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When growing garlic, two planting dates are used - spring and autumn. In spring they are planted in spring, in autumn - in winter.
The agricultural technology of cultivating crops at different planting times does not have much difference, but the nutritional components for each type of garlic are required in a certain composition. Quality feeding plays an important role. First, during the growing season, the plant consumes nutrients from the soil, so they need to be replenished. Secondly, crop rotation. The gardener has to take into account the nutritional needs of the previous culture so as not to leave garlic without the necessary component. After all, each culture consumes "its" set. Top dressing of garlic in the fall is needed to replenish the missing elements.
The main thing is that organic matter is introduced under them in sufficient quantities.
The timing of the introduction of autumn nutrition
The preparation of the beds for planting garlic begins in advance.
Usually they begin to prepare the place 2 weeks before planting the chives. In this case, you need to have time to carry out all the work before the free land begins to overgrow with ubiquitous weeds... After harvesting the previous culture, they put things in order in the garden:
- remove all plant residues and roots;
- disinfect the soil;
- dig deep into the ground.
As soon as all the roots and plant debris are removed from the garden, water it with a solution of copper sulfate. For disinfection, take one tablespoon of the substance in a bucket of water. And only then they start the next operation. It is at the time of digging that it is best to add the necessary fertilizer for garlic taking into account the condition of the soil. Do not dig and fertilize just before planting the garlic. The ground will still be loose and there is a danger of deepening the planting material too much.
Also, do not leave the area to be prepared unattended. It is necessary to regularly water the bed and remove the hatched weeds.
Planting winter garlic requires careful attention to soil fertility.
Preparatory autumn activities for the garlic bed
To grow large heads of spicy garlic does not require special knowledge, but experienced vegetable growers advise not to neglect top dressing. Gardeners know that in order to get a good harvest of garlic, it needs a sufficient amount of nutrients. In addition to the planting time and predecessors, the composition and fertility of the soil is of great importance. After all, the soil with high acidity does not like winter garlic at all - its foliage turns yellow. Therefore, before starting to apply top dressing, it is necessary to reduce the acidity of the soil. Winter garlic is planted in neutral and fertile soil.
You can check the acidity of the soil on the site without complex analyzes and the involvement of special structures. There are folk ways:
- observation of a set of herbs growing on the site;
- the use of chalk;
- using table vinegar;
- according to the reaction of the soil in the infusion of currant or cherry leaves.
Summer residents use test strips that can be purchased at the store.
If there is an acidic soil on the site for a garlic bed, then liming should be carried out (within reasonable limits) or a substance with a high calcium content should be added.Wood ash can replace these components. This is an irreplaceable assistant to the summer resident during the whole season of gardening and a unique fertilizer.
Useful additives per square meter for different soil composition:
- a bucket of sand and peat for heavy and clayey;
- a bucket of crushed clay and peat for sandy loam and sand;
- the same volume of loam and sand for peat boggy.
Timely application of the necessary fertilizers in early autumn will improve the structure of the soil and enable it to settle and compact. And the fertilizer applied will have time to dissolve well in order to go into a form acceptable for garlic nutrition.
Putting together a nutritious set for autumn feeding
Advance preparation beds for planting garlic allows you to make the necessary elements on time. Gardeners use organic matter and mineral fertilizers. Garlic responds well to any food. There are a lot of fertilization schemes and each has been tested by the experience of summer residents in their plots: It is important to introduce well-ripened organic matter:
- It is good to add superphosphate (20 g) and humus (5 kg) per square meter of area when digging.
- Compost or matured manure in the range of 4-5 kg, potash salt (25 g), granular double superphosphate (35 g).
Self-prepared compost can be added in larger quantities. This fertilizer is added when digging up to 11 kg per 1 sq. meter. Well-ripened compost is the optimal organic fertilizer for a summer cottage. Growers themselves can control the composition and quality of the nutritional composition.
How to apply top dressing correctly? The organic matter, mixed with the rest of the components, is evenly distributed over the surface of the soil and carefully dug up the earth to the depth of the shovel bayonet.
In addition to the above compositions, fertilizers for garlic work great in the fall in the following ratios:
- Mix potassium salt (20 g) and granular superphosphate (30 g) with half a bucket of humus. If the soil is clay, add a bucket of peat to the composition. The ratio of the components is given for 1 square meter of area.
- For the same area, you can take a bucket of humus and add wood ash (0.5 l) to it, potassium sulfate (a couple of tablespoons) and double superphosphate in the amount of one tablespoon.
You can fertilize the soil with other types of rotted organic matter (leaves, grass) in the amount of 3 kg mixed with wood ash, superphosphate and nitrophosphate. Each component will need 1 tablespoon.
Take urea, ammonium, calcium or sodium nitrate as nitrogen components. And the amount of these components should be half that of phosphorus-potassium.
Perfectly helps vegetable growers, in the absence of organic matter on the site, complex mineral fertilizer.
Tips for growers
If the previous crops received a sufficient amount of feeding, then do not get carried away fertilizers before planting the garlic. In this case, fewer nutrients will benefit garlic.
Chemical preparations are applied in a dry form in autumn so that the penetration into the soil is gradual.
Compliance with the garlic feeding schedule guarantees a good harvest of healthy and large heads.
