Planting of black radish

Radish is both a tasty and curative vegetable, because it helps very well when fighting a protracted moist cough , with cholesterol, and also increases efficiency and stress resistance with a busy schedule. The possibility of several ways of using this product causes the fact that it is often found on the beds of even small gardens.

To get a crop full of vitamins and essential oils, you should before you start cultivating black radish, get acquainted with the features of planting and further care for it.

Time to plant a black radish

Radish can be of different varieties, planting which occurs at different times:

• winter black round - in the middle of summer (approximately from June 20 to July 10);
• early small-fruited - in March;
• early maturing - at the end of April (from the 25th) to the beginning of May;
• late (or autumn) - the beginning or the middle of July.

It is necessary to withstand the dates of planting of black radish, since if it is not done in time, it can:

• crack root or not fully ripen, which will affect the taste and quality of its shelf life in winter;
• appear before the time of the flower spike.

Place for planting black radish

It is very important to get a good crop for a good radish crop. The best place for this is a place that is constantly in the sun, without a shadow, with fertile loamy soil. Experienced gardeners note that if before the black radish there grew carrots, potatoes, beans, tomatoes, then the harvest will be greater than after the plants from the group of cruciferous: cabbage, rutabaga, radish or turnip.

Under the preparation of land for planting black radish mean:

• digging is not less than a depth of 30-35 cm;
• application of fertilizers: superphosphates, urea, potassium chloride, wood ash, humus or pereprevshego compost (in autumn), approximately from the calculation of 3-4 kg per 1 m ² ;
• good watering.

The process of planting black radish:

1. Using a hoe or a stick, make a few grooves 3 cm deep, at a distance of 30 cm.
2. Seeds of radish for 3 pieces deepen 2-3 cm in one nest, making between them a gap of 15 cm.
3. We fall asleep on top of the earth and, if the soil is not sufficiently moist, watered.

Although black radish is referred to a simple plant, to obtain a tasty and large harvest, it needs some care.

Care for black radish

1. Immediately after planting for a week, the soil on the site where the radish was planted should be kept moist, that is, constantly watered.
2. When emergence occurs (after 5-6 days), only 1 is left from each nest - the strongest. This will help to create all the conditions, so that the root crop was not small and matured well.
3. In the future, watering is necessary as the upper layer of the earth dries up, not allowing it to crack, otherwise the plants will start producing flower stalks, and they will have to be removed. Approximately need to do this once a week. After each natural (rain) and artificial irrigation, the soil around the radish needs to be loosened, since the roots require access to oxygen,
4. It is recommended to carry out 2 fertilizing with mineral fertilizers:
   • 1-st - at the time when the sprout appeared 3-4 cotyledonous leaves;
   • 2nd - a month after the first feeding, during the formation of root vegetables.
5. To do this, you can take any drug specifically designed for root crops, for example: Agricola - 4, Darina - 6.
6. In the course of growth, it is necessary to ensure that pests such as cabbage sprouts, spring cabbage fly or aphids, slugs, rapeseed floridae do not start on the radish.

To grow a black radish crop well stored, remove it from the bed is necessary before the first frost.