After a cold winter, each person's body needs replenishment of vitamins, and the first spring vegetables - this is what you need! Juicy, with a piquant bitterness in the taste of radish on our tables appears one of the first. What are the characteristics of growing this crop in greenhouses and on the open ground? What should I do to get a good harvest of radish? This is what we will tell the fans of this root in our article.
Features of planting radish
Terms of planting radish for a specific period are not limited. Cultivation of this culture is possible from April to September. However, this plant has one feature - it is cold-resistant and perfectly prepares the soil for planting other crops. If you plan to grow cabbage, potatoes or aubergines in a particular plot of the garden, then radish is an excellent predecessor. Planting a radish in the spring allows you to harvest this crop before the timing of planting other crops. Even if there are enough places in the garden, you can sow seeds with an interval of 20 days, and on the table there will always be a fresh portion of these roots. The time to plant radish in spring is from the end of March to the beginning of April, not earlier. Even if planting a radish is carried out by sowing seeds in a greenhouse, at an earlier time this light-loving plant will lack the sunlight for full growth. As for the soil, it should not be too humid. Otherwise, small root crops will crack, and the aboveground green part will grow lush and thick.
Before planting radish, the soil should be fertilized with humus, peat, top dressing with a high content of potassium sulphate, ashes . Seed should be properly inspected, since only large seeds are considered suitable. If you plant small, then the plant will begin to shoot before the root crop grows. Seeding radish in the open ground and in the greenhouse is quite dense, and after the emergence of sprouting thin. If the cotyledonous leaves have already grown, the saplings can be transplanted to another place. The distance between them should not be less than 5 centimeters, so that the green ground parts do not create a shadow to each other, provoking early lightning.
Radish care
With how correctly to plant radish, figured out. Now, proper care must be provided to the shoots. It consists of timely thinning and daily watering. In hot summer days, it is also necessary to wait for the leaves of the radish. When the soil around the bushes dries, it is gently loosened, and the plants themselves hibernate. In the feeding this culture does not need. Within 30-35 days after planting, it is possible to harvest the first harvest of early spring varieties. The most popular are Sofit, Zarya, Mark, Early Red, Variant, Korund, Vera and Rhodes. After harvesting, you can immediately sow a new batch of seeds. And on your table all summer will be a juicy radish!
It is impossible to say in advance which variety of early spring culture will give a good harvest in your area or in a greenhouse. It depends on many factors. That is why experienced summer residents prefer to plant several varieties of radish at once to determine their yield in specific conditions. The next year you will not be tormented by doubts about which of the many varieties of radish to give preference.
As you can see, there is no difficulty in growing this delicious and useful root crop. Observing planting terms and rules of care for this culture, you will ensure your diet with an excellent harvest of radish grown by your own hand.