We grow radishes correctly. It can be grown at any time of the year, not only in the garden or in the greenhouse, but also at home. But not everyone succeeds in doing it according to the rules, someone goes into the arrow, someone is tough and small. With proper grooming, you can get a good harvest in a month.
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Growing radishes: 8 secrets to a bumper crop
1. Fertile soil
The place must be prepared in the fall. For good seed germination, it is necessary that the top layer is warmed up. Then mineral fertilizers are applied, such as:
- superphosphate;
- potassium chloride.
If the soil is good, there is enough compost, the soil should not be acidic. Otherwise, the radish will grow tough, small.
2. Appropriate place
The plant can withstand even slight frosts, the optimum temperature is from + 18 ° C, so it can be planted in a greenhouse, but the grown vegetable will be much tastier in the open field under the sun.
3. Quality seeds
Radish can surprise not only with its shape, but also with its unusual color. If sown in spring, early varieties should be selected. They must be cold-resistant. The harvest depends on the correct preparation of the seeds. Before planting, they can be soaked, kept in a damp cloth for 3-4 days to “wake up”. But if stored correctly, they are sown dry.
4. Competent sowing
There are radishes that can be planted in open ground, in a greenhouse from such varieties it will not be possible to collect the proper harvest. There are special varieties for them. When planting, in no case should you thicken. It is necessary to make depressions for the seeds and put them in cells of 1 seeds. Then cover it with humus on top. Cover with a covering material so that the radish sprouts very amicably and quickly.
5. Watering radish
To avoid flowering, water every day after sowing. A dry topsoil is death for young shoots. Root crops begin to actively grow and crack. To retain soil moisture, you need to sprinkle the bed with peat. After each watering, it is necessary to carry out loosening and thinning at least once a week.
6. Fertilizers
In no case should fresh manure be used. To get a good harvest, you need nitrogen-containing fertilizers, which include potassium and nitrogen. If the soil lacks these elements, then a good harvest cannot be expected.
7. Light mode
Observing the illumination, you can get a full harvest. But for radishes, 11 hours a day is enough. If it is hot and the days are long, then at this time it blooms. Therefore, June is not the right time for this plant.
8. Disease and pest control
To avoid these troubles, you need to start with tillage.
The main pest is the cruciferous flea. She settles on the tops, eats the leaves themselves, because of this, the root crop cannot form. You can win in 2 ways:
- Use any insecticide.
- 50 g of laundry soap, 2 cups of wood ash diluted with 10 liters of warm water. Spray this solution 2-3 times.
If a white woman has settled, which eats all the leaves and the root crop does not form, you can get rid of it by the following methods:
- Chemical (insecticide)
- People's. Dilute 1 tbsp for 10 liters of water. l. pepper, 2 tbsp. l. salt and 2 cups mustard and drizzle over the roots.
Diseases:
- Black leg: 50 g of laundry soap, 10 liters of warm water, 1 tbsp. l. mix copper sulfate and sprinkle on the leaves.
- Keela - make milk of lime: 2 cups of lime per 10 liters of water.
- Bacteriosis - treat the plant with a 1% solution of Bordeaux liquid
By adhering to these easy and all available rules, you can grow a large yield of a very tasty and healthy root vegetable such as radishes.
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