Spring or winter garlic
You can poke garlic cloves in the fall or spring. Spring planting is recommended, as winter garlic is more likely to be attacked by pests and the bed requires care in spring. The frost-hardy varieties produce larger harvests, while spring garlic grows smaller bulbs. This is suitable for beginners due to the low maintenance requirements.
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Planting dates:
- Spring garlic: between mid-February and mid-April
- Winter garlic: from mid-September to early October
Preparations
Garlic thrives optimally on a harvested bed. Do you want to Grow garlic yourself, you should prepare the ground. Clear the area of weeds and loosen the substrate with a plow. Mix about two liters of compost into the ground per square meter. A plant leash marks the row and makes it easier to stick. Take a garlic bulb and detach the daughter cloves from the round.
Instructions for planting
The daughter tubers are stuck into the ground with the ground facing down, so that they are covered by a maximum of five centimeters of substrate. Place the toes at a slight angle in the planting hole. This measure prevents the development of root rot. There is a gap of ten to 15 centimeters between the plants so that the herbs can develop unhindered.
If you've missed the optimal planting date, let the cloves of garlic germinate on the windowsill. Put this in a Mini greenhouse,(€ 25.14 at Amazon *) the floor of which was lined with damp kitchen paper. Put it in a bright place with room temperature. The seedlings are ready to be planted as soon as the first shoots appear.
harvest
In the bed, the self-grown winter garlic is ready to be harvested from mid-July. Spring garlic takes a little longer to develop the main and daughter toes, so that the harvest takes place a few weeks after the frost-hardy varieties. Since the weather has a great influence on the time of harvest, you should keep the plants in the eye keep. The right harvest time has come when the foliage has turned two-thirds yellow.