Everyone knows the delicious and healthy root vegetable radish. Many gardeners grow radish varieties: white, black, seaside. Even the Japanese view - daikon. But its Chinese relative of the frontal, almost not heard even experienced amateur gardeners. But in all provinces under the heavens it is cultivated on everywhere and you can buy it at any market.
How did this looks unfamiliar Russians vegetable. Let's look at it closer.
Features radish Loba
Unlike our usual radish gardeners, Loeb takes the most unpredictable forms. Its fruits are rounded, cylindrical shape, slightly flat. Fruit coloring colorful. There are roots of white, scarlet, green color. But always at the top of Chinese emerald. Juicy flesh of various hues from snow-white to pinkish-red.
According to your taste similar to radishes Loba, at the same time, reminding and Japanese daikon radish and domestic. In terms of the frontal storage is slightly inferior to European ones, and even surpasses daikon.
The content of useful substances
Loeb has a whole range of useful to human health qualities. Its roots contain a range of vitamins and minerals:
- Group B.
- Vitamin A view
- Niacin RR.
- Potassium and calcium.
- The phosphorus and iron.
- Copper and iodine.
The use of radish in food It facilitates removal of salts, body cleansing. Include in the diet of roots of this vegetable, you can get rid of many ailments, including cirrhosis of the liver, kidney and adrenal diseases.
In addition, Chinese radish low-calorie, only 21 kcal per hundred grams of the product, which allows its use in diets. It is recommended for people of advanced age to strengthen the immune system, as well as children and adolescents.
cultivation technology
The plant itself is very easily cultivated without causing too much trouble farmer. When used properly, the frontal agronomic techniques gives a very high yield. It is best radish feels on fertile soils, rich in organic matter. In order to get a good harvest are a few rules you need to know.
Before planting, you need to dig deep soil (full bayonet spade), compacted manure to fertilize (in any case not to use fresh). If the soil is acidic, be sure to add lime.
It is best to sow Chinese radishes in the summer, after the winter crops early potatoes. Abundant watering and long daylight hours give amazing results, taking into account the weight of the root crop.
The distance between the rows should be not more than 70 and not less than 55 centimeters, and 20-30 cm between plants. Before planting, the soil must be abundantly moisten. When planting in each lune need to put two or three seeds. After emergence (3-4 leaf), extra plants are pulled out and remains one germ. After this hold any fertilizer complex fertilizer and sprinkle ashes. Loba loves much water, but it can not be pereuvlazhnyat.
Harvesting is necessary to produce until frost. Radish out of the ground is taken for the tops, and if the soil is strongly zatrambovana, you can use a pitchfork or shovel. Damaged fruit lay apart from the whole, they should be eaten first. For longer storage the tops not cut, and by twisting breaks off.
Interesting! Store fruits in wooden boxes can be filled with sand, you can as well use the moss. During the storage sand or moss should be slightly moist. If the temperature in the cellar 0 or +1 degree Your radishes will continue until FebruaryAnd then you will please your loved ones a wonderful taste of Chinese radish Loba.