Gribovsky is a winter garlic with excellent characteristics, thanks to which the vegetable is grown on both a small and industrial scale. The pungent-tasting bulbs are used for making seasonings, hot dishes and canning.
Characteristics and description
The Gribovsky garlic variety includes the following varieties: Gribovsky 60, Gribovsky 80, Gribovsky Yubileiny. Depending on the type of vegetable and the climate of the region, the growing season of the crop lasts 80–125 days.
Plants of all subspecies in the middle of the growing season produce arrows, the length of which often reaches 1–1.5 m. At the top of the arrows, umbrellas are formed, in which seeds are formed. The length of the leaf plates is 15–20 cm, width is 2.5 cm.The aerial part consists of 10–12 leaves.
The variety has high immunity to a number of diseases of fungal and viral origin. Gribovsky is tolerant of sudden temperature changes and unfavorable weather conditions: it tolerates both drought and cold well.
Description of the head of garlic Gribovsky:
- Weight - 30–60 g, in rare cases the bulbs weigh 100 g.
- The head consists of 5–12 single-caliber teeth.
- The shape is flat-round with a slightly elongated tip.
- The surface of the cloves is yellow with lilac or violet veins.
- The taste is good: the taste is sharp, the smell is rich.
As you can see, the characteristics of winter garlic allow us to hope for a generous harvest in regions with changeable weather. But in order for a crop to show 100% of the potential inherent in nature, it is necessary to plant correctly and provide proper care.
Landing
Garlic is planted a month before the onset of persistent winter cold. Depending on the climate of the growing region, planting is carried out in late September - mid-October. It is not recommended to plant the crop earlier or later than this time, as the plantings may freeze. On the eve of planting, the following manipulations are carried out:
- Seed preparation. For planting, select large cloves of garlic that have no mechanical damage or signs of disease. To prevent the development of pathogenic microflora, planting material is soaked in one of the industrial fungicides or a weak solution of potassium permanganate.
- Site selection and preparation. Since garlic is a light-loving plant, to grow it, you need to choose sunny areas that do not flood groundwater or melt water.The crop grows best on loose sandy loams and loams. A vegetable crop growing on a clayey, semi-shaded area brings a meager harvest. Garlic of the Gribovsky variety bears fruit well in beds where legumes, cucumbers, and cabbage grew last season.
Humus is laid out in the area allocated for planting, and then the soil is dug deep. If rotted manure is not available, it can be replaced with compost. Organic consumption per 1 sq. m. area - 5 kg. To give the soil time to settle a little, the site is prepared 2 weeks before the intended planting. You cannot plant garlic in loose soil, as the bulbs will be small.
The soil is leveled and rows are made, leaving 30 cm of free space between them. Depending on the size of the teeth or seeds, the depth of the furrows is 5–7 cm. Garlic is planted bottom down at intervals of 10–15 cm. To prevent moisture from evaporating so quickly and weeds from growing, a layer of chopped straw or hay is laid between the rows of plants. Thanks to this simple manipulation, the gardener’s work will be significantly reduced.
Care
No matter how ideal the description of the variety may be, in order for the crop to grow quickly and eventually form large bulbs, it is necessary to create suitable conditions for it. The gardener who set to work growing winter garlic, must perform the following garden manipulations:
- Watering. Garlic is not very demanding on moisture: one abundant watering per week is enough for the crop. In pursuit of a large harvest, it is impossible to increase the frequency of watering, as the plants may develop root rot or one of the fungal diseases. To prevent the vegetable from becoming watery and to ripen faster, watering is stopped at the beginning of July.
- Feeding. Fertilize garlic Gribovsky 60 2–3 times. For the first feeding, before the snow melts, ammonium nitrate is spread over the garden bed. The second and third fertilizing is applied in April with an interval of 2 weeks. Slurry, chicken manure solution, and complex mineral fertilizers, which include potassium and phosphorus, are used as nutrient mixtures. Contrary to popular belief that the more fertilizers, the greater the yield, overfeeding is harmful to the plant. Due to an excess of microelements, bulbs left for the winter quickly deteriorate.
- Cutting off arrows. To ensure that nutrients are sent to the formation of bulbs, shoots are removed from garlic as soon as their length reaches 5 cm. If you plan to harvest seeds, the shoots are not pinched off.
- Weeding and loosening. These manipulations are simply vital for the culture to grow normally. Weeds are pulled out as they appear, and the soil is loosened after watering and rain. In practice, it has been proven that in well-aerated and permeable soil, Gribovsky garlic grows larger.
Harvest
Gribovsky garlic is harvested immediately after the stems turn yellow and bend slightly. Depending on the location of the region, cleaning is carried out in the second or third decade of July. The bulbs are lifted with a pitchfork, pulled out of the ground and gently shaken off the soil.
Dry garlic on burlap in the open air or in a ventilated room. Damaged heads are immediately eaten, and all the rest are placed in wooden perforated boxes and taken to the cellar for storage.
Reviews
In the era of computer technology, not only business people, but also gardeners use the Internet. Most of the comments about Gribovsky garlic left on the forums are positive.Vegetable growers confirm the immunity and tolerance to weather conditions stated in the description. The pungent taste of the vegetable is especially praised, which allows it to be used for preparing any dishes.
The main disadvantage of the variety is considered to be the small size and average keeping quality of the Gribovsky Yubileiny garlic variety.
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