Purslane is a well-known, widespread weed all over the world, which has a number of qualities for which all gardeners unanimously hate it. One of them is ineradicability. Purslane is so resilient that even one seed can be the beginning of this weed taking over an area. To remove purslane from the garden and garden, patience, knowledge and precision in carrying out measures to destroy it are required. In this article we will look at methods of combating purslane on the site.
The first half of spring is stingy flowering plants. Yes, primroses are already pleasing, but there is a very special plant that you can’t help but be moved by. This is a perennial evergreen ground cover of aubrieta. I think those who saw the low cushions, or, as they say, curtains of this plant during flowering, probably wanted to have it in their garden. And I hasten to please you, aubrieta is a very unpretentious and easy-to-care plant. Although, there are some peculiarities.
Delicious lamb cabbage soup with sweet peppers, tomatoes, potatoes and, of course, cabbage! It takes quite a lot of time to prepare this dish, but this does not mean that you will have to stomp around in the kitchen all day. Prepare vegetables and meat - wash, chop, place in bowls. Then sauté the vegetables and add the lamb. When the soup boils, you can go about your business for about 1.5 hours, then add potatoes and cabbage and cook for another half hour.
If you have an apple tree growing in your garden, naturally you want to get as many tasty fruits from it as possible. Often, beginning gardeners believe that the more magnificent the tree, the greater the harvest. But that's not true. So that the apple tree gives the rich quality harvest In order for the fruits to be large and juicy, each branch must receive enough light and air. When the amount of light falling on the branches is reduced to 30 percent, fruit buds do not form on the trees.
Ferns are one of the categories that are actively gaining popularity. indoor plants. Their luxurious leaves with unique patterns and soothing, mysterious shades of green look so elegant that it is difficult to resist the beauty of ferns, even if they are not suitable place. Along with unpretentious ferns, they are becoming more common and rare, original views. And among them is a bizarre epiphyte polypodium with unusual leaves and colors.
Bigos in Belarusian - a hot dish from sauerkraut and meat, which is prepared in many countries: Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine and Belarus. Each country has its own cooking characteristics, but the basis is approximately the same everywhere - a mixture of sauerkraut and fresh white cabbage, pork belly and smoked meats. Bigos takes quite a long time to prepare, but the result is worth it. From not himself pleasant aroma You can easily get rid of stewed sauerkraut by following my recommendations.
Gardeners, waking up from hibernation, missed gardening work, and hands reach out to the tools. But it is important to approach the issue of pruning ornamental plants competently. It’s not for nothing that they say “measure twice and cut once.” Our article will help you figure out how to give your plants the right spring “hairstyles,” which of your green pets will respond with pleasure to a new haircut, and for which garden residents it is better to wait a while with pruning.
Cucumbers are the favorite crop of most gardeners, so they grow on our vegetable beds everywhere. But quite often, inexperienced summer residents have many questions about growing them, and, first of all, in open ground. The fact is that cucumbers are very heat-loving plants, and the agricultural technology of this crop in temperate climate zones has its own characteristics. We will tell you everything you need to know about growing cucumbers in open ground in this article.
May days They delight you with warmth and the opportunity to spend more time on the plots. But the long-awaited month of arrival of stable heat cannot boast of balance lunar calendar. In May there are periods favorable for work only in ornamental garden or only in the garden, are quite long, and there are quite a few days suitable for any plants. The lunar calendar for May 2019 requires planning and skillful distribution of planting and sowing times.
Snack cake- simple and tasty! This cake is from chicken liver with vegetables and delicious sauce will decorate a modest family holiday or Sunday lunch. Liver pancakes, also known as the layers of our cake, are very easy to prepare; liver dough is easiest to make in a blender. Pancakes are fried for several minutes on each side. The cream (sauce) for the snack cake is made from sour cream, mayonnaise and herbs. If you grind dill with salt, the cream will turn a light green color.
Despite the popularity of the popular nickname “bottle palm,” it is very difficult to confuse the genuine hiophorba bottle palm with its relatives. A real indoor giant and quite a rare plant, hyophorba is one of the most elite palm trees. She became famous not only for her special bottle-shaped trunk, but also for her very difficult character. Caring for hyophorba is no more difficult than ordinary indoor palm trees. But the conditions will have to be selected.
Warm salad with funchose, beef and mushrooms - delicious dish for the lazy. Funchoza - rice or glass noodles - is one of the easiest to prepare among its pasta relatives. Just pour boiling water over the glass noodles and leave for a few minutes, then drain the water. Funchoza does not stick together and does not need to be watered with oil. I advise you to cut long noodles into smaller pieces with scissors so as not to inadvertently snag the entire portion of noodles in one sitting.
Surely, many of you have come across this plant, at least as a component of some cosmetic or food products. It is “masked” under different names: "jujube", "unabi", "jujube", " Chinese date“, but all this is the same plant. This is the name of a crop that has long been grown in China, and was grown as a medicinal plant. From China it was brought to the Mediterranean countries, and from there jujube began to slowly spread throughout the world.
May chores in the decorative garden are always associated with the need to use every free minute as productively as possible. This month, flower seedlings are planted and seasonal decoration begins. But you shouldn’t forget about shrubs, vines, or trees. Due to the imbalance of the lunar calendar this month with ornamental plants It works best in early and mid-May. But the weather does not always allow you to follow the recommendations.
Garlic heads split into individual cloves are usually used as planting material. But which ones are better? Ideally - varietal ones.
However, not everyone even knows that more than 20 wonderful productive varieties winter garlic. IN last years Scientists have developed such wonderful varieties as Nazus, Komissar, Vyatsky, Amethyst, Garnet, Granite, Onyx, Opal, Petrovsky. Moreover, the list of varieties is constantly updated.
They are sold in the same gardening stores where we usually buy seeds vegetable crops. The only difference is that until now, varietal planting garlic remains, oddly enough, in short supply, which is why it is more difficult to purchase than radishes or other seeds.
It is quite possible to select “nameless” local garlic for planting. But it’s better - with the help of experts in this culture among your neighbors and in the nearest markets.
It is not difficult to accurately choose high-quality planting garlic for your garden based on external signs. I do not advise using the one that is of southern, and especially foreign origin - in our conditions it is low-yielding and often freezes out. The latter is mainly brought to us from China. Chinese garlic is easily distinguished by the snow-white color of its scales. And the one brought from the Caucasus is both violet-blue-pink, but usually larger than the local one, noticeably less spicy in taste, and more suitable for planting and for use in salads and any main courses.
When it comes to planting local garlic, it is more profitable to use the one that has a stable yield. In addition, the most important and mandatory requirements to boarding material - complete absence of diseases and pests. Both are also indicated by external signs: healthy - without spots (of any color), rotten segments or cracks. And especially carefully examine the bottom: the smallest tears indicate the presence dangerous pest- garlic mite. Such a “load” is extremely undesirable!
And also pay attention when choosing garlic for planting: all the scales must be completely preserved on the cloves! Bare - not protected from rot, wireworm larvae and other pests living in the soil.
Significantly increases the future yield of special garlic preliminary preparation planting material, when the heads, divided into cloves, are soaked at room temperature for 24 hours in a weak solution (the color of sleeping tea) of a humic preparation (Rostock). If you don’t find such “delicacies”, soak your garlic in a weak solution of potassium permanganate or in an ash extract (previously 2 cups wood ash boil for half an hour in 3 liters of water), where it is useful to add juice squeezed from 3-5 leaves of medicinal house plants - aloe or Kalanchoe.
The nutritional and medicinal value of garlic is difficult to overestimate. By adding this vegetable to your dishes, you can once and for all get rid of problems with digestion and assimilation of food. Moreover, he is prophylactic from many diseases. Knowing the basic rules, you can get it at any time of the year. The vegetable feels great personal plots, in gardens, vegetable gardens and even on the windowsill. It can be planted in open ground both in autumn and spring. Garlic is also very good at controlling numerous pests that attack currants, tomatoes, and strawberries. Therefore, it is recommended to plant it next to fruit, berry and vegetable crops.
Features of growing winter garlic
At the end of October or beginning of November, when the gardens are already more or less harvested, summer residents begin to new job- preparing areas for new residents. Not knowing how to properly grow winter garlic, novice gardeners are afraid to plant the crop for the winter. Although seedlings planted in autumn are stronger and more resilient. The most important thing is to guess the weather. The cloves need to be planted about a month before prolonged frosts. If this is done ahead of time, the garlic may germinate and lose its cold resistance. At late boarding the vegetable does not have time to create a reliable root system.
Popular varieties
To get a good harvest, it is important not only to know how to grow garlic, but also to choose the right seed. The bottom of the cloves should be free of suberized crust, because it retards the growth of the crop. There are several of the most popular varieties of garlic that tolerate low temperatures. "Komsomolets" and "Otradnensky" are suitable for planting in cold regions. They taste sharp and throw out arrows. The Komsomol bulb weighs up to 30 g and forms about 8 cloves. “Otradnensky” is a large variety; its scales are purple.
It is also worth noting the excellent taste and cold resistance of “Gribovsky Jubilee”. This garlic forms an onion with a large number of cloves, its weight reaches 40 g. Also among summer residents, the “Poretsky” and “Danilovsky local” varieties are very popular. They form a large number of cloves, sharp, cold-resistant.
Planting winter garlic
To get a good harvest, you should choose a suitable area with fertile soil. About a month before planting, the soil needs to be dug up, organic matter and complex fertilizers added, but fresh manure should not be used, because it is a source of fungi. The width of the beds should be about 75 cm and the height - 8 cm. It is recommended to change the planting sites for garlic annually. Large bulbs will grow in areas where zucchini, cucumbers or cabbage grew.
Beginner gardeners do not know how to grow good winter garlic. There is a little trick here - you need to calibrate the teeth. Too small, rotten, soft ones should not be taken at all. It is also not recommended to plant specimens with double fruiting bodies or several tops. Planting material should be disinfected in a 1% solution of copper sulfate. The cloves need to be planted to a depth of 5 cm, with an interval of 10 cm, the distance between the rows is recommended to be 20 cm. Garlic does not like density, because otherwise it will have to fight for space and will not be able to gain the required weight.
Garlic care and harvesting
In autumn, it is recommended to cover the area with the crop with agrofibre, leaves or spruce branches. As soon as the snow melts, the shelter should be removed. In early spring, it is important to make two fertilizings with urea; they are necessary for active vegetation. If the soil itself is poor, then for the bulb to grow, fertilizer should be applied 2 times a month throughout the growing season. As soon as the height of the arrows reaches 20 cm, they need to be pinched at a level of 5 cm. In order for the garlic to ripen faster, you need to scrape a little earth away from the bulbs.
There is no need to delay harvesting the crop; it should be done as soon as the lower leaves turn yellow. It is very important to know how to properly grow winter garlic, because if you do not have time to dig it up in time, the scales will come off and expose the cloves, and this will affect the quality of storage of the vegetable. The bulbs should be placed under a canopy for natural drying for a week, and when the root lobe begins to crumble into dust under your fingers, you can transfer them to permanent place storage
Features of growing spring garlic
Fertile loamy and sandy loam soils are most suitable for planting bulbous crops. Knowing how to grow onions and garlic, you can achieve good harvest. These vegetables are not demanding, but still have some growing features. Garlic is a light-loving plant, so it should not be planted in the shade of trees. It can be given a separate bed or placed next to fruit and berry crops or vegetables. Garlic feels good near strawberries, potatoes, raspberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, black currants, onions, gooseberries, roses, gladioli, tulips. It can be planted in areas where cabbage and legumes used to grow, but it is not recommended to combine them in one bed.
Beginning gardeners do not know how to grow healthy and large summer garlic. To do this you need to choose a good planting material, remove diseased and small teeth. It is worth updating varieties from time to time because they can degenerate. To make spring garlic grow faster, it is sprouted. The teeth are placed in a wet fabric bag and placed in a plastic bag for a couple of days. But it is not at all necessary to do all this.
Planting summer garlic
The crop must be planted in the spring, as soon as the soil warms up to +7 °C (somewhere in early or mid-April). Dry soil requires abundant watering; if it is wet, then watering the beds is not necessary. The garlic is planted to a depth of about 6 cm, it should be twice the height of the clove. Germinated seed must be planted carefully, without damaging the root system. The beds need to be mulched. The rows should be made about 20 cm wide, the cloves are planted at intervals of 10 cm. Spring garlic is not afraid of frost, its shoots appear at +3 °C. The initial growing season for the crop takes place at +10 °C, the bulb is formed at +15 °C, and it matures at +25 °C.
Crop care
Many people wonder how to grow large garlic, especially if the summer is hot and it is not possible to constantly water the beds. In this case, it is necessary to mulch the soil, and it is better to choose light mulch. During the growing season, you need to try to provide the garlic with plenty of water, because at this time it is actively growing. When the bulbs ripen, moisture is needed in smaller quantities. In rainy weather, the area should not be flooded with water at all. Overmoistening should not be allowed under any circumstances, because it provokes the development of fungi and damage to the bulbs.
For spring garlic, it is recommended to carry out two feedings: in early spring water the ground with a solution of bird droppings or rotted cow dung, and in the middle of summer - with an ash solution. Mineral fertilizers are not used for crops; they do not benefit either vegetables or human health. Recommendations on how to grow garlic also include weed control and periodic loosening of the soil. Thanks to mulching, you can make caring for the crop much easier, avoid weeding the soil and reduce the number of waterings.
What is the difference between spring and winter garlic?
Crop varieties are divided into two large groups: bolting and non-bolting. Before growing garlic, you should decide on the variety and its type. Gardeners claim that only winter varieties produce shoots, but in some cases they can also appear on spring crops. It all depends on the climatic characteristics of the region. Winter garlic has large teeth, they are located around the rod. The spring variety is smaller, its bulbs are dense. Winter crops are frost-resistant and their yield is extremely high, but in terms of shelf life they are significantly inferior to summer crops, which are preserved intact throughout the year.
What does garlic need to grow?
This is an incredibly cold-resistant plant, withstanding temperatures down to -45 ° C, so residents of temperate latitudes have nothing to worry about. The bulbs are perfectly preserved under snow cover, and in the spring at +3 °C they begin to grow. The culture develops normally at +18-25 °C. In the question of how to grow large garlic, the quality of the soil plays a big role. The plant feels best on loamy and sandy soils, but does not tolerate acidic and saline soils.
Garlic responds well to feeding, but mineral fertilizers and fresh manure should be excluded. Loves moisture, but waterlogging can have a detrimental effect on the bulbs. For spring garlic, the site must be prepared in the fall, and for winter garlic, a month before planting. The bed should be dug up and about 5 kg of humus added per 1 m2.
Planting large garlic
You need to immediately decide which crop to plant - winter or spring. There are several secrets to the question of how to grow large garlic. Larger bulbs are easier to obtain from the winter variety. Depending on the climatic characteristics of the region, it is planted at the end of September or in October. The teeth should take root before the onset of frost, but not grow. Spring garlic is planted in early spring, as soon as the snow melts. It is not afraid of frost, the main thing here is to gain time, because before the heat sets in, the bulb must form. Otherwise, the garlic will turn out small.
In order for the vegetable to grow large, you need to make wide rows (25 cm) and plant the cloves at a distance of 12 cm from each other. It is important to guess the planting depth; it should be equal to twice the height of the planting material. This rule does not apply to spring garlic; its cloves are buried 3 cm. The soil should not be made too loose, but it is not recommended to press the planting material into the ground. After planting, you need to cover the beds with mulch.
Garlic on the windowsill
Many housewives worry in advance about the availability of greenery during the cold season. If everything is more or less clear with onions, because they sprout incredibly quickly, then few people know how to grow garlic on a windowsill. And garlic greens are required in many dishes. If you simply plant the cloves in a pot of soil, they will germinate closer to spring. It's very easy to speed up the process. To do this, it is necessary to place the containers with garlic outside late in the fall so that it can undergo cold treatment. Then you should take the boxes home and water the soil with warm water. At a temperature of +17 °C, greenery will appear within a week. Even those who did not know how to grow garlic at home can easily get it in the cold season. Fragrant greenery on the windowsill when a blizzard is raging outside, what could be more cozy?
Garlic diseases
Despite the undemanding culture, it can still be affected by various diseases during the growing season. The most common is bottom rot; the fungus causes the bulb to rot, the roots to die, and the leaves to turn yellow. If a gray coating appears on the leaves, it means that the garlic has been attacked by downy mildew. This disease threatens the under-ripening of the bulbs. White rot provokes the death of leaves and the formation of mycelium on the roots. The disease leads to tooth decay. Bacterial rot also leads to very unpleasant consequences. Because of it, brown ulcers with a rotten smell appear on the teeth. To protect the crop from pests, it is necessary to treat the garlic with an ash solution before planting. You can also plant the plant next to calendula and chicory, they save you from nematodes.
Garlic is divided into winter and spring. Each has pros and cons. Winter yields big harvest, but poorly stored. Spring yields a smaller harvest, but lasts until next year.
Plant species
How to distinguish spring from winter by appearance? A hard rod sticks out from the middle of the winter crop bulb - the remnant of the arrow. The spring one does not have such a rod, so it does not shoot. The teeth of the winter onion are large and form one layer. The denticles of the spring onion are small and can be arranged in two or more layers. And the main difference is different planting times. Spring crops are planted in spring, and winter crops in autumn. And now about the main thing – the landing rules.
Video about growing garlic
The technology for growing garlic is constantly being improved. This is how several planting methods appeared, which we will now tell you about.
Method No. 1 - traditional
A place is allocated for the crop from under early harvested plants: cucumbers, early cabbage, radishes, legumes. The site should not be located in a low-lying area and should not be flooded with meltwater in the spring - the teeth will rot and die. The soil is fertilized: humus or rotted manure is added, dug up with a shovel and furrows are made every 25 cm. Unpeeled cloves are planted every 10-12 cm. The plantings are covered, watered and mulched.
Photo of planting winter garlic
Method number 2 - double landing
Double planting of garlic is relevant for small plots. The main secret is that garlic is planted in 2 levels (tiers). This is done in the fall or at the end of August. The first row is located below, the second - above. We dig a groove deeper and lay out the first level of cloves at a depth of 11-12 cm. Some will say deep. Do not worry. They will feel great there.
We fill it with earth and lay out the second row at a depth of 6-7 cm. Make a distance of 10-15 cm between the cloves, and 25 cm between the grooves. Sprinkle with earth. It turns out one clove on top of the other. No one bothers anyone, there is enough for everyone.
Method No. 3 - sowing
You can also not stick the cloves into the ground, but sow them, that is, lay them out on a side or simply throw them in rows. The only thing that might confuse you is the garlic head lying on its side and the crooked neck. But this does not affect the quality of the product, taste and size of the onion.
The photo shows garlic sowing
The teeth were planted and mulched. In the spring they immediately begin to grow. The tooth that turned out to be lower is more favorable conditions. He's deeper and he's warmer there. It has developed a better root system. And the one that is higher warms up faster in the spring.
When to harvest garlic? The bulbs are removed when the arrow bursts. Why then break out the arrows? If you leave them, the garlic heads will grow less. The arrow takes up the food, as bulbs form on it, but it’s worth leaving a few. Garlic arrows will show you when it is ready to harvest. The arrows are broken off not when they have just emerged from the stem, but when they have made a circle.
When to plant garlic?
Every autumn this question arises among all gardeners. And here, as they say, how many people, so many opinions. Some people prefer to plant the bulb 2-3 weeks before the soil freezes. The tooth has time to take root and readily begins to grow in the spring. But early August and September planting is considered incorrect, since the tips of the plant’s feathers begin to turn yellow early. We will not convince you of the correctness or incorrectness of a particular method. We will tell you about the interesting experience we have done.
We planted garlic on three dates: August 20, September 20 and October 20. Most best harvest the August landing gave. He overwintered best. If you think about it, it immediately becomes clear why this is so. We planted it early, it managed to take root well, gained strength and immediately began to grow in the spring. And the worst harvest was from the October planting. It didn’t really take root, didn’t overwinter well and grew little.
If the plant managed to sprout from the August and September planting, then nothing bad happened. That's how it should be. To check whether August planting is effective, plant some of the cloves early, and some when it seems more appropriate to you, and then compare the results.
You may ask why sprouted garlic does not freeze? When it produced roots, the composition of the cell sap changed and it contained more sugar. Try freezing the syrup. The syrup won't freeze, but the water will. That is, after germination it goes into another state, simply “falls asleep” for the winter.
Feeding
Feeding garlic in the summer closer to harvest is already useless. If you are going to feed him, then you need to do this in May - June. Then, from the feather, it gains the weight of the bulb itself. When he wakes up, he needs it. An infusion of vermicompost or horse manure is used as a top dressing. It is advisable to mulch the plantings with humus or straw cut into pieces.
The row spacing is sprinkled with ash to prevent pests. Mulching helps retain soil moisture and protects the bulbs from overheating. You don't have to mulch the garlic. Cultivation and care then consist of fertilizing, regular loosening, weed removal and watering.
Another rule: choose the largest cloves for planting. Let's plant small ones - small bulbs and we will get it. If the tops turn yellow, this indicates damage to the root system. Causes: root gnawing by pests or the action of soil rot.
If the plantings are mulched, there is no need to water them. Under normal weather conditions, rain moisture is sufficient. After all, the clove has already grown roots, will draw moisture from the soil itself, and form a good bulb.
Also prefers fertile soil. If necessary, humus or rotted manure is added to the soil in an amount of 3-5 kg/m2. The teeth are planted in rows at a distance of 6-7 cm from each other. A distance of 25-28 cm is maintained between the rows. The approximate depth of planting garlic cloves is 3 cm. We will describe two methods.
Method No. 1 - traditional
Planted in early spring, April 15-25. Before planting, the heads are divided into cloves and sorted by size. It is advisable to plant slices of each size in separate grooves. Care consists of regularly loosening the rows, watering and removing weeds. If the plantings are mulched, as mentioned above, there is no need for watering.
Method No. 2 – with sprouted teeth
Garlic heads are stored all winter at a temperature of 20 0 C. At the end of March, the bulbs are disassembled into slices and soaked for 3 hours in water room temperature, taken to the cellar, where they are laid out in one layer and covered with rags or film. When the roots grow 2-5 cm long, the cloves are planted in moist soil.
Photo of planting garlic
Spring plants are fed in the same way as winter plants, with an infusion of mullein, vermicompost or horse manure. Of inorganic fertilizers, urea is used at the rate of 1 Matchbox on a bucket of water when shoots appear, then after 10 days and a third time at the end of June. To prevent pests, ash is scattered between the rows.
Spring bulbs are harvested when the feathers of the lower tier of the plant dry out massively in the third ten days of August - the first ten days of September. The bulbs selected from the soil are laid out in one row to dry under a canopy. The tops must be completely dry. Do not rush to cut off the green shoots of garlic, as the bulb receives nutrition from them and continues to grow during drying. Dry tops are cut off, leaving 5 cm.
Garlic tends to degenerate, just like potatoes. When propagating by cloves, diseases gradually accumulate in the crop and the yield decreases. To prevent this from happening, from time to time the garlic is renewed from bulbs (balloons). In the first year, the balloons produce one-toothed ones. In the second year, full-fledged bulbs grow from them. The garlic turns out healthy and there is no need to run around looking for planting material, especially since it is quite expensive.
Garlic in the photo
Bulbs are taken from plants from which the shoot was left. When the inflorescence bursts and the bulbs turn the color characteristic of this variety, the inflorescences are broken off and placed in a dry place to ripen. For planting, take bulbs with a diameter of 4-5 mm.
Method No. 1 - traditional
Bulbs are sown in the first days of October. Humus of 3-4 kg per 1 m2 is added to the soil and dug up. Make rows up to 4 cm deep at a distance of 10 cm from each other. The rows are watered, air balloons are laid out every 3 cm and sprinkled with earth. In spring and summer, caring for crops is the same as for ordinary garlic. By the beginning of August, one-toothed bulbs grow from the bulbs, which are dug up when the tops turn yellow. They are dried and used for autumn planting for a full bulb.
Method No. 2 - direct
In the first year, one-toothed ones are grown from air plants using the traditional method. In August, the one-toothed ones are not dug up, but are left in the soil for the winter. Next spring The plants are carefully thinned out, thus increasing the distance between the remaining bulbs. By the end of May, the distance between the rows should be 25 cm, and between the single-claws in the row - 10-12 cm.
Video about growing garlic and caring for it
Method No. 3 - growing through winter
In the first half of June, bulblets are sown. Before this, they are stored unthreshed in the refrigerator. By the second ten days of September, the plants already have 4-5 leaves, a good root system and a thick stem as thick as a pencil. In October, winter plants harden and winter well. On next year from them full-fledged bulbs develop.
We shared with you all the secrets that we used ourselves. Now you know how to grow garlic. It's up to you. Choose the method you like, or better yet several, so you can compare the results later and grow a huge harvest, to your delight and to the envy of your neighbors.
Garlic represents perennial. If you decide to grow winter garlic, then it is better to take care of it in the fall. Planting it bulbous plant By winter, next year you will receive garlic of excellent quality and size.
Did you know? Garlic has gained wide popularity and has more than 70 varieties..
Varieties of winter garlic
Let's look at what varieties there are and how to choose garlic for planting before winter. Varieties of winter garlic are divided into those that can shoot arrows and those that cannot do this. Below are the most common varieties:
- "Gribovsky anniversary". This popular variety garlic was bred in 1976, it is characterized by good fertility. It matures completely in 105 days, the head of this garlic has 7-10 cloves. The average weight of the head is 33 g. The variety adapts perfectly to weather conditions.
- "Dungan local". This is a bolting garden variety. It was bred in 1959 and was intended for cultivation throughout the country. Scales on the cloves purple, the number of cloves varies from 2 to 9. One pod can have up to 135 bulblets.
- "Gribovsky 80". A very sharp variety. From 7 to 11 cloves with a purple tint. This is a shooting variety that adapts well to all weather conditions. When proper care can be stored for a long time.
- "Large-toothed Kiseleva". Another representative of the bolting variety of winter garlic. White cloves with white scales are large in size and correct form. On average, one head contains 5 cloves.
- "Otradnensky". The variety was bred in 1979, tolerates low temperatures well. There are about 6 cloves in one head. It has good immunity to diseases.
- "Scythian". Bright representative winter variety of garlic. It was bred in 1993 specifically for the conditions of Siberia. One head has no more than 5 cream-colored cloves. Has high immunity to diseases.
- "Hermann". A shooting variety of garlic. Round form There are 7 cloves in the head. Can be stored for 9 months.
- "Doctor". This variety of shooting garlic was bred relatively recently. The color of the cloves is pale pink. The weight of one head is 65 g. The head contains up to 18 cloves.
When to plant garlic before winter
Many gardeners are interested in the question of when and how to plant garlic before winter. Winter garlic is usually planted in the fall. The area where garlic is planned to be planted must be cleared of vegetation no later than the end of July.
Garlic itself is planted a month and a half before the onset of frost. Before winter fully takes hold and the soil freezes, garlic will have time to develop a strong root system about 11 cm long, but green shoots will not appear.
How to prepare garlic before planting for the winter
If your garlic is poorly stored or its leaves turn yellow early during the growing season, the heads begin to rot, and so on, then preparation for planting should be carried out as follows:
- Select planting material. Healthy, large garlic is suitable for these purposes. Pay attention to the number of cloves in the bulb; if there are not many of them, do not take them for planting.
Be sure to make sure that all the cloves are healthy; the health of the entire crop directly depends on this. Examine each clove carefully and remove any that are rotten or stained.Please pay attention Special attention the bottom of the clove. It should be free of defects and have a uniform gray color.
Important! If there are too many infected cloves, then it is better to completely discard this batch, since there is a high probability of not getting a harvest from such material
- Treat garlic before planting in beds. This should not be neglected. It is thanks to processing that garlic will be more resilient and viable.
Garlic can be processed in a weak solution of potassium permanganate or copper sulfate . You need to soak for about 10 hours.
Also you can use regular ash. One glass of ash is dissolved in a liter hot water and leave to infuse until the liquid separates and cools completely. Then you need to drain the light liquid and soak the garlic in it for one hour.
If painful cloves have not been identified, then you simply need to treat them with Fitosporin-M solution 2 weeks before planting.
Important! You need to disassemble the cloves immediately before planting, otherwise they will dry out and not grow..
How to prepare the soil for planting garlic for the winter
Proper planting of garlic for the winter is the key to a good harvest. Garlic is a light-loving plant; it needs a lot of sunlight and non-acidic sandy loam soil.The soil must be manured before planting the previous plant, since fresh manure is destructive for garlic; pests and various diseases will spread from it to garlic.
If there is still a need to fertilize the soil for garlic after the previous crop, then this should be done no later than two weeks before planting the plant.
First, dig up the soil, add to each square meter 6 g of humus, 30 g of superphosphate and 20 g of potassium salt. Then you need to water the area with a solution of copper sulfate diluted in water (1:10). After this, cover the treated area of the bed with film.
After what crops is it best to plant garlic?
Thoughtful fruit change plays important role in growing any plant. Planting garlic before winter requires the right mix of substances in the soil.
If there was a plant growing in this area before him, necessary set whose minerals coincide with garlic, then you will not get a good harvest.
Plants with a long root system are considered the best option. They will deplete the soil in the lower layers, which means the upper layers will remain untouched and are ideal for garlic.
Representatives of such crops can be grains. Moreover, grain crops themselves are green manures. But there are exceptions - oats and barley are not suitable for these purposes.
Did you know? Green manure - plants, root system which affects the accumulation of nitrogen compounds.
Garlic grows very well in place of zucchini, cabbage, beans and peas. It also feels great near berry crops. If the garlic is small, it can be planted in areas where strawberries, raspberries, and wild strawberries grow.
