How to water garlic when it turns yellow
Gardeners often have a problem with the yellowing of garlic leaves. Consider how and with what to water the garlic when it turns yellow.
Watering the garlic when yellowing
Causes of yellowing
Garlic begins to turn yellow from the tips, then gradually changes color completely. There is a stop in development, and the garlic does not grow to the required size, and sometimes it stops growing altogether.
The reasons for this problem:
- the presence of pests;
- damage to the plant by diseases;
- non-compliance with watering (water regime);
- lack of nutrients;
- weather conditions (frost);
- lack of nitrogen, magnesium and potassium in the soil;
- violation of the correct landing;
How to identify the cause
To start dealing with this ailment, you need to identify a specific cause. To do this, you can pull out one of the plants to see if it has rotted or if the garlic has become moldy. If you see brown spots, it is most likely a putrefactive disease. Also, carefully inspect the outside of the entire plant for the presence of very common parasites - onion flies. To do this, stir the plant - the pests will be visible to the naked eye.
If there are no signs of disease and pests, then the matter is in the lack of nutrients in the garlic, and the soil does not receive the required amount of trace elements. This may be the result of slight frosts, because in cold weather it is difficult for garlic to take substances for growth from the ground, because of this, its immunity decreases, and it begins to turn yellow. Therefore, you need to additionally nourish the soil.
How to fix the problem
Watering with fertilizer
Consider what to do and how to water the garlic when the source of the problem is identified.
The plant needs feeding. It can be humus or nitrogenous fertilizer diluted in water. If you are sure that frost is the cause of the yellowing, then use any growth stimulants for garlic. Do not be afraid, using stimulants, to overdo it with a dose, because the plant will take as many substances as it needs.
- Dilute the solution with any stimulant first with warm water, and then pour into a ten-liter bucket of water and water, you can also spray.
- A weak solution of potassium permanganate will also serve as a good remedy, since potassium permanganate has disinfecting properties. Dilute in a bucket of water until pink and water.
- Dissolve 12 grams of ammonium nitrate, 12 grams of potassium and 20 grams of superphosphate in 20 liters of water and water at the rate (20 liters of water per 2.5 square meters). If you need to repeat the procedure, then no earlier than 30 days.
- Preparing a top dressing from urea will help get rid of the yellowness of garlic (30 g. Per 10 l. Water). Water with the ready-made solution until the plant is restored.
Water the vegetable in time so that it does not turn yellow. The settled water is ideal for watering this plant. Especially in the months of the formation of the vegetable, it is necessary to loosen the soil more often and water it abundantly.
Folk remedies
There are also folk remedies for treating garlic from yellowing. Let's take a look at some of them:
- A very effective method would be to water the beds with garlic with table salt (2-3 tablespoons of salt in a bucket of water).
- One of the most versatile is a solution of ash with water. You need to mix 1 kg. ash with 1 bucket of boiled water, let it brew for a couple of days. Then mix thoroughly and pour over with this solution.
- Liquid ammonia will help from pests, it will also saturate the soil with the missing nitrogen, it should be diluted in water correctly (60 ml per 10 liters of water) and watered.
- Due to the coolness of the night, the beds should be covered with a 5-8 cm layer of mulch.
- Levamisole chloride solution. For 1 liter. warm water will need 1 tablet.
- By planting calendula or tagetes between the rows of garlic, you will provide the vegetable with getting rid of parasites, because the juices of these plants are poisonous to them.
- Using copper sulfate as an alternative to ash. Dissolve 1 spoon in 1 bucket of cold water, let it brew a little and water the plant.
Conclusion
There are a lot of tools and methods for eliminating yellowing of garlic, and if you follow these simple tips, you can save the plant and get a high-quality harvest.