Growing garlic in amateur gardening is not the easiest task.
Not all summer residents can boast of an amazing vegetable harvest. For example, garlic is an excellent indicator, the size of which is approximately equal to small varieties of apples.
Garlic loves fertilized, organically rich, structured soil. With a high agricultural background, garlic will please you with a good harvest.
Properly prepared soil is not the only condition. Its quality influences the future harvest by approximately 80%.
In other cases, summer residents need to know some nuances that will help them dig up large garlic in the summer.
Planting material
Its quality is also decisive. Even with good soil, worthless seedlings will grow to the size of a cherry.
Experienced gardeners advise using garlic with a small number of cloves. Ideally, there should be four.
Winter garlic is planted deep, approximately 3 times the height of the head. In this case, they will overwinter without problems and begin to grow actively in the spring.
