Garlic is one of the most common crops that are grown in vegetable gardens and even at home on window sills, and this can be done in a variety of ways, one of which is growing garlic from bulboks.
From the article you will learn about the features of planting garlic with the help of bulbohek. How and in which period should you start collecting seed?
Also familiarize yourself with step-by-step instructions for growing crops in a similar way: when to sow, which inventory to use, how to choose the most suitable plot, and how to plant the bulbs using a planter?
Which should follow the rules of care for the planted bulbs, to eventually collect a generous harvest of garlic?
What it is ?
Winter garlic, which is mainly used for this method, has one distinctive feature: when it grows, arrows appear on it, which in the process of further growth unfold and become similar to a lush flower consisting of many volumetric petals. These petals are bulbs - very small garlic cloves. On one stalk, their number can reach hundreds.
The air bulb is like a seed, and is used for planting garlic. So, in order to get 100 - 150 garlic heads, it is enough to leave about 3 sprouted arrows.
Features of planting with bulbballs
The winter type of garlic attracts everyone involved in planting such crops., with its amazing yield and large head sizes and, respectively, cloves including.
But during the subsequent planting, their size is a huge disadvantage, because in order to get a large amount of harvest, you will also need a lot of planting material.
It is important to note that in one head of winter varieties, on average, 12 teeth; in the spring - up to 20.
It is very irrational to spend most of the garlic grown in order to plant again. Therefore, the way out of this situation was the cultivation of garlic from bulbokhek.
But the main advantage is not the saving of planting material, but the recovery of the entire crop (in the course of its growth they do not touch the ground, and therefore are not carriers of any diseases) and an increase in its shelf life.
Difference from other methods of growing garlic - a significant simplification of the process: When planting with teeth, you need to put one in each hole, and it is enough to place the bulbs as seeds of any other vegetables.
How many seeds in 1 kg?
On average, the number of brooches on one inflorescence varies from 20 to 130, after harvesting and drying, the mass of this quantity is 12-20 grams, and it allows to calculate that 1.5 to 2 tons can be collected per 1 hectare, with a density of 150 to 200 seeds plants per 1 hectare.
1000 pans weighs about 120-400 grams, so in 1 kg. may be at least 830 pieces. Their number can be either more or less. It all depends on the varieties of winter garlic, growing conditions, so this number should not be considered accurate.
When and how to collect seed?
In each region, there is a different time for ripening garlic, therefore, it is possible to determine when it is necessary to harvest the bulbs, according to the appearance of the arrow: first it will twist into a spiral, and then straighten up, then you need to start.
It is best to choose the bulbs on the largest arrows, then to get a good harvest. Leaving them, we get rid of everyone else and wait for the maturation of those that have chosen.
In no case should we miss the moment of full maturation of the bulbets, because immediately after that they will begin to actively fall off.
Collected bulbochki do not need to be separated from each other, because they are stored whole, wrapped for a while in gauze (pre-impregnated with a solution of potassium permanganate and already dried) and suspended to ripen.
At this time, there is an influx of all nutrients from the stem into them.
When the stem dries significantly, you can pull the bulbs out of gauze and separate them from each other, that will be done much easier. Then they can be stored until the next landing or have already begun to land.
From the video you will learn when you need to collect garlic bulbs:
Step-by-step instructions on how to grow a culture
Planting dates
To choose the right time for planting garlic in this way is very important, because it can be done both in the fall and in the spring. In the autumn it is best to land the bulbholes in September or October.then they will have time to take root well before the cold weather comes.
And in the spring, as soon as you can begin to plant something (for example, you can focus on the beginning of work in the field), but even then the yield will be lower compared to that resulting from autumn sowing.
Inventory preparation
Due to the fact that the planting of garlic with the help of bulbots occurs in the same way as the planting of any vegetable with the help of seeds, during this process you can use various mechanisms that simplify it even more. As a manual technique, an ordinary onion seeder (SLR - 2) will do. With it, you can change the distance between the holes. For a large sowing area on the Russian market, only Spanish cars are offered at reasonable prices.
Material preparation
Recommended 2 - 3 months before planting, place the bulbs on the bottom shelf of the refrigeratorIn order to temper them and prepare them for outdoor conditions, it is also possible to soak them in a solution of the hall for 12 hours, and immediately after that disembark. Full instructions are described below.
Site selection
For the cultivation of garlic from broches need clean and fertile soil, because they do not have a good ability to resist disease. To cultivate the land before planting should be the same as for any other way of growing this crop.
Important! Before landing, you need to maximize the area.
The process of planting vozdushki seeder
There are no fundamental differences in how to plant garlic with the help of brooches in small gardens and vast areas, only in the technique that is used for this: either a manual seeder or large sowing machines. Also, the ways are not different either: in winter or in spring - it does not matter.
Before starting the planting, the bulbs are sorted by size into 3–4 groups, and on average 30–40 pieces the size of a match head per 1 square meter are needed. m. Accordingly, the larger their size, the greater the number required. Sowing depth is 3-4 cm in spring and 10 cm in autumnand the distance between the rows (they can be of any length, depending on the area) - 3 cm.
Next, the seeds placed in the ground are covered with a layer of humus and left alone.
To get a full-fledged head of garlic of large size is possible only for 2 years of sowing.. In exceptional cases, this can occur for 1 year.
It must be remembered that in no case should garlic be grown on the same plot for more than 2 years in a row. Diseases can accumulate on this land, and also it is not necessary to place a landing site where previously onions, cucumbers and carrots were grown. It is best to do this after a tomato, any cabbage and peas.
See how to plant garlic bulbs with the help of technology:
Care
The care of the bulbs planted in spring consists of watering, feeding, loosening the bed and getting rid of weeds that appear. When the first shoots appear only, it is necessary to immediately loosen the soil in order to avoid the appearance of a soil crust, which noticeably slows growth, and cover with a layer of humus or peat. And watering should be regular from the beginning of May to the beginning of July. And stop moistening the soil 3 weeks before the crop is harvested.
After snowmelt, the first shoots appear, and they are fertilized, watered and weeded, but not dug. And already for 2 years grows what is suitable for obtaining a full harvest.
You can read general information about garlic care here.
Harvesting and storage
Winter garlic, planted in spring or autumn, is usually harvested in the middle of July. But for the most part, one should be guided not by the timing, but by the yellowing of the leaves, the formation of scales on the bulb dry.
Possible problems and difficulties
There is absolutely nothing difficult in the cultivation of garlic bulbs: they appear on their own as soon as the upper layer of the arrow dries out and cracks. They are also easy to dry: just wrap in gauze and hang for full maturity.
- Varieties.
- Growing garlic as a business.
- Top dressing.
- Seed treatment.
Conclusion
Many have noted that when growing garlic in this way, its yield increases by 30 - 40% despite the fact that the amount of planting material is reduced, and these are really weighty advantages of growing this culture with the help of bullets.
