A few simple and practical tips for preparing seeds, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers for sowing, growing vegetable seedlings and getting early greens from Luiza Nilovna Klimtseva, which will help you avoid crop losses
Resting on the Sea of Azov, at the "spontaneous" market, I saw a pile of garlic. It would amaze any gardener: these were huge beautiful heads of garlic the size of an orange, weighing at least 150 grams
I have to grow many hundreds of tomato seedlings every year. During this time, a technology has already been developed that allows you to successfully grow varieties of multi-colored and different-shaped tomatoes. I will share my experience of growing such seedlings
It is impossible to bring ash from burnt peat into the soil, since it contains oxides of silicon, iron, calcium, aluminum. It is impossible to bring ash into the soil after the combustion of coal, since it contains aluminosilicates
If dill, parsley, sorrel and another 5-6 types of green crops are mainly grown in our beds, and this is limited to the set, then in Japan they are grown about three hundred and, it should be noted that the Japanese live longer than us
In this article we will try to dispel some of the stereotypes that have developed over the years around the cultivation of tomatoes and warn you against the most common mistakes
Well-ripened butternut squash contains a record amount of carotene, sugars, pectin and trace elements. And, finally, it can be stored for about a year - until the new harvest, even in room conditions
Shallots are perhaps the most common onion crop after onions. Its cultivation does not require any special training, however, in order to obtain a good harvest, it is still necessary to get acquainted with some features
Growing tall tomatoes among gardeners is considered aerobatics. I think such keen people should be interested in interesting tall tomatoes with fluffy colorful fruits. We will talk about them now
Hulled peas are grown by farmers in large quantities. He gives the beans, which we buy in stores. Sugar pea blades have no parchment layer, so they can be eaten whole
This is a plant with a beautiful name Phacelia ( Phacelia ) beekeepers, farmers, flower growers have long been revered. “Queen of the Nectar Ball” - this title was given to her by connoisseurs, and one of the most subtle connoisseurs and singers of the beauties of Russian nature Mikhail Prishvin called the heroine of his lyric work Phaselia
We grow winter and spring garlic in our garden and try to provide the plants with all conditions for normal development. Friends said that we are not doing everything right - we do not cut off the arrows at the winter garlic. Do they need to be removed, and why?
Having visited Valaam, I learned that the monks were growing watermelons there. They explained to me that this was due to granite heated during the day, which gives off heat at night, heating the plants. I replaced granite with water, which has a higher heat capacity, and this is what came of it
Ultra-ripening varieties of tomatoes allow you to get the full return of the harvest by mid-August, which eliminates the defeat of late blight; resistant to stress and low temperatures, set fruits in bad weather and are unpretentious in care
Vigna is an annual climbing plant with long, fleshy asparagus beans. It belongs to the legume family. Originally from Central Africa. The cowpea also has other names - cowpea or asparagus lobia
Plants have different attitudes towards moisture. Only give one water, others from its excess may die. The moisture-loving ones include: cucumbers, zucchini, squash, pumpkins and cabbage. Watering is especially important for them at the time of fruiting
Many are already bored with tomatoes of a standard color and shape, but fruits of an unusual shape and color will interest any gardener. We have tried over 1000 varieties and we think that the ribbed varieties are the most interesting. We will tell about some of them
Lovage is grown by people familiar with the beneficial properties of plants. The root "we love" indicates that this plant is capable of bewitching loved ones. And now it is recommended to use it to strengthen male strength
Neighbors before harvesting potatoes mow its tops. For what? There are several reasons: tops will interfere with harvesting; their potatoes are already finishing their growing season, and it's time to harvest; found signs of profuse late blight
Momordica is also called a donkey or yellow cucumber, crocodile cucumber, mad melon. It grows both in the open field and on the windowsill. Unpretentiousness and exotic look made it popular with gardeners
I want to share my impressions and experience of growing an interesting exotic plant - luffa (washcloths). Luffa is a miracle vegetable, it is a side dish, a bath accessory, a medicine, and a cosmetic product
Citronella, lemongrass, shuttlebeard are the names of the same plant. Citronella can be used as a seasoning for fish, poultry, meat and as a medicinal to normalize metabolism and as a sedative
Biologically, gourd belongs to pumpkin crops. We can say that it is a special shape melon. Therefore, I am inclined to think that cucumber is a special form of a simple melon, because what kinds of melons are not available now
Benincasa is a wax pumpkin. It is also called winter wax pumpkin, white Indian pumpkin, Chinese sausage. There are two types: hispid beninkase and bristly hairy. It is quite easy to grow it - it is unpretentious
Pepper, like no other vegetable crop, is very diverse in color, shape and taste. And, if you do not dwell only on the practical value of peppers, then a pepper garden can be turned into a corner no less beautiful than a flower garden
From year to year, the same question arises: what to plant this season? I have been growing tomatoes for a long time, I have studied and tried many tomatoes. The main thing is that there is a high yield so that the plants do not get sick. And, of course, the taste of tomatoes is important
The main rules for planting seeds are: timely sowing, exclusion of the possibility of drying out, protection from frost, compliance with the seeding depth. We will talk about these and other subtleties today
Our short summer ends quickly, and new flowers of vegetable crops will not have time to become fruits - they will not have enough time before frost. It is necessary to help plants that have a long period from flowering to ripening
I have tested over a hundred varieties of vegetable sweet pepper. Of course, there is no dispute about tastes, but who would not like a pepper fruit 25-30 cm long, golden yellow, orange when fully ripe, with a wall thickness of 0.7 cm and a weight of 400 g?
Green bean pods are not only tasty, but also healthy. Traditional healers recommend drinking an aqueous infusion of vegetable beans in the initial stages of diabetes mellitus, this reduces the blood sugar content by a quarter
Beets, as a root crop, differ little from carrots in their biochemical reaction to applied fertilizers. The best quality beet crop is usually obtained with the application of phosphorus and potash fertilizers against the background of moderate doses of nitrogen
Sowing seedlings begins 40-65 days before planting in the ground. It should be borne in mind that in early maturing low-growing varieties, the number of leaves before the first inflorescence is usually 7-8, and late-ripening tomatoes lay 10-12 leaves before the inflorescence
The content of sugars and carotene in carrots on sod-podzolic soils depends on the degree of their cultivation. On poorly cultivated soils with an acid reaction, carbohydrate metabolism is disturbed - monosaccharides accumulate in the plant, the synthesis of disaccharides becomes difficult
In the Non-Black Earth Zone of Russia, acute and peninsular varieties are widespread, which are grown through the sevok: Arzamassky local, Bessonovsky local, Danilovsky 301, Myachkovsky, Strigunovsky, etc
Today I will talk about the Climbing Pumpkin Pastila Champagne. Thanks to everyone who helped me get her seeds: they were not in any St. Petersburg store. They were found in Moscow, and I became the happy owner of two seeds
The recommended age of pepper seedlings for planting in greenhouses is 60-70 days from germination. It is necessary to plant seedlings at the end of May. If you leave 7-10 days from sowing to germination, then it is clear that you need to sow in the first half of March
For winter planting, I use wild oat. These are bulbs with a diameter of 5 - 10 mm. In addition to onions, I also plant "white" salad onions, but I refused from "red", as it overwinters badly and often "goes into the arrow"
A very important parameter is the temperature of the soil for the roots of watermelon within + 30 … 35 ° C, so the bed should be steam. And it is necessary to make such a bed taking into account that at a high concentration of CO2 in the soil, root growth is inhibited
You've all seen asparagus in bouquets. It is often used by florists - green twigs with small scaly leaves. Young sprouts that have just emerged from the soil or are still in it, which are used for food, we call asparagus
Many gardeners complain that the seeds of pumpkins, zucchini, squash do not germinate or rot when soaked, and blame the seed companies for selling poor-quality material. And the seeds do not sprout due to the fact that they have a very dense shell