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Any crop planted on a site consumes useful nutritional components from the soil and surrounding air for development. The size of the plot does not always allow for radical changes in crop rotation. Therefore, to obtain a good harvest of winter garlic, it is necessary to nourish the plants. If there is a deficiency of any element, it is difficult to count on getting large and healthy heads. The amount of fertilizers and fertilizing depends on the composition and fertility of the soil, and the climatic conditions of the region. In this article we will pay attention to such an issue as feeding winter garlic.
Winter garlic has a higher yield than spring garlic.
It ripens earlier and forms beautiful large heads. But it cannot always be stored until the new harvest. This depends on storage conditions and climatic changes.
The strong bactericidal property of the plant allowed it to take one of the first places in the list of crops for growing in the country. It is considered quite unpretentious, but it simply needs spring feeding. It will give him a complex of necessary nutrients for active growth. Why in the spring? After the snow melts, winter garlic immediately begins to grow, and it needs support.In addition to fertilizing, planting requires adding fertilizer to the soil.
Rules for feeding winter garlic
The culture is considered frost-resistant and moisture-loving. Winter garlic prefers non-acidic soil and grows well in loam. Feed the plant in early spring and autumn immediately after planting.
Autumn feeding of garlic
It is carried out 3-4 weeks before planting in the ground. This is done in order to give the soil time to settle a little after digging. If time is limited, the beds are watered with water with the addition of antiseptic drugs. Then planting can begin in a week. Planting in loose soil causes the cloves to deepen and the sprouts to emerge later.
A combination of organic and mineral components is considered an excellent food for a winter plant. Take high-quality humus or compost and add to it:
- wood ash or dolomite flour;
- potash fertilizers (good potassium sulfate 30 g);
- phosphorus fertilizers (you can use double superphosphate in the amount of 15 g).
It is easiest to apply fertilizer while digging the ridges. After the cloves are planted, the ridges are covered with a layer of rotted manure. This provides additional nutrition.
You should also be careful when applying nitrogen in the fall. Some summer residents additionally add urea and ammonium nitrate to the nutritional composition. Their application can lead to oversaturation of the plant with nitrogen, which will lead to its germination. As a result, it will simply freeze in winter, and it will not be possible to wait for the harvest. Organic matter added before planting will provide winter garlic with a sufficient amount of nitrogen.If organic matter was not added, do not rush to add urea. Its addition to the ground is justified in the northern regions and for late planting. In this case, nitrogen components are needed for better rooting of garlic and its early awakening after winter. 15 grams of carbamide or urea per 1 square meter is enough. meter of area.
Some gardeners begin preparing beds for winter garlic in September, apply fertilizers and dig up the soil in advance.
Spring feeding of garlic
Fertilizing winter garlic in the spring is repeated three times:
First time it is carried out a week after the snow melts. The first feeding at this time serves as a stimulator for the growth of green mass of the plant. It is acceptable to add urea or carbamide to the fertilizing composition.
Time for the second feeding – 14 days after the first one. Now winter garlic needs nutrition with phosphorus and potassium, because the time for head formation is coming. These components do not decompose quickly, so fertilizers for winter garlic are applied in advance in the form of a solution.
Third time feed winter garlic in early June. This is not quite early spring, but this feeding is considered the third spring. Now it is important to make sure that the plant does not receive nitrogen. Otherwise, shooting will begin, and the crop will not form large heads. It is good to feed a winter plant in the spring with ash as a potassium fertilizer. And they do this during the third feeding period. It is very important as a corrective. It is at this moment that you can determine what elements are missing for the good development of winter garlic and correct the situation in time.The timing of the first and second feedings can be shifted, and the third is carried out strictly according to schedule. They brought it in earlier - they fed not the bulb, but the leaves. If you are late, the leaves dry out, and there is no point in feeding.
Additional nutritional recommendations
A good addition to the main diet is foliar feeding. It is carried out by irrigating the entire above-ground part.
The method allows the plant to quickly absorb beneficial components, which take longer to absorb through the root system. The dosage of the nutritional composition is halved and the leaves are sprayed in a convenient way. Be sure to combine foliar feeding with watering.
Foliar feeding is carried out twice per season, when the active growth phase of the plant begins.
Separately, it should be noted that fertilizing winter crops with wood ash. It is enough to scatter it between the rows or make special grooves along the rows. You can use an infusion of ash (100 g of component per bucket of water). The furrows are watered with it and immediately covered with soil.
The culture responds well to alternating ash solutions with infusions of mullein and bird droppings. With this scheme, it is necessary to take a break so as not to overdose fertilizers.
Proper nutrition of winter garlic in open ground guarantees a good harvest and a quality product. It ripens earlier than spring, so summer residents always allocate space for this plant.
How to prepare compositions for fertilizing
Composition with manure and ash
To prepare it, you need slurry in a ratio of 1:6 with water and wood ash at the rate of 200 g per 1 sq. m. meter of area. Manure must be rotted and of high quality.It is allowed to apply 2-3 times during the growing season of winter garlic.
With urea
A urea solution for watering a garlic bed is prepared from one tablespoon of the component and a bucket of water. One bucket is enough to water 5 square meters.
Organic matter must be added in an amount of 7-8 kg per 1 square meter of soil.
Superphosphate
Superphosphate for the third feeding is diluted in the amount of 2 tablespoons per bucket of water. The bucket is distributed over 2 square meters of soil.
Organic fertilizers
Mullein infusion is a complex fertilizer for winter garlic. Prepared in a 1:7 ratio with water.
Bird droppings are being bred more. For 1 part of litter, take 15 times more water.
Conclusion
Feeding winter garlic is an important and responsible matter. It is the key to a good harvest, but it is necessary to observe the timing, types and proportions of the compositions. By fulfilling all these parameters, you will ensure a good harvest on your site.
