What to do if garlic turns yellow in spring and why it happens

Any gardener is upset when his plants do not grow and develop as they should. In spring and summer, some gardeners are faced with a common problem - garlic turns yellow. To protect your plantings from yellowing and preserve the future harvest after winter, you must definitely find out the reason why this is happening and what to do.

Winter garlic and spring garlic can also turn yellow, as a rule, at the beginning it turns yellow from the feather and stem part. To treat, you need to carry out processing or feeding with special means.

Diseases of garlic and remedies for yellowing of feathers and leaves

The main problems with this spicy vegetable fall into three broad categories:

• Improper care
• Diseases
• Pests

The main diseases of garlic include the following:

• Rust
• Fusarium
• Peronosporosis
• Bacterial and cervical rot
• Penicillosis

Rust and how to deal with it

The most common garlic disease in Russia is rust. A serious problem that must be dealt with immediately.

Outwardly, the disease manifests itself as follows: spread small orange spots all over the leaf surface garlic. In appearance, "rust" looks like small yellowish bulges of rusty color. If the gardener does not react in time, the plant gradually turns black and dies.

By its nature, rust is fungal disease... More often than not, the disease has remained in the ground since last year. Therefore, as a preventive measure, it is not recommended to plant plants in the same place every year. In addition, the garlic beds should be located away from the onion beds.

If rusty leaves are found, they must be cut off immediately... If the infection is massive, it is worth using and treating with chemicals. They are applied strictly according to the instructions.

Fusarium - how to treat it to fight

Infection occurs through the soil and if poor-quality seed is planted. The development of the disease occurs at a temperature 13-30 degrees and with high humidity... Outwardly, the disease manifests itself as follows: garlic leaves begin to turn yellow at the tip, dry out and die off... In this case, the roots rot, the development of the head stops and the plant dies.

As a preventive measure, it is imperative to monitor the condition of the planting material. You can also additionally disinfect and water the soil with special chemicals.

To combat the manifested disease, you need to use antifungal agents, according to the instructions or method.

Peronosporosis

The popular name of the disease is downy mildew... The disease is fungal in nature and is common in all regions of Russia. Peronosporosis is especially active at high humidity.

Outwardly, the signs of the disease look like focal leaf lesion... At the same time, the growth and development of the vegetable slows down, the leaves change color and shape, the flower stalks turn yellow.

To avoid contamination in your beds, you need to plant only healthy seed, monitor soil moisture. It is better to place the beds with plants in sunny and ventilated places of your garden plot. If the disease still struck garlic, you need to use special means.

Bacterial and cervical rot

Bacterial diseases affect garlic less often than fungal diseases. Cervical rot affects itself teeth... To avoid this ailment, you need plant vegetables annually in different places and monitor the health of the seed.

It is also worth using special pest control sprays. Insects can aggravate the disease and are sometimes even the source of it.

Penicillosis

The people call this disease green mold... The causative agents are fungi. The disease most often manifests itself during improper storage. The heads deteriorate and collapse from the inside.

Reasons why garlic can turn yellow in spring

In summer time yellowing of the leaves indicates its ripening. But, in the spring yellowness indicates problems.

There are main reasons for this phenomenon:

• early landing;
• freezing;
• acidic soil;
• lack of watering;
• pests.

Early planting and freezing

Winter garlic turns yellow more often, this happens due to spring frost... If planted too early, spring garlic can also be affected by cold temperatures. Young sprouts of garlic are covered with a film - this protects them from hypothermia.

Acidic soil

Spicy vegetable grows well and develops in the ground with a neutral balance... Too acidic soil causes yellowing of the leaves. In addition, the soil should be loose and oxygen-permeable.

You can reduce acidity if you feed the soil with lime. The proportions of this additive are calculated based on the characteristics of the earth.

Insufficient watering

In young plants, yellowing of the leaves can be caused by a lack of moisture. In May - June, the formation of a vegetable takes place. At this time you need regularly loosen the soil and produce timely watering.

To water the vegetable, use settled water, which is warmed up in the sun.

Pests

The most common insects that spoil garlic and onions are onion fly, nematode, root mite, tobacco thrips... They are capable of causing irreparable harm to the harvest of this spicy vegetable.

To avoid insect infestation, garlic is planted each time to different beds... Before planting, the soil must be shed with disinfectant solutions. And at the first signs of damage - use special sprays that repel pests.

What to do if the leaves start to turn yellow

To prevent yellowing of plants, it is worth planting healthy cloves in clean and disinfected soil. If planting is carried out in the spring, it is worth waiting for the temperature to stabilize so as not to subject the young shoots to frost. Proper care and timely detection of diseases will help to get a high-quality harvest of this burning vegetable.