Many gardeners, even experienced ones, complain that garlic leaves turn yellow on their beds ahead of time. There are a lot of reasons for this phenomenon, in the article we will dwell on the most common of them.
Most often, such a phenomenon as yellowing of the tips of the tops of garlic is observed in winter crops. As a rule, this happens due to improper fit, namely, if the teeth were too deep. The optimal planting depth does not exceed 5 cm. If the garlic cloves were planted deeper, thorough loosening of the soil will help.
The leaves of this crop turn yellow due to obvious violations of the terms of planting in open ground. They must be calculated so that the teeth have time to take root well, but do not start growing. If the planting went well, the first sprouts will appear only in early spring. In order for the crops not to freeze, the beds are mulched to a thickness of 5-6 cm with humus.
Garlic leaves also turn yellow due to poor watering. Perhaps this is the most common reason. From May to July, garlic should be watered regularly. First of all, it contributes to the formation of excellent green mass and largegarlic heads.
Garlic leaves turn yellow and from strong spring frosts, as well as from a lack of
soil minerals such as potassium, magnesium and nitrogen. If there is a shortage of nitrogen nutrition, then you can feed the plants with stale manure diluted in water, urea or any other nitrogen-containing fertilizer. The replenishment of this particular mineral element is important because it is washed out of the soil very quickly, and even if top dressing was done in the autumn, then by the time the first shoots of garlic appear, it will most likely not remain in the ground. Therefore, in the spring, nitrogen fertilizers must be applied to the soil.
Often, garlic leaves turn yellow due to plant damage by diseases such as stem nematode or white rot. The nematode very often infects the plant in rainy, humid weather. In this case, gardeners are advised to take a number of measures before planting to prevent these diseases. So, first you need to water the soil on the prepared beds with a solution of sodium chloride (per 10 liters of water, 2 tablespoons of s alt). Pour on 1 sq. meter 3 liters of liquid. Boarding itself
material must be treated with the following solution: 1 teaspoon of s alt and 50 grams of chopped small fern leaves are taken for 1 liter of water. All mix and pour garlic cloves for 15 minutes, but no longer. Then, without washing, they are planted. It is best to sow marigolds next to the garden bed,coriander, mint, calendula. These plants repel the stem nematode.
It is important to follow the rules of crop rotation when growing garlic. You should not plant it where onions or potatoes grew: they have common diseases and pests. It is recommended to return it to its former site only after five seasons.
There is one more little secret: if it was not possible to establish why the garlic leaves turn yellow, you need to feed the plant with any complex mineral fertilizer and increase watering.
