One of the most popular early vegetable crops is considered to radishes. He is not only tasty and useful, but also easy to grow. For a large harvest of root crops should adhere to certain rules when choosing the time, place and method of planting.
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Selection of the optimal planting time
Radish does not like high air temperature, maximum daylight hours, poor care. Culture easily tolerate freezing to -5... -4 ° C. Comfortable for plant development considered +15... + 18 ° C with 10-hour photoperiod, abundant and frequent watering.
At higher ambient temperature, there is a rapid increase in the weight of foliage and flowering, which negatively affects the formation and growth of roots, of a food.
Considering the above factors, in growing this culture vegetable gardener must choose the right time for planting.
In central Russia said root in the open field can be grown twice - from mid-April to May and from August to September, excluding the unfavorable period (June-July). It is important to select varieties of plants is correct, using:
- spring - early cultures (Dawn, Rudolf)
- in late summer - late (red giant icicles).
planting times may vary depending on the climatic zones and weather features.
When selecting bolting resistant varieties of radish (Duro, lightning) and using dark covering material early covering the beds reduces the daylight hours, you can try to grow a root vegetable whole summer period.
Selecting a location
Choosing a place for radish is of paramount importance. Such a portion should be:
- protected from strong winds;
- illuminated by sunlight in moderation - in the first or in the second half of the day.
Culture loves groomed neutral loose and light soils with low acidity.
The soil under spring planting radish in autumn well fertilized humus or decomposed with addition of organic minerals (per 1 square. meter beds - feeding 10 liters) and dig. It is impossible for these purposes to use fresh manure.
In the spring the soil dug up again, leveled and covered with plastic wrap for a quick warm-up. Radish seeds are selected for planting and disinfected.
It is undesirable to land in the same root beds where culture grown cruciferous (radish, cabbage, watercress, etc.). This is due to the same pests and diseases that attack these plants. Radish well be in mixed beds with a variety of vegetables and herbs - garlic, onion, cucumber, tomatoes, peas and other.
Two main ways of landing
Planting radishes in the open ground is often done following common ways:
- rows in the grooves;
- a continuous web in a given area.
For larger areas well suited first method. To do so, make a smooth shallow grooves (3 cm). They placed prepared radish seeds, covered with earth and watered. The distance between two adjacent grooves should be 15-20 cm. For an easier care of these plants can be used hoe or ploskorez Fokine.
On small plots of planting produced a continuous web. Prior to this, on a bed prepared, completely free of weeds, and well water spilled, make small depressions. They can be produced cassette out of eggs or a stick. Seeds are displayed on the depressions, covered with earth and compacted.
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