Sometimes this question torments me ... Planting winter garlic in spring - is it real or not? Will it be good? It is about winter garlic. Well, I do not always have time to put it in time in the garden! Last spring planted winter garlic in the spring. I took care of him very diligently, felt guilty, and understood that he was not comfortable. But, of course, I was dissatisfied with the harvest - small heads grew, teeth were also small. But the neighbors in the country did not get better results, although they succeed and garlic was planted by them, as expected, in the fall before winter. Why I got the same result - I don’t know. Actually, I know about my garlic why it grew small, but about the neighbor’s - I won’t guess.
Now I have the heads of winter garlic, which I am going to plant, in the refrigerator - they are waiting for spring. I worry in advance that the crop will be ugly.
And here the other day I was prompted here such a way out of the situation. Planting winter garlic in spring is possible. Only it will have to be prepared for landing in a special way.
So. It is necessary to divide the heads into teeth and soak them in some kind of stimulating solution for 7-8 hours. For myself, I decided that this would be a solution of the HB-101 preparation (1 drop per 1 liter of water), which is a natural growth stimulator.
After that, take a soft cloth (not gauze, as fragile roots can get tangled in it), soak it, squeeze it and put garlic cloves on top. Then gently fold so that the teeth are inside the rag in 1-2 layers and put it all in a plastic bag. Take the bag to the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator.
Open the bag periodically to dampen a cloth with water. Somewhere within a month long roots (up to 5 cm) will appear on the cloves of garlic.
As soon as the earth warms up, plant the sprouted teeth in the ground. Try to do it on a sunny day.
Draw in place of the future beds of furrows with a depth of 10 cm and leave them to bask in the sun for 2-3 hours.
Then, in the warmed grooves, spread the garlic cloves at a distance of 12-15 cm from each other and sprinkle with humus.
This garlic will grow longer, planted in the fall before winter. But, they say, it will grow larger than if you planted it without preliminary treatment.
Maybe I'm not the only one late to plant winter garlic on time. So the advice on planting winter garlic in the spring is useful not only to me.
Have a good harvest!