Squash is used in different vegetable dishes and make preparations for the winter. Wait for the season of fresh vegetables accounts for around mid-July. But you can use a few tricks to squash grew faster and were on the table before 1-2 weeks.
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How to grow early vegetables?
To obtain early harvest affects the choice of varieties. Iskander suitable for northern regions (40-45 days), Tsukesha (50 days), aeronaut and Zebra (45-50 days). They form a well when cold snaps ovaries do not reduce the yield and under adverse conditions.
Experienced gardeners have the secret of growing the earliest courgettes, which are beginning to arrive on the table first. It is better to choose a Tall zucchini (with a thin skin and a well-developed pulp). Technology is used for 1-2 plants not yet begin to actively bear fruit the main varieties:
- Seeds are sown in advance to get to the middle of May, the seedlings with 4-5 leaves.
- To prepare landing old 200-liter tank with leaky bottom (barrel from the water and others.). The container is filled with loose plant debris (dry leaves and branches, peat, etc.). The top 40-50 cm complete the fertile soil and planted seedlings (1-2 bush on the barrel).
- The tank should be in a sunny warm place. It is well heated, contributing to the warming of the soil and the rapid growth of the seedlings. To protect against frost make the film cover on the edges.
The first young fruit can be removed in mid-late June.
Feature squash bushes is that the first female flowers are formed before the male. They contain the ovaries, which are beginning to rot immediately after flowering. If the plantation has been at least a few flowering of male flowers (on long stems and no ovaries under the rim), you can try to speed up the development of the ovaries in other bushes. Purity grades in this case does not matter, so the pollen can be transferred from any bush, which has already released a long flower stalks with empty shell.
When mature pollen, stamens become loose and velvety in appearance. At Netherbloom carefully quenched petals and stamens applied to female flowers zucchini (located at the base of the leaves, stalks and short with a small ovary under the rim). After that, the first ovary of flowers will develop into normal fruit.
When the zucchini are actively bloom, pollination is done by insects. To attract bees and bumblebees, experienced gardeners planting sprayed with a solution of honey. The sweet smell attracts pollinators. The harvest at the same time increased by 1.5-2 times.
To obtain yields irrespective of the presence of insects and to dispense with the manual pollination (for example, a greenhouse), buy seeds parthenocarpic varieties. Among them there early and compact hybrids (Parthenon, Medusa, Kavili etc.) For the closed and open ground.
Watering and fertilizing
When the seeds sprout, the soil under the bushes need to keep moist. I have only to dry the upper layer to 1-1.5 cm in depth. In hot weather, small zucchini watered at least 1 time per day. At the same time spend feeding nitrogen fertilizer (herbal brew, urea or NPK).
When starting to fill with the first fruits, watering increases, giving each plant to water is about 1.5 times larger than before. Every 2 weeks was added to irrigation water 1 cup wood ash per 10 liters and partitioned 1.5-2 liters per bush. Fertilizing stimulates flowering and fruit set. Rather ashes can use phosphorus-potassium fertilizer granules (potassium monophosphate, superphosphate, potassium sulfate, etc.).
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