Most gardeners prefer to grow the usual culture. But there are those exotics, which we recommend paying attention. They will be favorites and vegetarian yavyatsya welcome diverse menu.
Sheet beet (spinach)
Grades are divided into petioles and leaf. Most popular Rainbow, Emerald, Scarlet.
Nuances of cultivation:
- Loves sunny places, does not require copious irrigation;
- Thermophilic beets; you can sow in mid to late May, germinate after 11-13 days, requires thinning;
- The foliage gives throughout the season;
- Best grown using organic fertilizing.
Important! Consumed in the form of cheese can not be! When cooked the leaves change color, but does not lose the wholesome, nutritious qualities. Before adding to salads and stews chard leaves passaged.
Fennel
Incredibly similar to fennel, but it has its advantages. Unlike an umbrella fellow grows in two varieties: vegetable and leaf.
Fennel leaves are used in making broths, cooking broths. They give the original taste and aroma of anise.
Thick radical "bulbils" fennel stalks are used in soups, stews, cell.
Nuances of cultivation:
- Fennel appreciates warm. Seedlings are prepared in April.
- Education thickening of the stem at the root depends on the duration of daylight hours, so choose well-lit areas of the garden, and provide seedlings fitolamp. Otherwise the plant will go to the arrow.
- Leafy varieties before planting the seeds need to be soaked. Water must constantly change to maximize release of seed from the essential oils that prevent germination.
- Thin out seedlings important. The distance between the individuals should be 10-15 cm.
- Watering Fennel requires only during dry periods.
Important! Fennel suppresses the growth of any neighbors. Therefore, for it is better to choose a single flower bed. Tomatoes are particularly bad near anise friend.
Ogurdynya (Manduria)
A close relative of cucumbers, but the shape and coloring of like a mini-melon. Popular varieties include Green Dragon, Dream tape.
Has a short growing season, time to ripen in areas with minimal warm season.
Tastes like sweet pickles, especially in the form of slightly unripe. Interestingly, the fruit is never bitter. They are suitable for salting, marinating and consumption in salads.
Nuances of cultivation:
- Ready for planting in the ground in mid-May.
- Loves bulk insulated beds with good nutrient medium and sufficient watering.
- The first ovary appear after 65-75 days after germination.
- It requires timely, regular assembly of the crop. Ripe fruit crack, mope on the ridge.
To avoid cross-pollination is not recommended to be planted close to the family (pumpkin, zucchini, cucumbers).
Okra (okra)
It is difficult to find an analogue for this exotic. In the food consumed its pods, something resembling peppers.
Okra are added to stews, soups, she adds a subtle taste of eggplant, making soups richness. Tasty pods of okra, cooked on the grill.
Nuances of cultivation:
- Very thermophilic (native to tropical Africa), is grown only in covered greenhouses, nurseries.
- Avoid drafts, especially for young seedlings. They are fragile, despite the external fortress.
- It requires a sunny position, heat, regular fertilizing and abundant watering.
Important! Possible to use only the unripe pods during ripening vegetable fibers become coarse. From ripe fruit you can make tea drinks.