should not hesitate. If you miss the right moment, not knowing when and how to plant garlic in the spring, by the time it is harvested, it simply will not have time to grow and ripen properly.
- For spring and autumn planting, sorting of teeth is mandatory. About the same should be planted in one row - because size affects the growth rate. Therefore, do this: small - to small, medium - to medium, and large plant in one row. Then you can dig out the garlic as it ripens.
- The following rule regarding how to plant garlic in spring: it needs to be germinated in advance. To this end, prepared cloves, always healthy, soak for a couple of hours in warm water. “Tint” it with a small amount of “blue stone” - copper sulfate. This will kill various pathogenic larvae and bacteria, and obviously healthy seedlings will fall into the ground. Then they can be wrapped in a slightly moistened rag, and let them lie down until the shoots are released in the refrigerator, in the vegetable compartment.
- How to plant garlic in the spring, to what depth is another important issue. Deep holes should not be made - three centimeters is enough. After all, the first sprouts of garlic are small, it will be difficult for them to break through a thick layer of soil, and the harvest will have to mature much longer.
- the ground before planting toothpicks must be prepared accordingly. First of all, future rows should be watered with a weak solution of the same vitriol. Proportions of the solution - 1 spoon (tablespoon) per bucket of water. In general, drugs that contain cuprum (copper), help a lot in the fight against pests and plant diseases, so please stock them. They are also good for protecting tomatoes from aphids and other parasites.
- For garlic, light and heat are important. Therefore, it should be planted in sunny or slightly shaded areas. The soil should be moist, but not wet, not fire, otherwise the plant will simply rot.
- And the last rule: many owners plant several crops nearby, right up to save space. So, garlic does not tolerate neighbors such as cucumbers and onions. Therefore, arrange their beds at a certain distance from each other. On the landing itself, the distance between the holes in the row should be 6-8, and in the aisles - 10-15 centimeters. Good luck in gardening and a good harvest!