Garlic variety Lyubasha: characteristics, planting and care

The garlic variety Lyubasha is one of the most popular for planting before winter. It is grown throughout the country and is praised for such qualities as unpretentiousness, high yield, resistance to drought, some diseases and pests, and excellent component composition.

garlic variety "Lyubasha"

variety "Lyubasha" is characterized by high yield

Winter garlic "Lyubasha" stores well

Description and characteristics

Lyubasha is a universal variety, suitable for salads and other dishes, making preparations for the winter. Stable harvest. Does not place high demands on care and soil composition. Winter garlic is frost-resistant and has excellent storage qualities. Lyubasha has a powerful root system. The foliage is emerald with a light waxy coating. The leaves are long and densely packed.

Variety characteristics:

Ways to increase productivity

The key to a high yield is proper agricultural technology. You should start with the correct landing. It is important to plant not early and not late, but on time. It is necessary to pre-treat the seed with a fungicide, for example, Fundazol, to protect the plants from root rot.

It must be planted with the bottom down. For arrowing varieties, cut off or break off the arrows. Timely watering, fertilizing, loosening, and weeding also significantly increase the yield.

Non-chemical methods to increase garlic yield

Garlic does not like heavy soils. Loamy and sandy loam soils are suitable for its cultivation. To increase crop productivity, the structural composition of the soil is improved with sand, peat, and loam, depending on the initial characteristics.

Please note that acidic soil must be limed, since the optimum pH is in the range of 6.5-7.9.

The soil for sowing is prepared immediately after harvesting: plant residues are removed, dug up with a shovel, and sowed with green manure (mustard, lupine, etc.). Compost or dry humus is used as organic fertilizer.

To avoid the use of herbicides, special equipment is used for weeding - cultivators.

Attention! You cannot fertilize with fresh manure.

Pros and cons of Lyubasha

The winter variety has a number of advantages, and they make it attractive to gardeners:

• Excellent drought and frost resistance.
• The product contains high levels of vitamin C, proteins, amino acids, essential oils, selenium and other substances.
• Stable and high yield.
• Tolerance to fungal diseases and resistance to pests.

If there is not enough snow, garlic may freeze; it is necessary to mulch the soil. In the warm season, Lyubasha requires a sunny place; in the shade this variety does not develop well enough. But when agrotechnical requirements are met, it produces excellent yields. There are no significant disadvantages mentioned.

What is the difference from other varieties?

High frost resistance determines the cultivation of Lyubasha garlic in the northern regions of Russia. The crop produces a consistently high yield even in areas with high temperatures and limited precipitation, since the plant is distinguished by increased resistance to drought.

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Where can I buy planting material?

Ready-made planting material for Lyubasha garlic can be purchased at any open trading platform: in an online store or from individuals. On average, garlic for planting (not commercial) costs from 500 rubles per kg. On farms they sell 1 kg of bulbs for 200-300 rubles. (farms in the Belgorod, Tver, Tula regions, Moscow region, etc.).

If you buy garlic bulbs for planting, the goods will cost an average of 1000-1500 rubles per kg. Bulbs are also sold individually: from 10 rubles for 10 pieces. (for example, in stores in the Moscow region). The cost of an elite product is many times higher.

Garlic planting time

Lyubasha is planted in the fall and is a winter variety. Suitable for planting are seed bulbs (balloons), single-toothed seeds grown in the second year, or ripened heads. The optimal planting period is October (until mid-November), a few weeks before the first frost. This time will be enough for the garlic to get used to outdoor conditions. If garlic is planted in the spring, this is done before mid-April - the material is placed in soil that is moist after the snow has melted.

Lyubasha takes root well in different climatic zones - both in the south and in the north. Suitable for small farms in the Moscow region. It is advisable to choose planting material in the area where it is planned to be planted.

Soil preparation

Lyubasha is not picky about the soil, but the gardener still needs to prepare the soil for planting garlic:

• dig up the soil efficiently, giving it airiness;
• loosen at a depth of about 30 cm;
• remove all debris, stones, grass from the ground in the process;
• Dig the furrows 2-3 weeks before the intended planting, add the necessary fertilizers: natural and industrial with potassium or phosphorus;
• Water the holes thoroughly 2-3 days before planting.

The landing material is also inspected for defects. Only good, unsprouted bulbs and bulbs are selected. Garlic cloves are taken from the three-lobed heads. It is recommended to soak them for 30 minutes in potassium permanganate to disinfect.

Features of agricultural technology

All winter varieties of garlic are planted in the fall.
Each gardener determines the planting time independently based on the climatic conditions of the region. Work is carried out from October to November 30-40 days before the onset of stable frosts. During this time, the teeth will have time to take root, but will not germinate at low air temperatures. Unrooted or greened plantings do not overwinter well. The soil for garlic is prepared in advance. When choosing a location, preference is given to well-lit areas with a light soil texture and neutral acidity. Garlic grows well on loam, but does not tolerate wet areas where water stagnates in the spring.

The beds where garlic is supposed to be placed are fertilized with manure (preferably horse manure), phosphorus-potassium preparations are added and dug up. In the spring, if necessary, additionally feed the plants with nitrogen.

Cloves, bulbs, and single-toothed bulbs are used as planting material. To obtain bulbs, leave a few arrows on the plants and allow them to fully ripen. This method of planting allows not only to quickly propagate the variety, but also to rejuvenate it.

Before starting work, the seed material is pickled in potassium permanganate and then dried. Cloves, bulbs and bulbs are divided into equal fractions.

Experienced gardeners recommend planting garlic according to the following scheme: 1 plant every 10 cm in a row and 30-40 cm between them.

The optimal planting depth for Lyubasha garlic is 8-10 cm (the larger the cloves, the deeper they are planted), after which it is recommended to mulch the beds. This is especially necessary in the northern regions, where frosts can lead to the death of plantings in winter.

Step-by-step planting instructions

Winter garlic is sown in rows with an interval of 35-45 cm. There is a step between plantings, since Lyubasha is a large garlic and it requires a lot of space. The holes are deepened by 5-9 cm. Wood ash is usually poured onto their bottom and the entire row is filled with warm water. Next, planting material is placed.

Planting pattern:

1. The teeth and single teeth deepen by 7 cm or more.
2. The bulbs have a depth of 4-5 cm.

The cloves planted in the holes are sprinkled with soil. The furrows are not watered, but covered with spruce branches, straw, sawdust, peat or thin branches (i.e. mulched). This is especially true for regions with harsh climates, otherwise garlic may not survive the winter. The covering material is removed when the snow melts.

Caring for Lyubasha

Caring for garlic includes regular watering, weeding and fertilizing.

Regularity of watering

The regularity and abundance of watering is determined by the temperature and ripening period of the garlic. Starting from the first days of April until the third ten days of June, when the garlic puts out young shoots - arrows, the beds are abundantly moistened so that the soil does not dry out. In summer, you can reduce watering to 1-2 times a week. The pale green color of the leaves may indicate excess moisture.

The ripening period for Lyubasha is 3 months after the first shoots. Two weeks before final ripening, watering is completely stopped to allow the soil to dry out. This makes harvesting easier.

Feeding

Lyubasha, like other varieties of garlic, benefits from getting all the necessary substances from fertilizers. In the spring, garlic is fertilized with urea, diluting 20 g of the substance in a bucket of water and watering the beds using sprinkling. For 1 sq. m area, up to 4 liters of the drug should be consumed. If feathers grow slowly, you can add bird droppings to the urea (a glass of 10 liters of water).

Fertilizing is combined with watering. Their regularity is as follows:

1. Spring fertilizer with urea.
2. Second feeding after 2-3 weeks. Mineral fertilizer (nitroammofoska) is diluted in 10 liters of water - 2 tbsp. spoons of the substance.
3. The third - during the formation of the bulb. Phosphorus fertilizer (superphosphate) is used. The expense is the same.

Weeding and other manipulations

Timely digging of garlic beds is the key to plant health. Moisture and air flow through the loose soil to the roots and bulbs. During loosening, weeds are removed from the beds. Weeding is carried out after watering, which makes the gardener’s work easier.

In addition to weeding, garlic can benefit from manipulations such as pruning shoots. When shoots appear in June and reach a length of 9-11 cm, the shoots are pinched off. Farmers keep some of them for themselves to use the bulbs for planting. If you plan to leave the seeds, you must wait until they are fully ripe.

Diseases and pests

This variety of garlic is resistant to many diseases, but runs the risk of becoming infected with fungus during the growing season. For prevention purposes, it is recommended to pre-soak the cloves, spray the grown plants with fungicides, and remove damaged specimens. Lyubasha is resistant to fusarium, but is susceptible to the negative influence of other pathogenic microorganisms and pests.

Collection and storage

Lyubasha is harvested in July, preferably in dry, sunny weather. The fact that the crop is ripe is signaled by the lower leaves, which turn yellow en masse. How to harvest garlic:

1. Use a shovel to dig up the heads, pull them out, and clean them.
2. Leave for two hours in the shade.
3. Hang it under the ceiling or outside under a canopy for a week.
4. When the husks are completely dry, cut off the stems, leaving only the neck.

You can look at the Lyubasha garlic variety and learn about the features of its cultivation in the video below:

The harvested crop is placed in boxes, bags, nets, or the garlic is braided. Storage areas must be ventilated, such as a basement or any other place without direct sunlight. The optimal temperature in winter is a slight minus. In order for the garlic to survive until spring, it is sorted from time to time, examining it for the presence of diseases and rot.

Requirements for growing conditions

To grow crops, it is important to observe soil and climatic conditions. Lyubasha garlic grows normally at a temperature of 17-25°C. Loves cultivated, nutritious soils.

The bulbs grow small when grown in shaded areas, on low-humus and acidic soil. The vegetation is slowed down by the lack of soil aeration through loosening and insufficient irrigation.

Part of the harvest is lost due to diseases when garlic is planted in the same beds for more than two years and when there is excessive watering.

The Lyubasha variety, due to its winter hardiness and drought resistance, is grown in all regions of the Russian Federation. Only the timing of planting and the depth of planting vary.

When sprouting, the vegetable requires a humidity of 80%. As you grow, this figure drops to 60%.

Reviews of garlic Lyubasha

After the first year of planting, I only had pleasant impressions about Lyubasha’s garlic. About 80 kg were collected from one hundred square meters of land. Most went for sale and winter preparations. Lyubasha loves water. If your soil is constantly moist, I do not recommend frequent watering.

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Vladimir. I love this variety for its large bulbs and unpretentiousness.
Easy to grow! It grows well in Crimea, the local climate is ideal for Lyubasha. I don't see any flaws in the variety. I recommend it for large farms, profit is guaranteed. ★★★★★
Ilya. The garlic variety Lyubasha is well zoned, so it survives bad weather - both cold and drought, does not require special care, is immune to diseases and pests, and produces excellent yields of large bulbs.
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Lyubasha's specialty is her spicy taste. This garlic is used in home cooking and in industry. Anyone can plant a crop on their own plot with stable yields.

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Scope of harvest

Lyubasha garlic is used in cooking for canning, pickling, and is added as a seasoning to first and second courses and sauces. The leaves of the crop are included in salads, stewed, and fried.

The vegetable is widely used in official and folk medicine. Garlic is included in pharmaceutical preparations and folk remedies used in the treatment of the following diseases:

• pulmonary tuberculosis;
• colitis, gastritis, cholecystitis;
• hypertension, atherosclerosis;
• diabetes mellitus;
• dysentery;
• staphylococcal infection;
• flu, sore throat, pneumonia.

Garlic prevents excess weight gain and senile dementia.
Kills cancer cells developing in the oral cavity and bronchi, strengthens the body's immune defense.