Do you know enough about winter garlic care, its diseases and feeding features?

Probably every seasoned dacha tried to grow high-quality winter garlic, but not everyone succeeds. If, nevertheless, to find the right approach, then it will not be difficult to grow large, strong and spicy garlic.

Therefore, it is worth looking for this very approach and learn how to grow this useful culture with the help of successful agricultural practices. In the article you will learn everything you need about this culture: how and when to plant it, how to properly care for it. You can also watch a useful video on this topic.

What it is?

Winter garlic - what kind of garlic? It is planted in the autumn, closer to winter, the harvest is already at the end of the summer. Since garlic is found in the soil throughout the winter, it is called winter garlic. Properly grown winter garlic grows large with dense hard "scales" as a result., unlike the soft and thin husk of spring garlic, which is planted in the spring.

In the bulb of winter garlic, the cloves are large and even, but there are not very many of them, most often in the head there is an even number, the cloves of spring garlic are small and uneven. Also, a distinctive feature of winter garlic from spring is edible feathers and arrows with seeds, which let garlic plant in the fall, the exception is the spring variety "Gulliver", which can also throw arrows.

Important: We must not forget that it is possible to grow garlic in the same place for no more than three years in a row.

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At the moment there are a large number of different varieties of garlic, but among them are the best:

• "Garkua" - a variety that has a color with pinkish or purple hues; a distinctive feature of other varieties of winter garlic is the small cloves, of which there are a large number in the head. The amount of garlic harvest can be increased by planting pea bushes between rows, this plant will saturate the soil with nitrogen.
• "Garpek" - Garlic brought from Spain differs from other varieties by its large size. The number of teeth in the bulb is average and they are quite juicy. The flesh of the cloves does not differ either by the pulp, nor by a strong sharpness, or by a strong odor.
• "Komsomolets" - A special type of garlic, which can be both spring and winter, depending on the planting time of the crop. The flesh of garlic is pungent and has a strong odor. The bulb itself has a large size. The view is not afraid of either high or low temperatures.
• "Alkor" - bred in Russia, the crop "Alkor" brings almost more than all other varieties. The flesh has no particular sharpness and strong smell. The bulbs are quite large, the cloves are also few. You can not plant garlic heads close to garden trees and bushes.
• "Messidor" - a head of garlic of this grade with a pink shade. The variety is frost-resistant and early ripening, but prefers a large amount of light when grown.
• "Sail" - frost-resistant and early ripe grade. The peculiarity of such garlic is that it does not throw arrows. The teeth are thick and have a strong smell.

Learn about the best varieties of spring garlic, as well as see recommendations for growing and caring for this vegetable here.

Step by Step Growing Instructions

1. It is necessary to start planting garlic 2-3 weeks before the onset of frost, usually around October - early November (depending on climate), the main thing is that a thaw should not occur after planting, otherwise it is fraught with germination of roots and feathers of garlic before winter, and therefore a bad harvest.
2. The depth of planting depends on the region, the lower the temperature regime of winter in the region, the deeper it is necessary to dig in the planting, and the amount of snow in winter also has a strong influence. The optimal depth is approximately 5-10 cm. The distance between the rows should be 20-25 cm.
3. Choosing a landing site is a very important part. The territory should be well lit, the soil should be neutral to acidic, the landing site should be on high ground and not have the possibility of flooding landings. When planting, it is necessary to add a little bit of humus and ashes; it is impossible to add manure when planting this crop.
4. After all the preparatory work, the choice is to plant a large clove in order to grow a full head of garlic by summer, or to plant the bulbs (the so-called boxes of garlic seeds, they grow on the arrows), but in this case the cultivation of the finished large onion will stretch to 2 Or even 3 seasons.

   It depends on the size and development of the bulb. Most often, amateur growers choose the longer cultivation method, for which it is important to preserve the qualities of a certain variety, or some choose this path as an experiment.

5. For planting in the soil it is worth choosing larger teeth, since a larger head will grow from them, if you leave larger specimens for food, and leave smaller ones for planting, then gradually your crop will be completely crushed.

Growing conditions for garlic:

• Watering winter garlic practically does not require, as it has enough moisture from precipitation, unless the weather is too dry.
• It is systematically necessary to loosen the ground by 4-5 cm, or weed with a hoe to loosen the soil and remove weeds.
• Also, you need to carry out mulching. First you need to lightly sprinkle with hay, and then more densely sprinkle the foliage, sprinkle on top of another small layer of hay. It is not worth worrying about garlic, when the snow melts, the plant will easily break through to the light after being under the mulch.
• The first dressing of garlic should be carried out in early spring, when the snow melts. How to feed at this time? Suitable ammonium nitrate solution or weekly infusion of chicken manure. The second feeding is necessary in the middle of May. Spring dressing is carried out with a mixture of potassium salt, superphosphate and ammonium nitrate. For the third time, garlic must be fed at the end of June with a mullein extract.

We recommend to watch a video about planting and rules for growing winter garlic:

Harvesting and storage of the crop

Garlic harvest ripens around the end of June - early August. The exact dates are determined by the timing of the appearance of garlic leaves, the collection should be carried out approximately 100 days after their appearance. In addition, full maturation is determined by the following features:

• The leaves begin to soften and turn yellow.
• The scales on the garlic head become dry and thin.
• There is a softening of the neck.

To be sure, you can get a few bulbs and check their maturation. When the bulbs are ripe, you need to dig them all up, then separate the feathers and stems, and lay the garlic heads to dry. Next, you need to prepare the garlic for storage, it is done in various ways:

1. In a bag of cloth, sprinkled with salt, onion peel or flour.
2. Add vegetable oil garlic cloves or paraffin whole head.
3. Braiding in special pigtails (for this method, the stems and leaves do not need to be torn off).
4. In a box, mesh or in nylon pantyhose.

For storage, you need to select only high-quality garlic, without mechanical damage and rotting.. Leftover garlic should be dried for a month, then cleaned from the uppermost flakes, cut the stem at a height of 5 cm or less, it is desirable to pry or burn the roots above the gas stove.

Board: Then, the treated specimens must be treated with vegetable oil boiled for two hours with the addition of a couple of drops of iodine, then dried again all the heads and put them in the closet or in the refrigerator.

We recommend watching a video about harvesting winter garlic and its storage:

Possible problems

Growing winter garlic does not usually cause any problems even for novice gardenersMore incidents occur during storage of the resulting crop. The main problems with growing are the wrong planting site, and later the minimum yield, or its complete absence, diseases and pests.

When storing the same problems arise such as rotting, susceptibility to disease, etc. All these problems are easily solved, the main thing is to be attentive, diligent and follow all the rules and advice presented in the article above.

Diseases

There are a lot of possible diseases of garlic, but with proper care, it is almost impossible to catch garlic. Possible diseases of this plant:

• Neck rot garlic is a disease that most often affects the crop during transport or storage, arises from last year’s leftovers. It begins to appear at the base of the leaves with white spots with green borders, then stains spread over the teeth and hit the entire head. Avoid possible with proper processing, transportation and storage. Also, you need to promptly remove the remnants of past harvests.
• Rust - The most common and dangerous disease for garlic. It begins to appear on the leaves with yellow spots, gradually expanding, subsequently inhibits the growth and development of the entire crop. To avoid sowing materials need to be treated with formalin, and the soil is treated with special store chemicals.
• Fusarium - A disease that occurs in warm regions. Manifested by quick drying of the leaves, then the stems are covered with brown stripes, and then the head itself begins to be damaged and the plant dies from rot. It is possible to avoid with the help of processing fungicides, as well as the correct choice of seed, soil and water for irrigation.

We recommend watching a video about winter garlic diseases and how to combat them:

Pests

Garlic pests a little and is exposed to their attacks, it is very rare, pests include:

• Root tick
• Garlic four-legged mite.
• Onion fly.

Conclusion

Growing winter garlic is not a very difficult task.however, in the first stages everyone may have some difficulties. Using our advice, you can easily bypass every problem side and grow a really good garlic, to carry out proper care in the spring. It remains to wish you good luck in this business and a good harvest!

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