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Early harvest of zucchini and how to achieve it
Zucchini are famous for their pleasant taste, low calorie and useful properties. And the gardeners love them because they do not cause much trouble.
But to get the harvest of young zucchini one of the first, at the very beginning of summer, you need to know some details, which are the most important. "Site" Will gladly share with readers.
Growing zucchini
Zucchini are tasty in any form - as a filling for pizza, in the form of casserole, puree, jam, pickled, stewed and roasted in clay.
Especially young fruits are a real storehouse of vitamins and trace elements. Of course, we need to grow them first, and our advice will help. Good luck and a generous harvest!
But to get the harvest of young zucchini one of the first, at the very beginning of summer, you need to know some details, which are the most important. "Site" Will gladly share with readers.
Growing zucchini
- Seed preparation
Pre-seeding squashing It starts with poisoning them. To do this, you can use a mixture of water and aloe juice in a ratio of 1 to 1. Keep the seeds in this mixture for 30-40 minutes, then wash well with water.
To accelerate the germination of seeds, soak them in warm water for 10 hours. During this time, some seeds will sink to the bottom, and some will remain on the surface of the water. The ones that have fallen to the bottom are suitable for landing.
Move them in a saucer, covering it with wet cotton swabs, and leave until the sprouts appear in a plastic bag.
It does not hurt to attach a tag indicating the date. In about a week, the seeds will give roots. - Seedling
21 days before the planned planting in the ground, zucchini seeds should be planted in cups or trimmed plastic bottles with a volume of 5-6 liters. In the second case, the harvest can be obtained 1-1.5 weeks earlier, since the root system develops more freely and seedlings mature earlier.
In each of the containers it is necessary to sow 3 seeds. After they all rise, 2 of the strongest plants should be left in each cup. By the time of planting, there should be at least 3 formed leaves on the shoots.
A week before landing in the ground tempered seedlings with variable temperatures. To do this, take it out every day for a couple of hours in the fresh air, gradually increasing these time intervals. For 4-5 days, make fertilization with potash fertilizer. - Compost beds
Planting seedlings of early zucchini is made only on a compost bed, which is best located on the sunniest place of the site.
To equip such a bed, it is necessary to lay the remains of last year's plants and potato tops in 1 layer, and on it - a layer of last year's compost, which has already been half overtaken. To make the shoots warm and comfortable, cover them with cropped plastic bottles.
Crop yields It's going to be a lot higher on a bed like this. Compost, decomposing, will release heat and a large amount of carbon dioxide, which will only benefit zucchini. - Care for zucchini
To provide heat-loving zucchini with protection from cold, place heat accumulators near the plants. Plastic bottles of 5 liters filled with water will accumulate heat during the day and give it away on cold nights.
When growing zucchini on compost near homemade batteries, plants will be a month ahead of those grown by the traditional method.
Zucchini are tasty in any form - as a filling for pizza, in the form of casserole, puree, jam, pickled, stewed and roasted in clay.
Especially young fruits are a real storehouse of vitamins and trace elements. Of course, we need to grow them first, and our advice will help. Good luck and a generous harvest!
