Growing radish: how to get a good harvest

Radish is one of the fastest growing cropsamong other vegetables. Cultivation of radish is made both in the open ground, and under a film. For a season with a single crop, several crops are obtained. Cultivation of the crop is very simple, because the plant is resistant to cold. However, the best temperature for the development of the vegetable is 20 degrees.

Growing radishes are produced everywhere, butMany summer residents do not always grow standard root crops. Culture often blooms, goes to the arrow, because of which it lacks root crops. This is due to excessive density of crops, prolonged low temperatures, and also because of the dryness of the soil.

For planting seeds and obtaining a rich harvestwell-drained fertile soils are needed. It is not permissible to introduce fresh manure before planting. This will lead to the formation of a vast green mass. Cultivation of radish in spring is performed on solar patches, and summer planting is best done in slightly shaded places.

Plant beds can be done already in the middleApril. By technology, the ground is poured with hot water and dumped with a bayonet shovel to full depth. After that, make peat, compost or humus (2-3 kilos per square meter). From mineral fertilizers it is necessary to take a spoonful of table nitrophosks. When all the useful substances are in the soil, the ridge again needs to be dug with pitchforks, aligned and slightly compacted.

The cultivation of radish is carried out in grooves depth of two centimeters, the distance between the rows should be 10 cm. After watering the soil with warm water, you can proceed to sowing.

For better yield, large seeds are taken,possessing good germination. They can be dosed in advance in half a day or cast into the rows dry. In the early stages it is better to produce radish in a greenhouse.

After 5 days after sprouting,it is necessary to thin, remove the deformed weak shoots, leaving only beautiful, healthy, four cm apart from one. After that, the root crop is poured from the watering can - 2 liters of water per meter of area. After a while, when the ridge is weathered, a small loosening and hilling of the plants to cotyledon leaves is performed between the rows.

To get a healthy radish, cultivationmust be combined with the introduction of drugs from pests. To fight fleas of cruciferous plants, before hilling and loosening in the interstices, pour the ground red pepper or dry mustard (1 teaspoon per m2). At the initial stage, water is often needed, in small doses of 2-3 liters. During the period of rooting, humidification is reduced so that no one grows.

Harvesting can be done 25 days after planting. Late in this case is not recommended, because the plant will go to the arrow, and the roots will become rough. Therefore, radish should be released in a timely manner from the tops and packaged in plastic bags of two kilograms. Keep the harvest in a cool place.