Garlic usually grows greens without any problems, but not all summer residents dig up large heads from the ground.
Garlic greens are not widely used in everyday life. There are several useful ways: make a sauce, seasoning or add to a stew.
However, garlic heads are valued more by most summer residents, so they try to make them grow larger. For example, the size of an apple or a peach.
What to do to make garlic large
There are key tricks that will help increase the garlic harvest without additional feeding.
First, it is important to remember that this vegetable produces shoots. This happens in the summer, when the plant is approaching the end of its development and wants to leave offspring. It is important not to miss this moment in order to influence the size of the future harvest.
The shoots are carefully cut with sharp scissors, but under no circumstances torn off. Thanks to this, all the nutrients will go to the roots, and not to the seeds.
Secondly, experienced gardeners rake the soil away from the heads. This allows them to increase their size by about 20-30%. The procedure is carried out in the second half of June.
Thirdly, gardeners tie garlic leaves into a knot. But they do this a few days before harvesting. This also allows the nutrients to be redirected to the root.
