Garden 2024, September

What soil does leek grow best on? It is clear that the rich and the fertilized. But our soils are usually loamy or sandy. But here, too, he feels good if they are hydrated and contain the nitrogen nutrition necessary for onions

Cucumber is a moisture and heat-loving culture. And our task is to provide him with comfortable conditions. The optimum temperature for the development of cucumbers is 23 - 30 ° C. Temperatures below 15 degrees lead to inhibition and cessation of plant growth at any stage of development

Every year at my summer cottage I try to grow new plants for me. If this failed, I think that the season is lost for me. For this reason, I bought the seeds of the Chinese asparagus bean vigna in the spring of 2008. I was really impressed in the photo of her meter-long green pods

Before the start of the season, any gardener makes an audit of their seed stocks. It is necessary to check: what seeds he has ( remained from the previous season or were collected independently ), which still have to be purchased. In addition, it will not hurt to estimate the timing of sowing crops and analyze the mistakes of past seasons, when the purchased seeds for some reason refused to germinate, so that the new season would be much more successful

If water stagnates on your site, especially on clay soil, then it is better to make narrow ridges 15-20 cm high, 120-160 cm wide so as to place two rows there. The ridge is made even higher, and the row spacing is up to 90 cm

This method of growing helps to effectively use the land and get a good harvest of vegetables and herbs.In the spring I want to plant as many plants as possible, but often the area allocated for the beds does not allow this. Therefore, many plants have to be planted with others

Stakhis is one of the most ancient vegetable and at the same time medicinal plants with high taste. Its homeland is China, and from there this wonderful plant spread throughout the planet, gaining special popularity in Japan ( there it is called the Chinese artichoke ), Mongolia, France, England, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, in the USA , in Brazil ( they call him Japanese potatoes ) and in Australia

A valuable protein southern vegetable can grow near St. Petersburg. Our experience in growing beansBeans came to Russia in the 18th century from France. But, despite the value of this vegetable crop, it did not receive industrial distribution, perhaps only with the exception of the southern regions, for example, in the Krasnodar Territory

To obtain an earlier harvest, potato tubers are prepared in advance one month before planting. They are disinfected, laid out in a bright place at a temperature of 18 … 20 ° C and kept for 10 days. Then transferred to a room with a temperature of 10 … 12 ° C

We grow a variety of onions as well as many varieties of shallots. I want to share the secrets of a generous harvest of onions from my many years of practice

Most gardeners planted only little by little - as a result, it is simply not possible to provide themselves with vegetables, berries and fruits for the whole long winter with a small plot size. Nevertheless, there is still a way out - to increase the yield of cultivated crops, which is quite possible with proper agricultural technology

For several years now, the seeds of a very unusual daikon variety of Pink Shine Misato have been on sale. The variety is of Japanese origin

Weeds do not develop under mulch because the mulch cuts off sunlight. Here the main requirement for mulch is its opacity, density. The denser the mulch is laid, the more effectively it protects against weeds

I often watched how many gardeners water the plantings: one watering can of water for a large garden bed - and believe that the plants will benefit from such watering. But there is only one harm from such watering. With this watering, only the topsoil is wetted, where the weed seeds are located

Do I need to mow or prune the strawberry leaves after harvest? How to prevent over-pollination of different varieties of tomatoes? Is it possible to grow hazel in the gardens of the Leningrad Region? The feathers of the onions have turned yellow, and the bulbs have rotted

All kinds of vegetable exotics today you will not find in the beds of enthusiastic gardeners, but most often you will not see our usual northern radish. But each of us has known since school times that one of the main vegetables consumed by the Slavs was precisely the radish, which came to Russian land from Asia in time immemorial

We have tested over 300 varieties and hybrids of pepper over the years. There were both good luck and disappointment. After all, any variety of pepper that did not show itself this year can show them in the next, it all depends on the year, weather conditions, etc. It takes a lot of time and patience

Let's declare war on the Throat - a vicious weed that threatens our gardens and vegetable gardens

The development of civilization has led to the contamination of vegetables with radioactive isotopes and heavy metals. Therefore, let's talk a little about trace elements. This will help you understand: what are full-fledged vegetables that will be beneficial?

The earliest varieties of tomatoes ripen in our country in early August. To accelerate ripening, remove stepchildren, pinch the tops of fruiting shoots, cut off late brushes, from which the fruits will not have time to form. Provide plants with reliable lighting

It is known that potatoes are good for the first plantings on virgin soil, as they "make" the earth. And after it, you can already plant other crops. Potato tubers are planted in virgin grass, but not in growing, but in plucked or weeded

The artichoke was brought to Russia at the direction of Peter I from Holland, and was originally grown in the Summer Garden as an ornamental and medicinal plant, and then as a vegetable

I will tell you about my many years of experience in growing sustainable crops of winter garlic in a garden plot near Vyborg

Dill is picky about soil moisture - with a lack of moisture, its leaves become small and coarse. Dill is also not indifferent to illumination, because very light-requiring - grows and develops weakly in shaded areas

Experienced gardeners grow onion sets from seeds ( nigella ), which can now be found in any gardening store. Moreover, there are seeds and ordinary golden varieties, there is a white onion, there is also a red

The BIOLAND company has developed a product for the disposal of chemical waste, cleaning of territories from pesticides and petroleum products - the biological product FENOX. The biological product belongs to agricultural microbiology, biotechnology

If you decide that you can easily grow herbs in your garden, then with no less success you can make spices and seasonings for the winter from them yourself. Of course, we are talking about a rather limited range, but that's not bad either. Moreover, I can't help but notice that spicy herbs from my own garden can completely replace a variety of spicy exotics, and make your dishes completely unique. Do not forget that the greens from the garden are always the most delicious and aro

Beans are an ancient cultivated plant of American origin. She came to Europe after the voyage of Christopher Columbus. Beans penetrated into Russia in the second half of the 16th century and were originally used as an ornamental plant called "Turkish beans or stakes

White-fruited eggplants have a delicate taste - almost without bitterness. And the harvest is good. Previously, such varieties were considered more decorative than vegetable, because there were so few of them. Now there is a pretty good choice

So, you have harvested the entire crop of tomatoes. There are ripe, blange and green fruits here. And the varieties here are very different: salad and for canning, quickly deteriorating and capable of lying for a long time. Now our task is not to let the harvest die

I bought Swiss chard seeds out of curiosity and did not regret it. Now I grow several varieties of leaf and one variety of stalked chard. Over time, Swiss chard completely replaced spinach in my garden. Unlike spinach, chard is less demanding on soil conditions, resistant to drought, more productive and almost does not shoot

Now celery has become one of the fashionable plants, especially the root variety - you can see it on supermarket shelves, write about it in fashionable ladies' magazines, cook dishes with it on popular television programs, etc. In other words, celery has found its second birth in Russia. There is nothing wrong with this - the plant is very useful, it just sometimes becomes funny when celery is presented as some kind of exotic culture, previously, as if completely unknown to anyone

Recently, in one of the television programs devoted to the problem of our dependence on the supply of vegetables from European countries, I heard the following figure: every year we date the agrarians of Europe with a huge amount equal to 2

I would like to advise those wishing to use mulch: determine what goal you are pursuing. Observe if the mulching materials you have are doing the job and adjust the mulch composition, layer thickness, etc

We plant zucchini seedlings in the prepared area when the frost has passed (in early June). It is important not to outgrow it and plant it in the phase of 1-2 true leaves; later plants get sick for a long time, take root hard

Plants have periods of high sensitivity to the lack of one or another element. This allows you to regulate the ratio of nutrients depending on the phase of development and influence not only the size of the crop, but also its quality

Pumpkin is a storehouse of vitamins and minerals. It is worth adding vitamin K, iron, pectin substances to the standard vitamin set (C, B, E), and there are five times more carotene (!) Than in carrots

I plant winter garlic around September 15, it should be earlier, but by this time there is no free bed, which I usually cook no later than a week before planting. I dig deeply - on a full bayonet of a shovel, lay down the stems of Jerusalem artichoke, goldenrod, helenium, leaves of cauliflower, carrots, i.e. all plant residues that are in the garden at this time. I add a little bit of dolomite flour, superphosphate, azofoska ( the rate is underestimated in comparison with the one indi

Nowadays, the land is used largely traditionally or by intuition. But with traditional land use, it is impossible to make the transition to adaptive landscape intensification of agricultural production

Probably, none of the gardeners doubts the benefits of compost - almost everyone prepares it in one way or another, only in different ways. Most gardeners simply send all the weeds in a heap ( or in a pit ), pouring slop into the same place. Alas, this object on the site looks completely unattractive, not to mention what aromas spread from it, especially in the hot season. And in this case, quite a lot is involved. In addition, in such conditions, the compost