Planting garlic: pulling plants from cloves

Some love him, others hate him. Almost no other ingredient divides us like garlic, mainly because of its smell. Should garlic, botanically Allium sativum, grown in the garden, you do not necessarily run the risk of the plant giving off the typical garlic odor. Rather, they have pretty flowers and are available in different varieties. When pulling the plant, however, no distinction is made between table garlic and ornamental garlic.

The garlic plant

The garlic bulb is the persistence organ of garlic and actually an onion that consists of a main and many smaller secondary onions, the so-called. Cloves of garlic. The garlic plant grows from the middle of the tuber, which in common garlic is between 60 and 90 centimeters high. How strong the main or The formation of side cloves of the garlic depends on the time of planting.

Tip: You should keep around one fifth of the cloves of a tuber for pulling garlic.

Planting garlic

time

You can pull garlic from the clove either in autumn or in spring. If the planting takes place in autumn, one speaks of the so-called winter garlic. With this, the harvest is also much more abundant than with garlic cloves, which are stuck in spring.

Tip: Basically, you can pull garlic from the cloves of the plant from spring to autumn. However, if you want to harvest garlic, then you should stick to the natural rhythm of the plant, otherwise the harvest will be small.

The best time to plant winter garlic is autumn, between September and early November. So it can grow well into the ground and develop many cloves of garlic by spring. The harvest then starts in early summer.

Tip: Some believe that the winter cold also has a positive effect on the growth of garlic. And the harvest is then more abundant.

Garlic that is pinned in spring is called spring garlic and is harvested in early autumn. It is best to get the toe into the ground early in spring, i.e. from mid-February, if the temperatures allow it. If the weather doesn't cooperate, you can stick the garlic cloves that are not hardy until the beginning of April.

floor

Garlic needs a well-drained soil because it does not tolerate moisture well. In addition, the soil should be rich in nutrients, but not freshly fertilized. It is best to mix some sand into the garden soil. This will loosen the garlic plant. The addition of humus or compost should be done a few weeks before planting the garlic.

If you want to grow the garlic in the pot on the balcony or terrace, then mix potting soil with sand. To avoid waterlogging, you should provide the planter with a drainage layer. In addition, the planter should have at least one drainage hole so that excess water can drain away.

Location

Garlic loves the sun and hates the rain. That is why it needs a rain-protected location in the pot on the balcony. Since he spends the winter outdoors, you should make sure that the ground is not completely soaked, especially in winter. It is best to place the garlic on a protected wall. In the garden bed you should cover it with a layer of brushwood or mulch in winter, when the temperatures drop sharply.

Garlic thrives in the garden when it has the right neighbors. So he feels very comfortable between

• Strawberries
• Raspberries
• Cucumber
• Carrots
• Beets
• tomatoes
• fruit-trees
• Lilies
• Tulips
• Roses

He is not pleased with the neighborhood of beans, peas or cabbage.

Put

Sticking the garlic cloves is easy. For planting, do the following:

• Prepare a plant hole with a good four centimeters
• Leave a planting distance of 10 centimeters
• Insert the toe (s) with the tip pointing up
• Cover toe (s) with soil
• Carefully water the toe (s)

Planting in the tub

When planting in a pot, proceed as described above. However, you should put the toe (s) in a slightly larger planter. In addition to the planting distance of 10 centimeters between the toes, there should be a good five centimeters distance to the edge of the pot, because the garlic roots need a lot of space.

care

As long as the garlic is growing, keep it moist. Make sure that it is evenly moist. The toes don't like fluctuations in humidity and too much moisture. Once the garlic has grown, it doesn't need as much moisture, but the soil shouldn't dry out completely. You can do without additional fertilizers if the substrate or the soil humus or is nutritious.

If the winter shows a very cold face, you should also cover the pot with sturdy winter protection for garlic that is grown in the pot. Fleece or sackcloth, for example, are suitable for this. It is important that the enveloping material is air-permeable.

Tip: Some also recommend pot or Put tubed garlic in the winter garden during the cold season.

If the garlic forms flower stalks, you can cut them off. This causes the garlic to put all of its energy into the tuber, resulting in a better harvest. You can also leave the stems where they are. The garlic is harvested when a third of the garlic green has already wilted. If the cultivation is to be continued, then immediately put toes from the harvest for the autumn or the spring back.