Planting spring garlic

Garlic brings benefits everywhere. It perfectly complements any dish with its aroma, be it meat or vegetables, and the medicinal properties of garlic have been known since ancient times and are used everywhere to this day. In addition, garlic is an excellent helper in the garden. If it is planted among crops such as strawberries, currants, potatoes and cucumbers, then it Various diseases and pests will not be afraid.

According to the time of planting in the ground, garlic can be divided into spring and winter. Thus, spring garlic is planted in the spring, while winter garlic is planted before winter. Spring garlic does not tolerate frost well, but at low temperatures it grows just fine. The cloves of spring garlic are quite small, but they are stored much better than winter garlic.

Frosts are not a problem for winter garlic, its cloves are large, and the overall yield is higher than that of spring garlic. Winter varieties of garlic are characterized by bolting.

Planting spring garlic can be done as early as the last days of April. If you want to get tender greens, then choose areas with partial shade for planting garlic. In open sunny areas, garlic will delight you with a well-developed bulb.

If you have ever paid attention to the root system of garlic, you have probably noticed that it is poorly developed. Therefore garlic needs fertile soil. You need to water garlic during the period of active growth of greenery, but when the bulb begins to form Watering must be reduced so as not to cause it to rot.

Ripe garlic is removed approximately In the end of August. You can focus on the dried and drooping above-ground parts of the plant.