How to plant garlic before winter? Planting garlic: winter and spring. When to Plant Garlic in the Fall

Garlic is often planted in autumn before winter. They do this in order to get early harvests vitamin products. The method of planting and growing is simple, long tested. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with it.

Why you need to plant garlic in the fall

It is known that there are two types of garlic - spring and winter. It is clear that winter crops are planted before winter, that is, in autumn. More than seventy varieties of winter garlic are registered in the State Register of Breeding Achievements. This species is more popular than spring, due to its advantages:

• Large cloves and bulbs.
• Bright spicy taste.
• High yield.
• Early harvest dates - in most regions this occurs no later than mid-July.

The disadvantages of winter varieties of garlic include short time storage (3-4 months) and the risk of freezing plantings under adverse weather conditions. It should be noted that this culture has good winter hardiness. Garlic is planted before winter in almost all regions of Russia, including the Urals, Siberia, Far East, in Karelia.

How to plant garlic in the fall

There is nothing difficult in this process. plant and grow winter garlic maybe even a beginner gardener.

Planting material preparation

In summer, during harvesting, garlic is sorted and the largest heads with three to five cloves are selected for planting. The larger the planted clove, the larger the head will grow out of it. And of course, the selected bulbs should not have visible damage and signs of disease. Until planting, they are stored in a dry, dark place.

For planting, the largest heads of garlic with three to five cloves are selected

You need to plant garlic about a month and a half before the onset of cold weather. During this time, he will have time to take root and leave stronger in the winter. It is undesirable that he began to germinate, but if this happens, it's not scary. Well-covered garlic will overwinter safely and begin to grow in early spring. Frost-resistant varieties withstand winters with temperatures down to -25 ° C. But if the garlic does not have time to take root, then most likely it will freeze out at frosts of -10 ° C. It is clear that the calendar dates of sowing in different regions vary according to climatic conditions. For example, in the middle lane, autumn plantings of garlic usually start in mid-October, and in the south - at the end of October and even in the first half of November.

Garden preparation

The soil for planting should be prepared two to three weeks in advance. In this case, you need to choose a place where suitable predecessors were grown, for example:

• Any grain, except for oats and barley.
• Zucchini and squash.
• Pumpkin.
• Cabbage.
• Legumes.
• Berry crops (strawberries, strawberries).
• Tomatoes.

Do not plant garlic after crops such as:

• Beet.
• Carrot.
• Potato.

The bed should be located in a well-lit area without flooding. Light loose soils are best suited - sandy loam, loam with a neutral reaction (pH 6.5-7.0). It is convenient to grow garlic in beds one meter wide. Before digging, 8-10 kg / m 2 of humus or compost, 30-40 g / m 2 of superphosphate and 1-2 l / m 2 are evenly scattered on the soil surface. wood ash. Digging depth - spade bayonet.

A bed for winter garlic should be located in a well-lit area without flooding.

Planting process

Step-by-step instructions for planting winter garlic in the fall look like this:

Care after landing

Planting winter garlic does not require fertilizing and other care until spring. The only thing required action- Shelter beds for the winter. To do this, with the onset of cold weather, spruce branches, straw, fallen leaves, etc. are laid on them, and after snow falls, it is advisable to throw it over a shelter 20-30 cm thick. In the spring, as soon as the threat of frost has passed, the shelter will need to be removed to avoid warming plants.

For the winter, the garden bed is covered with improvised materials

In my area (eastern Ukraine), I constantly grow winter garlic. The variety is unknown to me. In our area, winter garlic is usually dug up until July 12 (the religious holiday of Peter and Paul), and so do I. During the harvest, I select the best bulbs for planting and plant them in mid-October (the religious holiday of the Intercession Holy Mother of God). If the autumn is warm - sometimes I plant at the end of October. In December, I cover the bed with dry hay and cover it with branches left after pruning fruit trees. Shelter is usually removed at the end of March. In the spring in April - May I spend two top dressings with liquid organic fertilizers(infusion of weeds or chicken manure). Water regularly and remove weeds. From about mid-June, I stop watering. This simple technology brings me 10-15 kilograms of excellent garlic from a five-meter garden bed (one meter wide). Enough for conservation, and for cooking, and for presents to relatives and friends.

Video: planting winter garlic in the fall

Over the centuries, there have been two main ways of growing garlic:

• winter (planted in autumn, before winter),
• spring (planted in early spring).

There are varieties that are suitable only for winter sowing(as a rule, shooters, with wide leaves), and some grow equally well in both autumn and spring planting. Growing winter garlic is not difficult, but here it is necessary to meet the deadlines for planting. This moment is extremely important! Garlic planted early in autumn will have time to germinate and die in winter, planted late - will not have time to take root and safely winter. The choice of planting time before winter depends on the region, weather conditions and individual preferences of the gardener. In this article, we will try to give comprehensive information on the timing, analyze various printed sources, look at the Folk and Lunar calendar, and turn to the personal experience of gardeners and gardeners. Join, it will be interesting 😉

1. Terms recommended in the literature.
2. Favorable dates according to the lunar calendar for 2018.
3. From personal experience gardeners: When garlic is planted before winter in different regions of Russia.
4. Recommendations for planting garlic in the fall.

The authors of the books say...

At the very beginning, let's see: And when to plant garlic "according to science"? We have studied, leafed through all the country literature available in the home library, and are ready to summarize:

“Typically, winter varieties of garlic are planted in the fall, and if you plant them at other times of the year, the harvest will turn out to be meager. In the Central Non-Black Earth Region of Russia (Middle Belt, Moscow Region), it is recommended to plant garlic in the third decade of September, i.e. at the end of the month ( source: the book "Onion and garlic in the garden").

— In another source ( The garden book. Practical Tips» ) the following period is indicated for planting garlic before winter: from September 15 to October 10.

- There is also such a landmark - garlic is planted 3 weeks before hard frost. By this time, the cloves are rooted, but the leaves do not have time to germinate.

- In one of the newspapers "Arguments and Facts" they write: it is necessary to plant garlic 1.5 months before the onset of frost, so that the teeth have time to take root, but not germinate ( in Central Russia - in October).

- In the middle lane optimal time for planting winter garlic with dry teeth - from September 25 to mid-October. More late dates(closer to November) are dangerous because garlic may not have time to take root and freeze ( source: magazine "1000 tips for summer residents").

- Garlic is usually planted before winter from September 15 to October 1 (source: the book "All about vegetables", author Timofeeva S. F.).

— best term autumn planting garlic - mid September, spring planting - from April 25 to May 5 ( source: book "70 types of vegetables in the garden", author Shuin K. A.).

- For Siberia, the optimal landing time is considered end of September - beginning of October: the teeth will take root, but the growth of the leaves will not begin ( source: book "In Siberia - always with vegetables").

According to most sources, the end of September is the most optimal time for planting garlic before winter. Before the onset of stable cold weather, he will have time to build up a powerful root system necessary for a successful wintering. BUT in the first half of September you need to have time to prepare the beds for its planting: dig, loosen the ground, make any autumn complex fertilizer or organic, wood ash.

Why such terms?

Weather late September - early October contribute to the rapid rooting of garlic. Soil temperature and moisture are just right for the plant to come out of dormancy, and root system started to develop.

Plants planted on time develop well, successfully endure wintering, and in spring they actively germinate.

Teeth germinate already at a temperature of 3-5 degrees. Rooted winter garlic can withstand frosts up to 25-30 degrees. And those cloves that did not have time to take root freeze out at frosts of 10-15 degrees.

Lunar calendar: When to plant garlic before winter in 2018?

Unfortunately, folk calendar for September and October does not give us advice on when to plant garlic. Therefore, we immediately move on to the Lunar calendar for 2018. Again, let's look at a few sources.

• September 27, 28, 29,
• days from 2 to 7 October,
• days from 12 to 17 October,
• 25 and 26 October,
• 29 and 31 October,
• November 1 and 2,
• 9 and 10 November.

The days of the New Moon and Full Moon are unfavorable for planting all plants:

• September 9 and September 25, 2018,
• October 9 and October 24, 2018.
• November 7 and November 23, 2018.

Calendar summer resident magazine "My favorite cottage" pleased with what he calls auspicious and not auspicious days for planting all crops (including garlic), according to the phases of the moon:

Auspicious days for planting all crops in September 2018:

• September 1,
• September 5 and September 6 (until 14:00),
• September 13 - 14,
• from 27 to 29 September inclusive.

Auspicious days for planting all crops in October 2018:

• October 2 and 3,
• October 10 and 11,
• 25 and 26 October,
• 29 and 30 October.

Unfavorable days for planting all crops in September 2018:

• from September 6 (after 14:00) to September 9 inclusive,
• from 20 to 22 September inclusive,
• September 25th.

Unfavorable days for planting all crops in October 2018:

• October 4 and 5,
• October 9
• from 17 to 19 October inclusive,
• October 24
• October 31.

Planting garlic in November:

Thanks to blog reader Irina, household plot which is located in the Ryazan region, we learned that under favorable weather conditions, planting garlic is possible in early November. If you also had to plant garlic in November, the lucky days according to the lunar calendar for planting it will be: November 2, 8, 9 and 10.

Personal experience of gardeners

When to plant garlic before winter is the main question that worries summer residents in the fall. The planting time depends on the weather conditions: autumn will be somewhat warm when the first frosts come and steady cold sets in. But we are not weather forecasters and not clairvoyants (unfortunately), nevertheless, experienced gardeners already have their own secrets, which they successfully share in newspapers and magazines, as well as not on the Internet. Let's take a look?

• Leonid Shapkin from the Kaluga region writes on the pages of the Dacha newspaper that he is planting garlic on September 10-15. He considers this time to be optimal for winter landing. There was a case, I planted it earlier - before September 10, but the garlic did not have time to sprout in the fall. Once planted in October - the garlic was all frozen. When planting, he does not press garlic into the ground, but puts his teeth in a groove, sprinkles with loose earth and mulches with rotted grass, hay. The author claims that early planting allows you to increase the yield.
• Andrey Ershov from Lipetsk on the pages of the same newspaper gives the following advice on deepening the teeth: "If you plant garlic earlier, it means you need to go deeper, later - higher." Landing until mid October he lays the teeth in grooves 10-12 cm deep. Garlic takes root well and tolerates frost. And, it happened, he planted later - at the end of October! Then it was necessary to deepen the sponges by only 5 cm, but (necessarily!) Mulch with grass to preserve heat with a layer of at least 10 cm. So, “playing with depth”, you can vary the timing of planting.
• The author of the video blog "Garden for the Soul" Svetlana Samoilova tries to plant garlic every year to Pokrov — until October 14. But I had to plant even on the November holidays, and the garlic pleased with the harvest. The main thing is that wild frosts do not strike, and the earth is not bound by ice. Svetlana's site is located in the Moscow region.
• The author of the video blog “Whether in the garden, in the garden” Yulia Minyaeva usually plants garlic from September 20 to October 1. But, sometimes, the dates are postponed due to warm, rainy weather. Svetlana's site is located in the Moscow region.
• The author of the Garden World video blog, Natalya Petrenko, starts planting garlic on October 15 and it always grows good. At early landing garlic feather germination can occur and the garlic becomes vulnerable to frost. When planted in the middle of the month, garlic has time to take root. The author's site is located in Nizhny Novgorod.

Our personal experience:

On our suburban area located in Yaroslavl region(about 300 km from Moscow), we plant garlic before winter, usually before October 10th. We focus on the weather forecast. Autumn will be warm - we delay the planting date, the forecast foreshadows an early cold snap - we plant at the end of September. Planting winter garlic is easy, quick. So, do not fuss ahead of time 😉

Successful wintering is the key to an excellent harvest

The weather conditions of winter and spring greatly affect the winter hardiness of the plant. So, for example, if thaws occur in winter, garlic winters worse. Refundable spring frosts can also harm plants if they have already woken up and started to germinate.

Snow helps garlic to successfully endure the winter. In Central Russia, the snow cover is usually good enough for wintering garlic. Snow protects plantings from freezing in winter, and nourishes them in spring. Therefore, if there is little snow on the beds with winter garlic, it is recommended to add it there in order to increase the winter hardiness of the crop.

Winter garlic can freeze under adverse conditions. winter conditions. That is why in the northern regions they prefer the spring method of cultivation.

Planting depth is also important!

Planting depth is also important for successful wintering. The teeth are recommended to be lowered to a depth of 10-12 cm (

Garlic, which is planted before winter, is called winter. It differs from spring (planted in spring) garlic not only in terms of planting, but also appearance. Many summer residents opt for a winter variety due to big size heads and large teeth. To get a quality harvest, planting garlic before winter should be carried out according to a certain technology and in compliance with the deadlines.

The timing of the autumn planting of garlic directly depends on the depth of the cloves. Most often, the teeth are buried in the ground by 3-5 cm. Such a surface planting should be carried out 2-3 weeks before the expected frost. In regions with a cool climate, they prefer to plant garlic at a great depth - 10-15 cm. The planting time also depends on the weather conditions of a particular area.

In outskirts of Moscow

The climate of the Moscow region is temperate continental, with a pronounced seasonality. The middle band is characterized warm summer, moderately Cold winter sufficient thickness of snow cover. AT last years there is also a general trend of strong warming. Winter in the Moscow region began to come later, there are less and less severe frosts and more and more thaws.

The maximum amount of precipitation falls on summer season, in winter they blow strong winds with a predominance of the northern, western, south-western direction. In fact, winter in this area lasts 5 months. Snow cover appears in November and disappears by early April. Taking into account weather changes, planting garlic before winter in this region should be done from September 20 to October 10. In more southern regions, the deadline is pushed back until November.

The length of the Urals from north to south is more than 2000 km. It is clear that the climate of the northern and southern Ural regions is very different.

• In the Northern Urals, it is recommended to start planting winter garlic in mid-September. If the autumn weather has settled earlier, then you need to plant garlic in early September.
• For the Southern Urals, planting dates are shifted to the first ten days of October. Corrections can be made weather.

On a note! folk omen says that it is time to plant garlic when the birds began to fly south for wintering.

In the climatic conditions of Siberia right time for planting winter garlic falls on the period from September 15 to October 5. If you plant cloves at this time, before frost they will have time to take root and form sufficiently long roots without the formation of leaves. It is better to plant garlic to a depth of about 10 cm. After that, the bed is well watered - this increases the winter hardiness of the crop.

Climate Leningrad region considered special. It is characterized by unstable weather conditions, due to the frequent change of air masses. Dry and very cold arctic air comes from the Kara Sea. Cyclones come from the western direction with cloudy, windy weather and precipitation.

Sometimes weather conditions change dramatically even within one day, and it is very difficult for weather forecasters to predict these changes. In addition to weather fluctuations, the region is characterized by strong winds, up to squalls, snowstorms, snowfalls, fogs, severe frosts and intense heat, droughts and floods.

For planting in the Leningrad region, zoned varieties of winter garlic should be taken. These include: German, Dobrynya, Alcor, Podmoskovny, Novosibirsk, Replicant.

The end of September can be called the end of September for planting winter garlic. In the south of the Leningrad region, landing can be carried out a week earlier, in colder parts of the region - a week later.

The roots of the plant are poorly developed, they begin to grow at a slight positive temperature. This process occurs within 1.5 months after planting. When garlic takes root, it is able to endure winter frosts. That is why the plant needs a certain amount of time before frosts begin.

Planting garlic is carried out with individual cloves. Preparatory work include dividing the head into individual cloves with subsequent sorting planting material and its processing. Garlic cloves can be large, medium and small. Their size should be taken into account when landing. Large cloves are deepened by 8-10 cm, smaller ones - by 6 cm.

Planting material must be clean and healthy, without damage. If the batch prepared for planting contains too many cloves with stains and traces of rot, it should be completely replaced.

Important! Do not use for planting heads that contain only 3-4 teeth. So not a large number of cloves testify to the degeneration of culture.

Garlic must be completely dried so that it does not start growing. Its bottom is normally light gray in color. In order for the crop to grow well in spring and be resistant to diseases, it is recommended to carry out pre-planting treatment. This can be done in one of the following ways:

1. Soaking garlic in a pink solution of potassium permanganate before planting for 30-60 minutes.
2. Treatment with 1% solution blue vitriol. Garlic cloves are more convenient to soak in the evening, and plant in the morning.
3. Disinfection with saline solution: 3 tbsp. tablespoons of salt are dissolved in 5 liters of water and the garlic is soaked for 3 minutes, then dipped in a solution of copper sulfate for 1 minute and immediately planted.
4. Processing can be phased. First, garlic is soaked in a solution of nitroammophoska for one day, then in strong solution salt for up to 30 minutes. The third solution should contain 1 tbsp. a spoonful of copper sulfate per 10 liters of water, garlic is soaked in it for one minute.
5. Usage ash solution: 1 tbsp. a spoonful of ash is mixed in a liter of water.
6. Soaking in a solution of the drug "Maxim", which is considered a natural antibiotic and protects plants from many diseases. For processing, one ampoule of the drug per liter of water is used. Pickle the garlic in the solution for 30 minutes.
7. Treatment with Phytolavin. The tool protects the culture from bacterial and fungal diseases, root rot.
8. The use of Fitosporin-M. This fungicide is often used for seedbed preparation garlic - it increases the immunity of the plant, makes it resistant to diseases. Fitosporin-M is diluted according to the instructions. The teeth are soaked in it for 1 hour.

In addition to preparing planting material, you should also prepare the bed in advance. The further development and growth of culture will depend on the quality of the land.

We prepare the beds

Experienced gardeners who plant garlic every year before winter have their own secrets for planting and caring for this crop. Heed their advice:

• Avoid planting garlic in places with high occurrence ground water, otherwise in the spring with the advent of heat, the vegetable will simply be washed away by their streams.
• The culture is not planted in the ground, which was previously fertilized with manure. Otherwise, the plant will have lush tops and frail heads. Plus, garlic grown on manured soil often suffers from fungal diseases.
• Only when planting after the right predecessors can large heads be obtained. If it is impossible to observe crop rotation, plant Vicia sativa peas in the garden first. This plant is an excellent green manure that will enrich the soil with compost, loosen it and disinfect it.
• Before winter, it is best to plant a purple-striped variety, which is better than others adapted to the winter cold, unpretentious and well stored.
• The earlier you plant the garlic, the deeper it should be planted.
• Ideally, garlic should be relocated annually. You can return it to the same bed again no earlier than after 5 years.

When and how to plant garlic before winter: video

Planting garlic before winter: video

Compliance with all these rules will provide you with large and strong heads of spicy vegetables. Be sure to grow garlic in your area. Through their useful properties it will prolong your youth, preserve health and beauty, add bright shades of taste to cooked dishes.

To date, there are two varieties of garlic: spring and winter. Between themselves, the two subspecies differ in terms of planting, as well as in agricultural cultivation techniques. Our article will tell you how to plant garlic before winter to get excellent harvest next year.

Home hallmark winter varieties of garlic is that their planting, unlike spring varieties, occurs in the fall. However, in order for the planting of garlic before winter to bring the desired effect, it is necessary to know the timing of planting planting material.

Usually planting garlic in the fall is carried out approximately 35-45 days before the onset of frost. If you do not have time to invest in the allotted time, then the root system will not have time to develop. By the beginning of frost, it should grow by 10-12 cm.

It is possible to plant planting material of winter varieties starting from September 20. At the same time, planting winter garlic lasts until mid-October. Experts recommend waiting for the moment when the earth will seize with an ice crust at night, and thaw during the day. Therefore, in order to more accurately determine the landing time, you should check the weather forecast. You can also use the lunar calendar, determining from it the most favorable days for this manipulation.

It is important to know when to plant winter garlic, as too early planting will cause the planting material to germinate. If the gardener was late and did not plant the cloves on time, then the planting material will not have time to take root and will freeze.

Many novice gardeners often wonder "is it possible to plant winter garlic in the spring." Yes, you can. But only on condition that not cloves, but bulbs will be used as planting material. They are sown in April. To plant shooting winter garlic in the spring, you need to prepare planting material in advance.

As you can see, for the future harvest it is very important that the planting material is planted at the right time.

After which crop is it better to plant

Crop rotation is very important point, which provides direct influence on the quality and quantity of the harvest obtained at the end of the season. Indeed, after some crops, garlic grows very poorly, forming defective heads. Therefore, planting garlic for the winter should be carried out in the place where the optimal predecessors had previously grown.

Best of all, this variety grows when it is planted in the place of growth of annual vegetables that have a short growing season (for example, zucchini, pumpkin, peppers, cucumbers, eggplants). Also, cloves can be planted after berry bushes and grain crops.

You can not plant garlic in the fall after root crops. This is due to the fact that they have later harvesting dates and, in the process of their growth, greatly deplete the soil, which does not have enough time to recover by the next season.

Soil selection

To plant garlic before winter, you need not only to determine the timing of this procedure, but also to choose a landing site. After all, garlic is a capricious culture that loves fertile light soils.

The site selected for the cultivation of this crop must meet the following requirements:

• be well fertilized. The soil should be nutritious, light and accessible for penetration into its layers of air;
• an elevated place where the situation of stagnant meltwater is excluded. If moisture stagnation occurs on the site, then the risk of rotting of plant roots increases significantly. This will lead to the appearance of diseases and pests. In this case, you need to do high beds. But such a situation should still be avoided;
• lighting beds for almost the entire day.

In order to choose the site that is optimal in terms of its characteristics in the spring, when the snow melts, you need to carefully monitor the garden and identify all the places where moisture accumulates. They definitely cannot be planted with cloves. In autumn, the chosen place should be covered with snow early to prevent freezing of planting material. As a result of observations, preference should be given to areas where:

• snow lies long enough;
• people and animals do not walk;
• ice crust is formed.

Choosing a landing site winter garlic, it is necessary to take into account the fact that during winters with little snow, planting material may freeze. This usually happens when there is no snow in the garden during severe frosts.

To prevent the development of such a negative scenario, you need to know how to plant garlic in the fall.

A good place would be a site located near the fence. At the same time, it is desirable that it be located on the north side. In this case, the shadow from the fence will allow the ice crust to remain on the surface of the earth as long as possible. At the same time, the fence will protect the beds from blowing snow.

Once the site for planting the winter garlic variety has been determined, it must be properly prepared. Without preparation, it is very difficult to get a really good harvest.

The preparation of the beds is that the site should be well dug up and fertilized. An excellent fertilizer for this crop will be humus. You can also use complex top dressing. Fertilizers can also be applied before the direct planting of planting material. In this case, superphosphate (30 g), potassium salt (20 g) and humus (5-6 kg) should be used. In addition, the entire area, after fertilizing it, is recommended to be poured with a solution of copper sulfate.

The calculation of the amount of fertilizer applied is based on how fertile the selected area was. With a strong depletion of the land, one bucket of humus should go per 1 sq.m of the site. by the most the best choice for garlic of this variety there will be sandy and non-acidic soils.

Preparation of the site for landing should be done in early September. After finishing preparatory procedures the beds are covered with a film on top, which is removed before direct planting.

Landing and care rules

After we figured out when to plant garlic and in what area, you need to figure out the rules for the planting itself. It is worth noting that planting winter garlic in the spring differs from the autumn procedure in a different type of planting material, as well as technology. Garlic, planted in the spring, grows from bulbs, not cloves. When planting in the spring, weather conditions must be taken into account.

In the spring, furrows are formed for the planting material to be planted. The bulbs sit to a depth of no more than 3 cm. A distance of 2 cm is maintained between them. A free space of 10 cm remains between adjacent furrows.

To understand how to plant various varieties garlic in the winter, you need to know the following rules:

• planting material is planted in furrows, which have a depth of about 15-20 cm;

• a distance of 20-25 cm is maintained between the cloves. Although there is information that there should be a distance of 12-15 cm between large specimens, and 8-10 cm between small ones;
• coarse-grained sand is poured at the bottom of the furrow. Its layer should be 1.5-3 cm. A layer of sand will protect the planting material from decay.

In such prepared grooves we plant winter garlic in the fall. At the same time, we plant garlic in such a way that the bottom is from below. This will allow the root system to quickly begin to form. After the cloves have been properly placed in the furrow, they are covered with soil. Now you know how to properly plant garlic. However, in order to grow a decent crop, you need not only proper fit but also appropriate care.

After the planting has been completed, the ground is mulched. On top of the beds spreads a layer of dry peat. It can be mixed with sawdust and earth. To protect against cold weather, roofing material can be placed on top. Garlic leaves for the winter in this form. After that, care for the beds will be carried out in the spring.

It includes the following steps:

• removal of roofing material and cleansing the soil from mulch;
• arrows, which will appear at the end of June, must be broken off. They should not grow above 10 cm. Otherwise, the head will turn out to be small;
• when the first shoots appear, they are introduced into the soil nitrogen fertilizers(mullein, urea, bird droppings);
• the second top dressing is carried out in June / July. Ash is used here;
• abundant watering should fall on the stage active growth plants and head formation;
• after each watering, loosening of the earth and weeding are carried out;

As you can see, planting and caring for winter garlic is simple. Therefore, it is grown in many regions of our country.

Popular varieties of winter garlic

On the this moment There are a large number of varieties of winter garlic. Therefore, it is often difficult for gardeners to determine which variety should be planted on own site. Consider the most popular varieties of garlic that are planted for the winter.

Komsomolets

This is mid-season variety, which forms the arrows. Its growing season is about 120 days. But in the southern regions, it is reduced to 100 days.

The main advantages of the variety are:

• frost resistance;
• sharp good taste;
• simple care;
• unpretentiousness;
• good immunity.

Komsomolets forms large head, which has a flat-round shape. At proper care up to 1.2–1.4 kg of crop can be harvested from 1 sq.m.

Petrovsky

Shooting mid-season variety, which has a universal purpose. Planting garlic is carried out in the fall. The plant is formed by heads that have a flattened shape. The head is covered with off-white scales on top, which are pierced by longitudinal purple stripes. On average, one head weighs about 75 grams. It has 8 teeth. They have a sharp taste and brown color.

Among the advantages of this variety, it is worth highlighting the following points:

• stable fruiting;
• universal purpose of garlic;
• high quality crop;
• good taste;
• excellent immunity.

Petrovsky today is actively grown on the territory of Russia, Moldova, Ukraine.

Gribovskiy 60

Another excellent variety of winter garlic is Gribovsky 60. It is planted for the winter. The variety forms an arrow. The first shoots appear in early spring. Planting well tolerate even severe frosts. The taste is spicy. One head contains approximately 11 cloves.

From this video you will learn how to plant garlic before winter.

Garlic is indispensable for many long-familiar dishes, marinades, canning, it is also used for the treatment and prevention of seasonal colds. There are also many recipes traditional medicine to increase immunity, improve heart function, cleanse and rejuvenate the body. It is not bad for all these purposes to have garlic grown in your own garden, and not purchased garlic.

Important! The predecessors of garlic are cucumbers, legumes, early potatoes, lettuce, cauliflower and white cabbage, pumpkin, eggplant, green manure. Do not plant garlic after tomatoes and onions.

Garlic Growing Basics: What Your Crop Needs to Grow

When garlic is planted in autumn, they always count on getting good harvest – higher than in spring planting, expect larger garlic bulbs, with large even cloves, with a more pronounced taste and smell.

Garlic likes open, slightly elevated, dry, with good drainage and area illumination. It grows best on chernozem or loamy soils with low (pH 6.5 and below) acidity.

The site for planting garlic must be dug up in advance and sufficiently fertilized. As the experience of gardeners shows, it is impossible to plant garlic in the winter correctly if the soil is not prepared in advance. The soil is prepared 1.5-2 months before sowing. Both organic and organic fertilizers are used as fertilizers. mineral supplements. So, for 1 sq. m take 1 bucket of liquid mullein, humus, manure or 25-30 g of superphosphate, then dig to a depth of 30 cm and cover the area with covering agromaterial or film.

Important! It is impossible to use saltpeter as a fertilizer in the fall. It is used only for spring top dressing.

Immediately before planting, the bed is well leveled, breaking all the lumps, and slowed down. They lay, observing a distance between rows of at least 20 cm, grooves-grooves 8-10 cm deep, moisten them, and stick garlic cloves into the ground with an interval of 7-10 cm from each other. They fall asleep with earth, lightly tamping, and mulch with straw, sawdust, peat, a mixture of sand and ash. Further, the planted garlic will safely overwinter under a layer of fallen snow and start growing in the spring.

Did you know? garlic withstands sub-zero temperatures at 20-25 ° C and in a snowy winter does not need shelter. But if the winter is not snowy and frosts alternate with thaws, then it is worth covering the bed with spruce branches, agrospan.

Benefits of planting winter garlic in the fall

Planting garlic in the fall is preferable to spring, as the harvest is more plentiful and the heads of garlic are larger. Also, planting winter garlic in the fall gives a uniform distribution of garlic cloves around the circumference in the head - this is typical for all winter varieties of garlic. In spring (spring) varieties, the teeth are small and arranged randomly. In addition, if we sow garlic before winter, we save time in the spring, thereby being able to plant other crops.

Choosing the Best Time to Plant Winter Garlic

There is no definite answer to the question of what date to plant garlic. There is no specific date and until what date garlic is planted – here, first of all, you need to focus on whether it is early autumn this year or late. This is what affects the choice of time when to plant garlic before winter.

Important! Too early planting of garlic leads to premature sprouts and poor yields, and late– to poor rooting and death of crops.

Also always take into account the region and / or country of residence. For example, when it's time to plant winter garlic in Russian Yekaterinburg, this does not coincide with the time when you need to plant garlic for the winter in Ukraine (almost throughout the entire territory) - due to the difference in climate. And here middle lane In terms of climate, Russia is similar to Ukraine, respectively, and the dates on which garlic is planted before winter will be almost the same.

Let's decide when you can start planting garlic for the winter. Depending on the weather, the dates vary from early October to early November. There is a main rule: soil temperature should be no higher than +12 ° C, therefore, you need to wait for it to drop to this mark, after which you can already plant garlic before winter.

Did you know?Produced special sowing lunar calendars for each year, by which you can check the landing date of any garden culture including garlic.

Features of the choice of planting material: the best varieties and external signs for selection

When winter garlic is planted, they pay attention to the variety - it must be winter hardy. Select the most suitable cloves of garlic.