What to do a week before planting winter garlic: heads will grow as big as a fist and without diseases

02.11.2023 16:57

To harvest large and healthy winter garlic from your plot, you will have to work hard.

What exactly needs to be done? You simply need to prepare the bed 1-2 weeks before you plan to start planting garlic for the winter.

So, to prevent the occurrence of rot, in the fall it is necessary to water the soil with a composition that will destroy pathogenic bacteria and fungi.

This product is a 3% Bordeaux mixture known to all summer residents. A ten-liter watering can will be enough for 2 square meters.

After the procedure, wait about 3-5 days - this time will be enough for the solution to go deep into the ground.

Garlic
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When the above-mentioned period has passed, add fertilizer to the bed.

For each square meter of land you will need 2 buckets of humus or compost, half a bucket of sand, 5 tablespoons of mustard cake, 5 to 16 tablespoons of dolomite flour (the exact amount depends on the acidity of the soil), 3 tablespoons of potassium magnesium sulfate and 3 tablespoons of superphosphate.

Dig up the area along with the fertilizers and you can begin planting garlic that has been pre-treated against diseases.

Elena Shimanovskaya Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Editor of Internet resources