The technology of growing of garden plants is constantly being improved. Is no exception and such a culture, like garlic for which there is a lot of both time-tested and new planting techniques and maintenance.
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Advice
To gather a good harvest of garlic, it is important to familiarize yourself with some rules:
- Before planting it is necessary to make compost or humus, is reserved for the culture aligned, protected from the wind. Lowlands, where spring melt water accumulates, it is best not to choose, as the plants may rot, and the harvest will be lost. Winter garlic grows well in areas where previously grown cucumbers, beans, peas, early potatoes, radish, cabbage.
- Planting cloves recommended 3 weeks before frost. If the soil is already frozen, and then thawed out, then landing is still possible, but we must remember that garlic will need about 14 days, so it has taken root. Spring garlic planted in the second half of April. You can advance its sprout first soaking in warm water for 3 hours, and then placing the cellar, spreading layer 1 and covering film or moist cloths. To put teeth into the wet ground should, where roots seem.
- The optimum intervals between the grooves - 25 cm, and teeth - 10-12 cm planting depth - 5-6 cm. Dimensions of planting material for these indicators do not affect, however, to produce large bulbs is better to use large teeth. If a region with little snow, landing desirable to mulch, using for this purpose the straw that protects plants from heat and helps to retain moisture in the soil longer.
- For small areas is good to apply a double fit, the secret of which lies in the fact that garlic planted in 2 tiers: upper and lower. A number of spread to a depth of 10-12 cm, covered with earth, and make a second groove depth of 6-7 cm. Cloves are planted at a distance of 10-15 cm from each other.
- Can not be used as fertilizer manure, t. To. It often triggers the development of fungal diseases, when the bulbs appear brownish spots. It is best suited for feeding: ash, weed extracts and chicken manure, make that recommended in the third leaf stage.
- Garlic need a good watering and plenty of oxygen, so you should regularly loosen the aisle, especially in dry days.
- Sometimes you need to restore the health of the culture as it accumulates disease and may degenerate. For this purpose use "vozdushki" by growing them odnozubkovy of garlic, which subsequently will serve as a landing material. Seeds harvested from plants that have gone in the arrow vylamyvaya inflorescence as ripeness and placing in a dry place for final ripening. Sow them in early June.
- If there is no problem to collect seeds from the arrows you need time to get rid of, cutting them at the base, otherwise all power plants will go a thick and juicy arrow, and the head and roots remain without power. To harvest when the leaves of the plant turn yellow and start to go to bed.
If the weather is not conducive to growth in the summer, for example, the beginning of the summer drought was different, and then it rained, and it was cool, the Onion may not have time to ripen. In this case, it is not necessary to dig up and leave for the winter, and then applying the method of snow retention. garlic cultivation and care of plants is simple and implement it using these tips, can anyone, even a novice gardener.
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