Rules for planting winter garlic

Garlic is not just a spice in demand in cuisines around the world and adds a delicious aroma to dishes, it is also a real find for our health. Its daily use will provide you with reliable immunity, strong teeth, a healthy heart and a clean liver.



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Practice shows that during winter planting, the heads grow noticeably larger and denser. "Site" It will tell you when and how to plant winter garlic in 2019 and what subtleties should be considered to get an enviable harvest.

Planting winter garlic in 2020 It is believed that it is necessary to plant garlic in the autumn three weeks before the onset of the first frosts. Garlic teeth planted after this time do not have time to take root, and with earlier planting, young sprouts can die from frost.



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The results of studies confirm that before winter, the tooth of garlic should have 12-18 roots 5-10 cm long. For the development of such a root system takes about 35-45 days.

In the northern regions, the planting of winter garlic begins in September. Experts advise to do this on the waning moon, when the night star passes through the fertile signs of the zodiac.





DepositPhotos According to the lunar calendar of gardeners the best winter garlic planting days in 2020: 17, 18, 23, 26, 27 September, 15, 16 October. Prohibited landing days in October: 9 and 24 October. If the beginning of the month is warm, then planting garlic is possible in November 2020. Favorable days: 8-11, 13 November.

Preparation of the bed for winter garlic is quite capricious to the choice of soil and place for planting. When preparing a site, you should remember all the preferences of this culture. The vegetable takes root in the best way on loamy and chernozem soils with neutral acidity. The place should be sunny and open.



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If you annually plant garlic on the same bed, then every year the harvest will please you less and less. Therefore, if possible, change the place of its landing at least once every 2-3 years.

It is better if tomatoes, cucumbers, legumes grew in the garden before garlic. Also, good precursors of garlic can be early cabbage, squash, pumpkin. In places that were previously occupied by potatoes or onions, it is not recommended to plant garlic.

How to plant garlic
  1. Soil preparation
    It is best to fertilize peat, with which you need to dig the ground on the bayonet of the shovel. And add 20-30 g of superphosphate and 20 g of potash fertilizer per square meter. Before landing, you can add ammonium nitrate - 10 g per square meter. The digging depth shall be at least 20 cm.


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  2. Formation of beds
    The ideal bed for winter garlic will be up to 1 meter wide and up to 25 cm high.
  3. Shrinkage time.
    The bed should be left alone until the soil settles after digging. If there is little precipitation in September, then for better shrinkage several times the fields are prepared with water.
  4. Soil cultivation
    In order to prevent garlic diseases, treat the earth with a solution of copper sulfur (1 tablespoon of the substance diluted in 10 liters of water). The resulting solution with the help of watering fields the entire area of the bed. Then cover it with film.


Preparing garlic for planting
  1. Take the head apart.
    Carefully examine the garlic and disassemble the heads into individual cloves, from which select the largest, healthy ones for planting.


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  2. Disinfect.
    Selected teeth soak for 1-2 minutes in a 1% solution of copper sulfur. For antimicrobial treatment, a solution of permanganate, the drug "Phytosporine-M" and an infusion of ash are also well suited. In this case, the processing will last 30 minutes.




Planting winter garlic
  1. Making holes
    Put on a pre-prepared bed the place of planting winter garlic. To do this, make a stick in the ground holes at a distance of 10 cm from each other. The depth of the holes is from 7 to 10 cm, depending on the method and time of planting. The distance between the rows is 20-25 cm. Meanwhile, some agronomists advise planting garlic to a greater depth. Especially if you are late with the landing, and after a few days already possible frost.




  2. Deepen your teeth.
    Do not forget to release the teeth from the “mother” bottom so that it does not delay growth. Put cloves of garlic in the prepared holes. It is not worth pressing them into the ground, as this delays root formation.


  3. Cultivate land
    If the ground is dry, you can water it with a pink solution of potassium permanganate.
  4. Filling the holes
    Closing the holes is necessary with intermittent compost.
  5. Mulching the bed
    The optimal layer of mulch is about 5 cm. For mulching it is best to use peat, coniferous needles or fallen foliage. To trap the snow on the beds (that is, create a warm blanket), spread the firewood on top. Don't forget to remove mulch in spring!


Now you know, How to properly plant winter garlic. We hope that our tips will help you next summer to get an excellent harvest of this medicinal plant.

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