How to feed onions and garlic at the very beginning of summer: experienced gardeners revealed secrets

29.05.2024 16:30

At the beginning of summer, an important time comes in terms of feeding garlic and onions.

However, it is important to select the correct formulations based on the needs of the plants.

Anastasia Kovrizhnykh, an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", agronomist and landscape designer, talks about what can be used for these crops in June.

What fertilizer options can be considered?

For garlic

There are two options that can be considered optimal. The first is to use purchased compounds. Potassium chloride or a combination of potassium sulfate and ammonium nitrate show excellent results.

But you can also get by with natural remedies.

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To do this, take green fertilizer prepared according to any recipe. Take four glasses of concentrate per bucket of water. You can also try ash from natural compositions. To prepare the nutrient composition, mix ten liters of water with one liter of ash.

For onions

Onions have similar feeding options. However, it is worth choosing natural remedies. For example, nettle infusion is excellent.

For one bucket of water take a liter of concentrate.

An important point when watering is to avoid getting on the onion feathers themselves, otherwise the vegetable may get sick.

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Marina Michalap Author: Marina Michalap Internet resource editor

Anastasia Kovrizhnykh Expert: Anastasia KovrizhnykhExpert / Belnovosti


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  1. What fertilizer options can be considered?
  2. For garlic
  3. For onions