Winter Garlic: 5 harvesting tricks
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LANDING AND CARE OF WINTER GARLIC - 5 BUSINESS TIPS
The first half of October is the time to plant winter garlic. Take a well-lit area under the bed. One and a half to two weeks before planting, dig a bed on the spade bayonet, adding 5-6 kg of humus, 30 g of superphosphate and 20 g of potassium salt to 1 by anyone. And about what other tricks will help get a good harvest, let's talk below.
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Garlic loves when they change their place of residence more often. I am ready to return to the old bed in three to five years. It will feel particularly comfortable in areas where pumpkins, summer squash, zucchini, cabbage and beans have grown in the current season. He likes it when beets, strawberries, calendula, chicory, horseradish and carrots grow in the neighborhood. But on the site after onions, tomatoes, peppers and eggplants garlic will grow poorly.
2. Manure is banned
Garlic loves fertile, neutral soils and grows very poorly on the beds fertilized with fresh manure. The land in the area under the garlic should not be too dense so as not to push the teeth to the surface. But too soft a soil is not suitable for the plant: it can pull it down - and the heads will grow small.
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3. "Wet" case
To prevent garlic from getting sick, before planting, well-dried garlic cloves soak for 2-3 hours in a pink solution of potassium permanganate or 2-3 minutes in a strong solution of salt (1 tbsp on 1 l of water). If you are not sure of the planting material, use a more aggressive solution of copper sulfate (1 tsp on 2 l of water; soak for 3 minutes).
4. How deep
Before planting, free the cloves from the "mother" bottom. Planted at a depth equal to the size of the index finger, 10-15 cm from each other, leaving 20-25 cm between the rows. A deeper landing, of course, will more reliably protect the lobules from the cold, but may affect the yield.
5. And do not forget to grumble!
If the ground is too dry before planting, water it. After planting, grind the bed with a layer of peat, humus or sawdust 2-5 thick. See above. Lay a layer of brushwood or spruce branches to hold the snow. Spring mulch clean.
© Author: Svetlana KRIVENKOVA, agronomist
In the winter, I always plant not only garlic, but also small onion sets (the size of a fingernail on the little finger). He quietly waits for the spring in the ground, does not form a shooter, and is ready for harvesting in early July. In addition, the onion planted before winter almost does not suffer from onion flies, since by the beginning of its flight it is already quite large.
To get a good harvest, I follow the simple rules. I take a lit area on a hill with loose soil for cultivation. In the period from 5 to 20 in October, I select strong onions without damage. Under digging I make on 3-4 kg of humus and 1 Art. wood ash on 1 sq.m. I form grooves with a depth of 5 cm at a distance 15 cm from each other. I put dry, untreated onions on the bottom, sprinkle with earth. When the soil is grabbed by the first frost, I cover the beds with spruce branches, straw or dry topped Jerusalem artichoke.
Irina KAZAKHKOVA
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPRING AND WINTER GARLIC
What is the difference between spring and winter garlic? And how to determine which garlic I buy — spring or winter?
Anna Latysheva, Belaya Tserkov
- Spring is planted in spring, it is well kept, but it looks less attractive than winter. It has small teeth and a thin skin. Inside the bulb there is no central stem, but there are many tiers of small garlic cloves. Winter is planted in the fall, it is not afraid of the cold, it is stored worse than the summer, it starts to dry and germinate early. The heads and cloves of winter garlic are much larger than those of the spring variety. In addition, they are more juicy and covered with a dense shell. In the center of the head there is a thick rod, to which the cloves fit snugly.
Irina Gurieva, teach, comp. FNTS them. Michurin
What fertilizers should be applied for autumn planting of winter garlic? What further apply feeding?
Valery Vladimirovich YANUSHKEVICH
Garlic is very responsive to organic fertilizers, so when autumn tillage under it is applied (per square meter) 5-6 kg of humus or well-aged compost. Manure and bird droppings are used only under the previous culture!
At the same time with organic soil is flavored with mineral fertilizers. With timely introduction into the wet soil, they quickly become available to plants already in the initial period of their growth. On average, per square. m of crops used 30-40 g superphosphate and 20-30 g potassium chloride.
After that, the area is carefully dug up to a depth of 20-25 cm, evenly mixing the added substances with the soil. The combined use of two types of fertilizers increases the vital activity of microorganisms in the soil and the accumulation of nutrients. It also eliminates or reduces soil acidification caused by certain mineral tukami.
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When seedlings appear in early spring (the third decade of March - the first decade of April), fertilizing with nitrogen fertilizers (10-15 g / sq. M of ammonium nitrate) is carried out. The second top dressing should be confined to the phase of maximum leaf growth, the third - to the phase of the onset of bulb formation. It is better to carry them with fertilizers dissolved in water.
For all varieties of garlic, the use of phosphorus and potassium contributes to the better maturation of the bulbs and boules-barrels, increases the content of carbohydrates and protein in the cloves of garlic. For fertilizing, you can successfully use local fertilizers diluted with water: slurry (1: 3-4), mullein (1: 5-6), bird droppings (1: 8-10). Give them to each dressing on 3-4 l / sq. m. Solutions of local fertilizers are especially good for early spring application.
When the laying of cloves begins in winter garlic plants, the crops are fed with full mineral fertilizer: 10 g of ammonium nitrate, 20 g of superphosphate and 10 g of potassium chloride per square meter. m. In Belarus, this period begins in the second or third decade of May, in the middle zone of Russia - 1-2 weeks later.
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For example, I noticed that if winter garlic is planted at the end of autumn, then no matter how fruitful the variety is and no matter how I “charge” the soil (using everything I can, right up to the mineral water), in the spring all cloves sprout. And the place is then empty on the garden, although every centimeter of land in the garden is registered! But on the “bald spots” among the garlic, what then can I plant? So you're worried about such mismanagement. And although everything seems to be not my fault, it is still unpleasant.
And I finally came up with this thing.
In the late autumn I select the strongest and largest chives of garlic, soak them in a weak solution of potassium permanganate, rinse thoroughly with running water, dry them and immediately wrap them in dry rags.
Then I wrap these nodules in a film and put them in a black cellophane bag, which I bury on the bed, and leave the pens from this bag to stick out. And next, for fidelity, I also stick some kind of stick - an extra landmark will not hurt.
I cover the ground around the "stash" with old grass and leave everything in this form until spring.
And at the beginning of the season, as soon as the snow melts completely, I pull the package out of the ground by the handles, unwrap the nodules and pull out the teeth that have already sprouted, with pretty roots.
Then I immediately plant them on the garden bed. "Propleins" among the landings are not, yields are good.
In the same way, by the way, I germinate carrot seeds, I just drop them in the spring and just for a week. And then they are very convenient to plant, because on the background of the earth, these seedlings are clearly visible.
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Spring planting of winter garlic is most likely an exception to the rules that require it to be done in the fall, a couple of weeks before the onset of frost. However, if you didn’t have time for planting last year or after winter there were excess garlic heads, then you can try to get a harvest from them by planting cloves in the spring. But this requires appropriate training.
Not less than a month before planting, the heads of garlic are taken into slices, cleaned of scales and immediately soaked in any growth-promoting solution for 8-10 hours.
After that, it is necessary to moisten with water a soft cloth, squeeze and fold the garlic cloves into it, wrap and put in a plastic bag, leaving it ajar. And then the garlic packaged in this way must be placed in the refrigerator. It is impossible that the fabric dries out, it should be periodically moistened with water. Within a month, roots with a length of up to 5 cm will appear on garlic cloves.
As soon as the earth warms up, it will be possible to begin landing. On the garden make grooves about 10 depth cm, in them spread out the sprouted teeth and fill with humus.
When the garlic has risen, feed the plants with azofosca and potassium magnesia. After rains and watering between the rows of garlic be sure to loosen. In early June, it is useful to feed garlic with a solution of mullein or chicken manure. During the summer, it is recommended to feed garlic twice with mineral fertilizers.
In such garlic, in contrast to what was planted in the fall, the growing season will increase by about a month, but its heads will be larger.
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I can’t grow good garlic. Maybe the reason for this is acidic soil?
Konstantin Vladimirovich
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Garlic, like onions, is very sensitive to the increased acidity of the soil. In this case, the supply of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, molybdenum, boron and some other elements to plants decreases. Therefore, the best for garlic are sandy and loamy soils with a neutral reaction.
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The increased acidity of the soil in the area is indicated by plants growing on it - horsetail, horse sorrel, plantain, mint.
Even a slight increase in soil acidity harms the garlic. In that
If the leaves become shallow, the color becomes light green, the tops turn yellow, and the harvest is reduced. Heavy, floating clayey soils, on which a peel is easily formed, are unsuitable for growing garlic. Garlic grows well on flood plains and drained peatlands, but ripening is delayed and the bulbs are not stored for a long time.
Strongly acidic soils must be limed, and this should be done better under the previous culture. Lime, along with manure or mineral fertilizers, should not be added, as this increases nitrogen losses and decreases the assimilability of phosphorus compounds by plants.
If necessary, deoxidize the soil immediately before planting garlic using wood ash. The calcium content in it, depending on the origin, ranges from 8 to 80%. In addition, ash is a valuable fertilizer containing a large amount of potassium, phosphorus and trace elements.
Potassium in the ash is present in the form of carbonate or potash, which dissolves well in water and is easily washed out of the soil. As the main nutrient elements, ash does not contain only nitrogen; an aqueous solution of ash has alkaline properties; therefore, its use is quite effective on acidic and potassium-poor sandy and sandy, marsh and meadow soils, as well as on drained peatlands.
Cause of crop failure can be an imbalance of nutrients in the soil. If the garlic lacks any nutritional element or the required ratio between them is disturbed, the plants suffer, the harvest and its quality are reduced. Fertilizing garlic is necessary not only on poor soils, but also on soils rich in nutrient reserves. 8 anyway should follow the recommendations of experts.
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Often, even before the New Year, garlic heads begin to germinate and, I know from experience, they cannot be stopped.
But until the green feather reached 1 cm, garlic is still edible. Therefore, I try to use it faster or put trays on the 8 greens. The teeth that begin to dry and germinate can be scrolled through a meat grinder, put into ice trays and frozen. Then pour ice garlic cubes into a bag and store in the freezer. When necessary, simply add the cube's 1-2 to the cooked dish.
You can put the chopped garlic in a jar and pour it on top.
some vegetable oil. If you spread this mass on bread, it turns out very tasty and healthy!
Or cook garlic oil: crush (crush!) 5-7 cloves and pour 0,5 l of sunflower oil. You can also chop the garlic and dry. Then grind on a coffee grinder and use as seasoning, where you need fresh garlic, for example, in minced meat for chops.
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Many gardeners, especially beginners, are concerned about the question: what to do with sprouted garlic? Often it happens that even before the onset of winter, garlic cloves begin to sprout or deteriorate: they dry up, grow moldy, and at high humidity they rot.
I want to immediately warn you: no longer stop beginning to germinate garlic. Therefore, if this happens to me, I do this: garlic, which begins to dry and sprout, pass through a meat grinder, put into ice cube molds and freeze. Then garlic "ice" just pour in a bag and store in the freezer of the refrigerator. Such cubes can be added to many dishes during their preparation.
You can do differently. Put the chopped garlic in a jar and pour a small amount of vegetable oil on top. It is good to spread bread with this mixture.
I also advise you to cook garlic oil. To do this, crush (pinch) 5-7 teeth and place such cake in a half-liter bottle of sunflower oil. It will get a pleasant taste of garlic and give it to cooked dishes.
And finally, chop the garlic and dry. Then grind on a coffee grinder and use as seasoning, for example, add to the meat for meatballs.