Garlic - an indispensable ingredient in the kitchen of every mistress. In addition, that it can give the dish a unique taste, aroma and piquancy, it also has a number of useful properties. Everyone knows that garlic can protect against bacteria, but it also helps to dilate blood vessels, lower blood pressure and remove cholesterol from the body. Grow garlic yourself is not difficult, you just need to follow some rules of care. Let's consider in detail how to grow and when to remove the summer garlic.
Planting garlic
In order to correctly plant the garlic , it is necessary to select the large bulbs and choose large teeth from them. Planting is best at the end of April, then the bulbs will have time to form in time for harvesting summer garlic. The teeth should be placed on the bed at a distance of 6-8 cm from each other. The distance between grooves in this case should be 20-25 cm. Put the teeth better to a depth of not more than 2-3 cm.
Care for planting
During the ripening process, the plant should be regularly watered, loosened and fertilized. Bulbochki formed by a young plant, it is best to break off. This will increase the yield by 30-40%, when the time comes to clean the spring garlic. Watering is especially important in the first months of vegetation. You can do this once a week, and if the weather is dry, then more often. After watering, you need to loosen the ground. Fertilize the plant can be infusion Mullein.
How to properly remove garlic of different varieties?
There are two different varieties of garlic: an arrow and a non-shooter.
The garlic that fires is one that forms an arrow and an inflorescence. The time of harvesting such garlic is easy to determine - it should be scooped out when the lower leaves of the plant begin to turn yellow. The coverslips of ripe garlic are dry and have a characteristic color for this variety. Terms of harvesting of non-streaking spring garlic can be determined by yellowing the leaves and softening the neck of the stem. It is very important to remove the harvest in time, because the overgrown bulbs will be worse stored and rot faster.
Cleaning and storage
It is very important not to miss the moment of harvesting. You can plan garlic harvesting on the lunar calendar to determine the most favorable days. But the approximate time of maturation of the plant from August 20 to September 10. The condition of the leaves will help determine the right moment: they begin to turn yellow and shrink.
To harvest spring garlic is best in dry weather in the morning or in the evening. Each bulb carefully dig with a pitchfork or shovel. Excavated plants should be left on the bed to dry for a week, if it's sunny weather. Or place under a canopy if it rains.
Now, when it became clear how to dry garlic after harvesting, you need to properly process the bulbs. After the bulbs dry well, they must be cleaned from the ground, cut off the roots and stems. However, when circumcising the tops, it is important not to overdo it. The length of the remaining stem should not be shorter than 4-5 cm.
Proper harvesting and storage of garlic guarantees the preservation of the crop. Garlic will perfectly lie both with cold storage (+ 1-3 ° C), and with a warm method (+ 17-18 ° C). Bulbs will remain better if placed in a dry and dark place. For example, a cardboard or plywood box is well suited for storage. In addition, garlic can be braided in braids, an average of 15 bulbs, and hang. In order to bind the braids, you do not need to cut false stems. They can be used to fasten plants, wrapping the stems around the rope.