Garlic - very useful plant which is grown up by the bulk of gardeners. Beginners should consider the accumulated experience and not to be late with excavation of garlic, otherwise it will become unsuitable for long storage.
Already by the end of July garlic is completely ready in cleaning. Yellowing of the lower tops of vegetable on plant says that time to dig out it has come. Among gardeners there is even opinion that it is better to remove garlic for five days earlier, than for five days later. At early excavation from leaves in heads of garlic the outflow of nutrients begins. Thus, garlic completely will ripen under awning roof. Only in this case all cloves will be juicy and dense and will remain in excellent condition till spring.
If you have decided to dig out garlic for three days after the put term, cloves will begin to be scattered, because of it heads will become less dense and unsuitable to long storage. Therefore it is so important to monitor maturing of garlic and not to miss the moment of its digging-up.
Skilled summer residents can determine purely intuitively the term of maturing and cleaning of garlic from beds. It is recommended to the same who has faced cultivation of this culture for the first time periodically (once a week, since the first of July) to dig out on garlic head in different parts of ridges, carefully examining it. Mature culture has to have juicy outer side of head (but not dry) and strong holding teeth, highly rising to stalk. It should be noted that you should not pull out garlic at all, it should be dug out shovel or pitchfork. Experts advise to remove garlic only in warm weather, but if there is severe drought, water bed several hours prior to excavation. It is much simpler to exempt garlic backs from slightly damp soil. If roots come off together with the soil, there will be free access for infection. Remove the reaped crop under canopy, having protected with that from direct sunshine, do not allow their soaking. In week after drying of garlic begin to cut off stalks, leave over heads of hemp up to six centimeters long. Remove the damaged heads, for storage select only the strongest.