How to feed garlic in spring and summer

how to feed garlic

Garlic has long been widely used for various purposes: medicinal, culinary, and to repel insects. Garlic and its vapors have a strong bactericidal effect, so it is recommended to use it for sore throat, flu and other colds.

As you know, garlic is planted in the fall, the so-called winter garlic, and in the spring, spring garlic.

Garlic is usually planted in the fall. Therefore, in addition to other questions related to the care of garlic, the question often arises of how to feed the garlic in the spring after it has overwintered.

The depth of its planting in the fall depends on the size of the cloves and the type of soil. The distance from the top of the head to the surface of the earth should be 3–4 centimeters. The planting is mulched with a layer of humus, peat or sawdust to a thickness of 2–5 cm, brushwood is laid out to retain snow on the beds, and in the spring the layer of mulch is removed so that the plants do not rot.

Traditional care: removing weeds, systematic loosening, watering during active growth.

How to feed garlic in spring? In early spring, it is watered with 1 tablespoon of urea diluted in 10 liters of water. One or two more similar feedings are done in the summer. You can water it with a solution of slurry or bird droppings in a ratio of 12–15 parts water to 1 part fertilizer. They feed in the same way as they water, only at the root. If the leaves are too light, then you need to feed them with nitrophoska (2 tablespoons per bucket of water).

When the garlic shoots grow to 10 cm, they need to be removed, otherwise you can’t even count on a good harvest.You can leave it and let it ripen only on a few strong plants “for breeding.”

Shortly before harvesting, the soil is removed from the bulbs, which promotes the ripening of the garlic. Remove it when the lower leaves turn yellow. Winter garlic ripens much better than spring garlic. Its scales become durable. But if you leave the garlic in the garden too long, the bulb will disintegrate into cloves, sprout and will not be stored well.