Garlic is a large and sturdy: the cultivation of subtlety
If your garden has a garlic - this article is for you. In it - the basis of cultivation and agronomic techniques to help you get big and strong yield. Garlic successfully survive the winter and come in handy in the kitchen, giving your dishes spicy distinctive taste.
By the time of planting garlic is winter and spring. We'll talk about the second option, because it is most often practiced in our country. It is less fruitful and productive than the planting of winter, but it is very easy to use and is also good. Garlic planted in the flower bed very early, immediately after thawing of the soil, so the description of the process of planting, we drop and move on to the actual - care in pursuit of a garlic giant :)
Caring for garlic
Of course, the garlic should promptly watered, loosen and cure of diseases or pests, if such there were. I tell you about the tricks that you might not know. But they will be useful to you in order to grow on your site excellent garlic:
- in the second half of June otgrebite soil from garlic. Since the head is more regular shape: flat and circular.
- 3 days before harvesting feathers tie it with a rope - so garlic will ripen and be better kept.
The main thing - is feeding
We know that there are fertilizers mineral and organic. All of them provide a large number of plants needed elements and chemical compounds. For the growth of a large and healthy garlic essential that the plant did not experience them in the deficit. Therefore, in my opinion and in my experience, you need to make just two types: and fertilizer, and organic matter. Not immediately, of course.
Mineral fertilizers
Mineral fertilizer is recommended to make at the time of formation of bulbs. This is one of the most important periods in the life of garlic. Besides fertilizers are absorbed by the plant are not immediately and completely, so will fuel growing head for a long time. To feed is perfect superphosphate (50 mg per 1 sq. m) and potassium chloride (15 grams per square meter. m.).
organics
To increase the number and quality of the crop garlic followed by 2 times to make organic fertilizer (optional):
- mullein (1 kg diluted to 8 L of water);
- chicken manure (1 kg dilute 10 l of water).
Such a volume of liquid natural fertilizer suffice for 5 sq. M. Feeding the garlic first time when the first shoots of the second time - when rounded head. If you liked this article about growing large garlic, please rate it "Thumbs up!" There will also be interested in: Feeding the May GARLIC so that it does not yellower