Many novice growers are wondering "when digging the garlic."How do I know that the harvest ripe?And still there is the problem of preparing heads for storage and transportation.There are several proven methods to find out all these nuances, the most simple - ask for advice from experienced gardeners.
It is difficult to determine when to dig out the winter garlic, as all gardeners planted their seedlings at different times and in different climatic conditions.Choose cleaning should be dry, sunny days, and conduct himself in the evening gathering or late morning.To avoid losing part of the crop, all the work is given a maximum of one week.Plant extract to 105-125 days after planting, usually these dates fall in late August - early September.In dry weather, break shovel heads of garlic, then placed directly in the beds for 3-5 days.Naturally, this method is only suitable for sunny days, otherwise the harvest may rot.Different types of garlic mature in different ways, but they should cover the beds with the help of the lower leaves to reduce the ingress of bright light bulb on.Tops with skinned plant not immediately give all nutritious juices to move out of the trunk in young teeth.Remove all the leaves and arrows after the final drying of garlic.
How to speed up the ripening
If the weather is already beginning to deteriorate, and the harvest is not yet ripe, it can hasten artificially.Experienced gardeners gently rakes the ground from young bulbs or even take them out of the soil.The main thing is not to damage the delicate root system, otherwise the plant may rot.When the garlic is necessary to dig a shovel, you just need to gently pry clod, a coward and then slug it from the bulbs.
If varieties of vegetables planted by the arrow, then 1 week before harvest is necessary to remove all the arrows.They are connected in loose bundles, and then left to dry and ripen.Air bulbs are four characteristic size, which are combined in groups of 4, 5, 6 and 6-8 mm.
Additional drying garlic
If not sustain the bulbs a couple of days in the sun, they can affect a variety of putrefaction bacteria, molds, mites and nematodes.The question is: "When digging the garlic, if there is rain?"Leave the bulbs in the ground "until better times" can not simply should use mild dehydration for special dryers.You have to be ready that at + 25 ° C will have to withstand garlic least 8-9 days in the last days of heat needed more about + 40 ° C.
Once fully dry bulbs carefully cleaned of stems, leaves, the rest of the soil and roots.We must try not to damage the coverts on garlic flakes, but a false stem is cut at a height of 1-2 cm from the top of the head.The distance depends on the destination plant.On the seeds left 2 cm, and for commodity types will be enough 1 cm. The dried roots are cut very short, leaving 3 mm maximum.Next, the bulbs need to be sorted by size and quality.
There is a trick that allows you to know when to dig garlic at the site, planted in certain areas and conditions.It is necessary to leave the 1-2 direction.After ripening bulbs usually twisted stems are aligned, and that the point of harvest is the most correct.If you overdo the garlic in the ground, the head will be loose or even broken down in the excavation of the soil.
