The turning yellow garlic feathers - the phenomenon which many gardeners quite often face. The causes of this illness of plants there can be set therefore to everyone to keep harvest first of all it is necessary to establish these reasons, and then to eliminate them.
Most often yellowing of feathers can be seen at winter garlic, especially at those representatives who have been put in autumn time too early. In this case anything it is impossible to do, however this phenomenon - prevention that it is necessary to plant garlic the next year not earlier than in the second half of October (weather at this time cold, sprouts will not manage to arise).
If feathers have turned yellow in spring time and it was preceded by small frost (namely the frost can provoke this illness), then in this case spraying of plants the medicines Tsikron, NV-101, Epin, etc. will help. Spraying it is worth spending each three-five days until garlic does not recover.
One more reason of yellowing of garlic - lack of moisture. Timely watering and scarification will help to cope with this problem.
Also wreckers in the form of, for example, onions fly can provoke change of color of feathers of garlic. These insects are not frightened by pungent smell therefore spraying methods infusions of wormwood and other odorous means will not approach here. The most effective medicine from these wreckers - mix of ashes and tobacco dust (1:1). The soil Pritrusiv around garlic similar ""medicine"", you will create adverse conditions for survival of onions fly on garlic bed.
The fungus is the one more reason because of which it is possible to notice easy yellowing of feathers of garlic. Most often the fungus damages roots of these plants therefore try to soak always before landing bulbs in special medicines (Fitosporin, Maxim) or weak solution of potassium permanganate.
Garlic can turn yellow also from the shortage of nitrogen and potassium. In the first case the fertilizing by urea (on 10 liters of water urea tablespoon), will help with the second - entering into the soil of fertilizer potassium sulfate (teaspoon on water liter).