Then the garlic is planted
Fans of vegetables grown on their own in their summer cottages are interested in planting garlic, so as not only not to lose their crops, but also to grow many large heads of garlic.
We plant garlic
What is crop rotation
According to the general rule of crop rotation, garlic culture has not been grown in the same place for more than 2 years in a row. When planting on the same vegetable garden in the third and fourth years, summer residents often get weak plants damaged by diseases. The way out of this unfavorable situation is the change of crops.
Crop change rules
The table below shows how to change crops in your garden.
| No. pp | How to fertilize | Culture name |
| 1 | Need an abundance of organic elements | Pumpkin, cucumbers, cabbage, zucchini, legumes, strawberries, currants |
| 2. | Do not require a lot of fertilizers | Garlic, tomatoes, radish |
| 3. | Need mineral feeding | Root vegetables - Onions, carrots, turnips, beets |
| 4. | They need fertilization of the soil with mineral compounds before planting | Potatoes |
What are the benefits of crop rotation
As a general rule, agricultural plants grown in the garden are divided into groups according to the principle of identical substances required for them, which serve as stimulators of growth and development. Such groups of vegetable crops are fed with the same mineral compositions and fertilizers.
After suitable predecessors, the nutrients necessary for beginners remain in the soil layer.
The root system is also important. For example, the question, after which it is better to plant garlic before winter, should be answered as follows: after a culture with long roots. Such plants deplete the deep layers of the soil during growth, but do not touch the upper ones, which feed on short garlic roots. The long root system of crops loosens the soil, lifting nutrients closer to the surface and making it permeable to air and water.
After what crops to plant garlic
A garden bed is considered favorable, on which vegetable crops grew, after which you can plant garlic before winter.
Cereals
With the exception of oats and barley, all grains are excellent precursors after which garlic can be planted. Long roots of cereal crops during the gardening season prepare the ground for planting garlic for the winter, and the stems and foliage of plants enrich the soil with the necessary mineral components.
Vegetables
After cucumbers, white cabbage and cauliflower, zucchini and squash with eggplants, which also have a developed measles system, the garlic culture also grows and develops well, and the pests and diseases common among them are not afraid of it.
Melons and beans
Pumpkin and beans and peas are good precursors.
Berries
Summer residents collect excellent winter garlic yields from the beds, where strawberries or garden strawberries were grown before the garlic planting.Some, with limited acreage, have adapted to plant it together with strawberries in the same bed.
After what crops can not be planted garlic
Preparing the soil
There are a number of crops after which it is not worth planting garlic before winter.
- Bow. You can not plant a winter garlic crop after the onion. A similar onion root system will reduce yields when planted immediately following the harvested onion crop. In addition, these two crops are susceptible to the same diseases and have similar pests, belonging to the same group. This is also the reason why a winter vegetable cannot be planted after onions.
- Tomatoes. Tomatoes grown in the garden usually strongly acidify the soil layer, which adversely affects the growth and development of the garlic culture. The land is treated when harvesting tomatoes by planting siderates, after which garlic seeds are planted at the next stage.
- Roots. Following vegetables such as carrots, potatoes and beets, winter crops are not planted. When growing these vegetables, especially potatoes, too much mineral composition is required, and for a garlic culture this is unnecessary. Carrots drastically deplete the topsoil, so a garlic vegetable with its short root system cannot be planted immediately after it.
Is garlic planted after garlic
Vegetable growers are trying to plant garlic beds with other vegetable crops.
If there is not enough space on the site, you can use a little trick: plant siderates at the end of summer before winter. By the fall, you can plant garlic seeds on such a cleaned bed.
For planting, spinach or all types of salads are suitable. The main condition for such plantings is a short growing season. Following the harvesting of the green crop, the soil is sown with green manure: rye or mustard will grow before the onset of cold weather, enrich the land depleted with a garlic culture with a nitrogen component and useful elements and restore its fertility. You can plant garlic seeds again for the winter.