Sharp and burning garlic has been honored with the title of King of Spices for thousands of years. Piquant taste and healing properties make this plant a welcome guest in any garden. But in order to ensure that the garlic cultivation work is a worthy result, it is necessary to take into account all the characteristics of this plant during planting. About how to properly plant the garlic, we will be talking today.
How to plant garlic correctly - basic tricks
Step 1 - Select the landing location
As is known, both spring and autumn planting of garlic are possible. But whichever method of landing has not been chosen, it is necessary to start work with the right choice of a place for it:
- Like other bulbous, garlic is extremely negative attitude to stagnation of water. For this reason, the bed for him should be broken on small hills.
- For the formation of large heads, garlic needs a lot of sunlight, hence, the bed should be illuminated at least 2/3 of the total duration of daylight hours. Orient the bed along the length follows in the east-west direction.
- The soil on the bed should be nutritious and well-permeable to water and air, but not too loose. On clay and dense soils garlic will grow poorly, and winter will simply freeze.
Step 2 - selection of planting material
The second important component of success is the correct choice of planting material:
- For planting, only the local planting material is suitable, grown no further than half a hundred kilometers from the landing site.
- The teeth of the planting garlic should not have any external damage or signs of deformation. If at least one tooth has signs of spoilage in the head, all other teeth from that head should be discarded.
- Only winter varieties of garlic are suitable for planting under winter, as spring garlic can die at the first serious frosts.
How to plant autumn garlic?
Planting garlic to a depth of 5-7 cm is usually done 30-35 days before the onset of persistent colds: in mid-September in temperate regions and in the middle of October in the southern regions. A deeper (10-15 cm) landing allows us to extend these terms on average by 10-15 days. The soil for planting is prepared for 1.5-2 months, carefully digging it and introducing the necessary fertilizers . After the onset of the first frost, the bed is mulched with peat, sawdust or fallen leaves.
How to plant garlic in the spring?
Planting spring garlic is produced in early spring: late March in the southern regions, and in mid-April in regions with a temperate climate. The seedbed under the planting begins to be prepared in the fall: dig through, select the roots of weeds and apply fertilizers. When spring planting, the garlic is buried no more than 5-6 cm, and then carefully moisturize. To accelerate development, the spring garlic before planting is maintained for 2-3 months in a room with a temperature of 5-7 degrees of heat.
How correctly to plant bulb of garlic?
Cultivation of garlic from seeds (air bulb) has two purposes: first, this method saves considerable money for the purchase of seed, and secondly, it helps to prevent the degeneration of garlic due to infection by its pests and various diseases. Planting in bulbs in autumn in accordance with the scheme 2 * 3 cm at a depth of 1.5-2.5 cm. The following year, from each bulb grows a large single-tooth, which is used as a seed for the subsequent autumn planting. The place for planting bulbochek should be maximally protected from the vagaries of nature: wind and spring floods.