Garlic bases, our kitchen would lose a lot. We add it to salads, meats, preserves and soups. Its characteristic smell may not be pleasant for everyone, but it results from the high content of allicin, which determines the health properties of garlic. We advise on how to keep your own cultivation of this symbols of health.
Garlic can be planted in autumn or spring, depending on the variety. In autumn, we perform this procedure in October so that the bulbs can root before the arrival of winter. Spring garlic planting should take place in the third decade of March, until April 10. Later planted onions will not manage to make large heads before the harvest.
There are several varieties of spring garlic in Poland: ‘Cyril’jankiel’ and ‘Jarus’. The teeth planted in spring will turn into large heads about 40 grams. These are aromatic varieties, suitable for both direct consumption and drying. Spring plantings are collected three to four weeks later than autumn.
For planting garlic, choose medium or large teethnothing will grow out of small ones. Get on them in a gardening store, because it may not be out of garlic from grocery stores. This is influenced by the sterilization processes that food products are subjected to. How to plant garlic step by step? My grandfather had a proven method for this:
- Choose a sunny place in the vegetable garden;
- clean the area from weeds;
- Put the garlic cloves to a depth of 3 cm, at a distance of 13-15 cm from each other;
- Put the planted teeth with soil and gently water without directing the stream directly to the bulbs;
- Cover the mesh cuttings so that they do not become birds of birds. When they grow a bit, you can remove the net.
Grandpa had one more advice for me to Do not plant garlic in a place where a year earlier onion vegetables, such as onions, chives and leek. The use of crop rotation will make our cuttings always have the right amount of nutrients.
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This onion vegetable is quite easy to grow and does not require special attention. Garlic who likes the sun must be watered regularly. It is important, however, not to transfer it, which will cause root rot. It’s best to hydrate the bed so that it is always slightly moist. Thanks to this, the soil will be soft and will not stop the development of the roots, which we care about the most in the case of garlic. Watering is especially important for spring varieties.
Garlic beds also require regular weedingso that they do not have to compete with other plants with nutrients. When the leaves of the plants start yellow, watering should be reduced. Garlic also produces flowers that are best removed. This will cause the plant to invest in root. Well -cared autumn garlic will bring crops as early as July, and spring at the turn of August and September.
