How to Prepare a Bed for Garlic: Little-Known Secrets
Preparing a bed for garlic, as knowledgeable gardeners claim, should be done no later than two weeks before the planned planting of the cloves.
This point can be called fundamental, since the earth must settle a little.
If you ignore this recommendation and push garlic cloves into a freshly dug bed, later, when the soil begins to settle (unevenly, by the way), the roots of the garlic will be torn off, it will end up on the surface, or the cloves will be located at different depths, which is why the garlic will sprout unevenly in the spring - in short, not very pleasant.
But we will not list the further twists and turns that await the unintelligent gardener: instead, we will once again remind you of the need to prepare the bed for garlic in advance.
Now a few words about the location - it should be an elevated area where there will be no waterlogging in the spring. At the same time, in the winter there should be snow on it and it should not blow away.
If you expect a decent harvest, make sure that the place allocated for garlic is sunny, illuminated almost all day long.
If we talk about predecessors, early potatoes, tomatoes, early cabbage, legumes and greens are suitable for garlic.
The soil is also important - light loamy soils, fertile, are best for growing this crop. It is recommended to add sand to heavy and clayey soil, and humus to light, sandy soil. It will not hurt on light loamy soil either.
Organic matter is required about a bucket per square meter. Mineral fertilizers are also needed - 40-50 g of complex mineral fertilizer per "square".
Add wood ash to the rows, as well as potassium sulfate, and it would be good to buy zeolite (cat litter), which contains silicon - 1 glass per square meter is required.
