Soon the beds of winter garlic will be free, and the inquisitive mind of the summer resident will ask the question familiar to everyone: what to plant?
In July, you won’t be able to get much ahead of yourself with vegetable crops – the harvest won’t ripen, but leaving the space empty isn’t the best idea either.
Let's find out what you can do with a former garlic bed and what you definitely shouldn't plant.
First of all, you need to exclude planting related crops - planting onions and garlic. This is definitely a waste of time.
How to Use a Garlic Bed
1. You can plant young strawberry shoots here to grow your favorite variety or purchased seedlings.
2. From vegetables, you can try planting radishes, daikon or horseradish (green).
3. If there is little greenery, then it’s time to plant a bed of lettuce or dill.
4. However, the simplest and most correct option is to sow green manure.
There are many options for sowing. The most important thing is that these crops will benefit the soil.
They will improve the soil, replenish the lack of nutrients, and improve its structure.
And another important point for the gardener in the middle of summer is the fight against weeds.
Green manure will not allow them to grow in free space, and some will even scare away pests.
Earlier we told you why you should bury a 5-liter bottle next to each tomato bush.
