Close garlic without worries: 5 workers' councils cottagers

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Grow big and healthy garlic - the desire of each of us. And this is not so difficult if you know the basic needs of vegetable crops. We will minimize the impact on garlic hazards and give the plant what it needs to build large cloves.

Interesting fact. The largest garlic turns when planting before winter. But this crop has a significant drawback - the teeth are usually kept relatively not so long.

In the summer of garlic, which has most of the medium-sized head, the size is compensated by an impressive shelf life - up to 2 years without loss of quality.

Plant garlic so that he was comfortable

Garlic - a heat-loving, photophilous and relatively water-loving plant. On the latter point (proper watering garlic mode) write below. And yet - to the site requirements:

• outdoor area or partial shade light;
• the place where the spring after the rain does not stagnate moisture;
• say "No" wetland garden.

Excess moisture - the direct path to the development of fungal and bacterial diseases.

Make garlic high flower bed. Again, to her not accumulate moisture. Excellent height - about 8 cm.

Garlic to get a close, he needs enough space. Do not skimp on the area, making aisle wide - 20 cm, and observing interval between landings about 10 cm. So not only garlic will feel comfortable. But it will be easier to take care of plantings.

Do not forget the garlic Features

In garlic farming practices have their "masterpieces":

• timely pinch off unwanted hands, so that the plant does not expend energy on them, and on the capacity of the underground mass;
• in the summer it is recommended to bind the leaves of garlic that, again, nutrients rushed down;
• it is recommended to update the planting material every 3 years, growing from its own bulbochek.

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Correct watering garlic

Garlic likes moisture, but do not like its clusters. Based on this, try to put him on the loose soil and stick to schedule irrigation.

Average soil moisture cycle - 7 days. On the interval between waterings directly affects the weather. Thus, in the hot summer weather garlic sprinkled over 5 days. It had a couple of rainy? Garlic is quite able to live "on the moisture» 1.5 weeks. If the rains were delayed or should the cold weather, leave the watering can in the barn.

The sweetest - treat garlic dressings

For the growth of a large head of garlic needed nutrients. Will make them! Here are popular options:

• in July ash Feed the garlic solution (one cup per 10 liters of water);
• complex mineral fertilizer "For onions and garlic" - the manufacturer has calculated all of us, we can only use according to the instructions;
• 30 g of superphosphate and 15 g of potassium sulfate (or other potassium fertilizer) per 10 liters of water.

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