Good afternoon, my reader. Zucchini are used for cooking vegetable dishes and homemade preparations. The first long-awaited harvest is harvested in the middle of summer. But there are a few tricks to speeding up fruit growth by 1-2 weeks.
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How to get an early harvest
The early maturity of the variety plays the most important role. Suitable for cold regions:
- Tsukesha - 50 days before ripening;
- Iskander - 40-45;
- Aeronaut, Zebra - 45-50.
The ovary is formed even during a cold snap, the yield does not decrease due to unfavorable conditions.
Experienced gardeners know that the zucchini species is the first to be eaten. He has a thin peel, tender pulp, few seeds.
1-2 plants are enough to wait for the fruiting of the main varieties:
- Sow in advance to get seedlings with 4-5 leaves by mid-May.
- For planting, take a barrel or other container with a volume of 200 liters. 3/4 filled with branches, compost, leaves, peat and other plant debris. The remaining 50 cm is filled with nutritious soil. If the acidity is increased, then it is diluted with dolomite flour. 1-2 bushes are planted in 1 barrel.
- The container is installed in a lighted place. Warming up from all sides contributes to the active growth of seedlings. From frost will be protected by the usual insulation with a film on the arcs.
The first fruits are harvested in mid to late June.
On squash bushes, female flowers bloom first. Their ovaries do not develop and immediately rot. If the garden has several buds on thin stems, then these are male flowers. With their help, the formation of ovaries is accelerated. Variety does not matter, pollen is transferred from any bush where there is already a barren flower on a long stem.
The petals are cut off from him, and the stamens are attached to the female flowers. They grow from the base of the leaves on a short stem. Stamens with mature pollen are loose and velvety in appearance. The ovaries will begin to develop normally after the procedure. Ripe zucchini try to shoot on time so that they do not inhibit the growth of others.
More mature bushes are pollinated by insects. Some gardeners attract them with a solution of honey, which is sprayed on the plants. The yield increases by 1.5-2 times.
Parthenocarpic varieties are not self-pollinated, but zucchini are self-tied. Examples:
- Apollo;
- Parthenon;
- Dry;
- Jellyfish;
- Kavili;
- Belogor.
Top dressing, watering
After seed germination, the soil is kept moist. Dry crust is only allowed 1-1.5 cm deep. In the heat, water at least 1 time per day. At the same time, a solution of nitrogen fertilizer is poured in.
With the appearance of the first zucchini, the water consumption per plant is increased by 1.5-2 times. Every 2 weeks they are fed with an ash solution (1 glass per 10 liters), 2 liters are poured per bush. Phosphate-potassium fertilizers will have a quick effect. Constant feeding, even on fertile soil, promotes flowering and setting of zucchini.
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