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Garlic is in every home, in a rare kitchen they do without it, everyone knows about its beneficial properties and taste, this picky culture is grown in every garden, it would seem that everything is known about it. But why, then, does not everyone succeed in harvesting a rich harvest? Maybe because not only the place and time of planting are important, but also the precursors of garlic, which, it turns out, are useful and, on the contrary, will ruin the crop even with the most diligent care.
Where is garlic planted?
If you plant garlic before winter, then in the spring you can get an early harvest of a multivitamin vegetable that can save us from all the viruses or colds that occur in the spring. In addition, it is precisely before winter that experts advise planting this crop so that the strongest plant has time to form. And the frost will only strengthen it, which will undoubtedly benefit. As for the timing, they usually do this from the end of October to the middle of November, and in some areas even earlier.
Everyone knows that garlic should be planted in bright places with plenty of sunlight. The soil he prefers light, nutritious, but not acidic, easily permeable to water and air.
Unfortunately, when planting this crop, the gardener does not always think about the rules of crop rotation, that there are precursors of garlic, after which he does not want to grow, but, on the contrary, there are plants, after which there are better harvests than before.
In one place, garlic cannot be planted for more than two years in a row, it will select all the nutrients from its soil level, and in the third or fourth year you can get weak plants with a whole bunch of diseases. But if you choose a site for planting this crop before winter, where good predecessors used to grow, then after them you can spend less energy on tilling, fertilizing the soil, even on protection from pests or diseases. The growth of garlic after these crops in itself contributes to its viability, resistance in the face of adverse factors. The gardener himself will make his work easier if he does not forget about crop rotation and predecessors.
Crop rotation rules in the country
Why Garlic Needs Precursors
There are a number of crops that are subject to similar diseases, they are chosen by the same pests who try to leave their offspring in close proximity to such plants. If they are planted after each other, then each subsequent crop will have more risks for diseases, less protection from pests.
All crops can be divided into several large groups, each of which needs the same substances for good growth and development, so they are fed with the same or similar fertilizers. If in the new season we plant vegetables with the same requirements for the composition of the soil as in the previous one, then no matter how good agricultural technology is, they will receive less useful substances than they need, which cannot be allowed if we want to have rich harvests on our farm. garden.
After suitable predecessors, the substances necessary for development remain in the soil, in addition, they replenish the soil with organic matter, loosen it with their roots. Even the length of the roots matters. Garlic planted before winter will look for useful substances in the surface layer of the soil due to its shallow root system. Therefore, it is better to plant it after plants with long roots, which have depleted the deeper layer, but loosened the entire soil, which contributed to the rise of nutrients to the surface and made the soil more permeable to water and air.
Criteria for a favorable bed
With all of the above in mind, and looking around your beds, you can easily decide where it is best to plant garlic before winter. A bed with cereal crops (excluding oats and barley) is perfect – long roots have already done preparatory work with the soil during the season, stems and leaves enriched the top layer with organic matter, without touching its substances useful for fertility.
Before winter, you can plant garlic where cucumbers, zucchini, squash grew. They also have long roots, and their pests and diseases will not disturb the plant at all. Suitable beds for him after strawberries and strawberries. If you grow garlic even among these berries, then everything will be better from this neighborhood. Without any doubt, you can grow winter garlic after cauliflower and white cabbage, pumpkin, celery, legumes and all kinds of herbs (dill, parsley, cilantro).
Before planting garlic for the winter of 2-3 weeks, it is advisable to prepare the site: harvest and tops, dig and clean the soil from the roots. Then there should still be time for fertilizer and rest of the beds.
Where not to plant garlic
But after what it is better not to plant garlic, not only for the winter, but even in the spring? Of course, after the garlic or potatoes themselves – which, by the way, is very often done. The crop will be minimal if you plant a vegetable after carrots and beets. No other crops so carefully select useful substances from the soil as they do. It is advisable not to try to grow garlic where eggplant grew. Not only do they deplete the same soil horizon that it will need, these crops share common disease risks.
Batun, shallots, green, onion, fragrant – these are bad predecessors for their spicy counterpart, because they are subject to the same diseases, they have the same enemies among pests. They also grow in the same fertile layer of soil.
Planting garlic after onions is like not swapping crops at all.
After tomatoes, radishes, radishes, trying to grow the king of spices is also not worth it – neither spring nor winter will have a good harvest.
The predecessors of the culture are very important, they should be taken into account if we want to get good yields on our site. Landing planning should be taken very seriously. Then even the slightest expenditure of time, effort and money on fertilizing the site, treating diseases, pests, and their offspring will lead to excellent results in the form of rich harvests.
Video “Planting winter garlic and crop rotation rules”
This video discusses important points when planting a popular crop: methods and time of planting, crop rotation rules.
