Garlic is a culture that is necessary both in itself (few things are as tasty as a crust of black bread grated with garlic!), And for many dishes and preserves. But in order to get the maximum yield, the plot must be properly fertilized. How it is done in the fall.
Prepare the cart in the winter, and the garlic plot in the summer!
For a good harvest, you first need to dig up the beds in July-August. Digging is carried out on the bayonet of the shovel, adding:
- in clay - high-moor peat, a bucket for 1 sq. m beds;
- in loam - 3 kg of humus, 200 g of slaked lime and 20-30 g of superphosphate for the same area.
Nothing is added to sandy loam and black soil in autumn. Instead, the area is treated with a solution of 1 tablespoon of copper sulfate in a bucket of water, 1 liter per 1 sq. m plot. After processing, the site is covered with agrofibre and left until the garlic is planted - this way it is possible to avoid fungal diseases.
Top dressing
Garlic is fed primarily with the following drugs:
- Lime or dolomite flour. They regulate acidity (garlic does not grow on acidic soil).
- Organic. Compost, manure, vermicompost, infusion of poultry droppings.
- Mineral fertilizers. Superphosphate is best, if not, wood ash is also suitable. It is good because an overdose is impossible: the excess potassium simply will not be absorbed and will remain in the soil.
- Sulfur compounds. They are extremely important for garlic: it is the sulfur-containing substances that provide it with a specific taste.
- Sulfur. This element is vital for the development and growth of garlic.
What exactly does garlic need in the fall?
Siderata
Before planting winter garlic, it makes sense to sow green manure plants. These "green fertilizers" accumulate nitrogen and other nutrients in the soil, thanks to which the vegetable overwinters well and begins to grow vigorously in spring.
Siderata are planted at the end of July. It is necessary to use primarily mustard, rye, barley or peas. 3-4 weeks before planting, the green mass is mowed, but left on the site, and then plowed or dug up on a full bayonet. The effect is stronger than from the introduction of compost or vermicompost: the soil not only becomes nutritious, but also lighter and looser.
Mineral fertilizers
Before planting winter garlic, superphosphate, nitrogen and potassium compounds are used:
- Potassium nitrate, urea or ammonium nitrate - in the amount of about 2 kg per "weave". Nitrogen fertilizers will help rotate plant residues (the same green manure). But you don't need to get carried away with nitrogen compounds: there is a risk that the garlic will grow and freeze in winter.
- Superphosphate - about 1 tablespoon per 1 sq. m of soil.
Mineral compositions are not diluted with water and are introduced in the form of granules so that they stay in the soil until spring.
Organic
You need to use the following fertilizers:
- manure is not applied in the fall. Its time is spring;
- humus or compost - no more than 3 kg per 1 sq. m;
- peat - no more than 1 bucket per the same area, and only in clayey areas;
- ash - as much as you find, overdose is impossible. Best of all - an infusion of 1 liter of water per 1 glass of dry ash, per 1 sq. m, a liter of such a solution is introduced.
Conclusion
Despite its unpretentiousness, winter garlic needs feeding. The best option is to grow siderata in the middle of summer on a future plot for him. Then add them to the soil, feed them with nitrogen for better decay - and plant garlic, using superphosphate and wood ash as fertilizer. Then next year you will be pleasantly surprised by what massive heads of garlic were born. But organic fertilizers must be used carefully so as not to cause the growth of stalks and leaves of garlic, which will definitely not survive the winter and freeze out under the snow. Organic time is spring.
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