Sweet Chinese radish - cultivation features

Agricultural technology of sweet radish

The shape and color of the fruits are varied: the root crop can be round or cylindrical, have a white, green or red skin color. However, the top of the vegetable is always rich green. As for the color of the pulp, it usually ranges from white to pinkish red. The weight of a ripe fruit is on average a little more than a kilogram. The Lobo radish tastes like a cross between Daikon and the fruits of varieties of European origin. The vegetable is practically not bitter, which is why it is called “sweet”. The plant often tastes like a radish.

In terms of storage, the variety can be kept fresh and flavorful longer than Daikon roots. However, the Chinese radish is stored worse than the European one.

In addition to an interesting appearance, remarkable taste and size of the fruit, the variety also has useful qualities. In particular, the use of root crops removes excess moisture from the body, has a positive effect on metabolism, cleanses the liver and kidneys (including stones), removes radionuclides and heavy metal salts. The effect of radish on the growth and development of harmful bacteria inside the human body is detrimental. Lobo radish does not have a negative effect on the heart, so older people can use it. Also, a root vegetable of Chinese origin strengthens the immune system, reduces the content of cholesterol and carcinogens in the human body.

Lobo radish is a crop that does not require special growing conditions and careful care. Even round roots that are not buried deep in the ground can be grown in heavy clay-type soils. However, the richest harvest can still be obtained on fertile lands with a neutral reaction, saturated with organic fertilizers.

It is best to plant the plant after legumes and winter grains, as well as cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and early potatoes.

You can sow the plant both in spring and summer (most often). When sown in spring, the crop often blooms, as a result of which its fruits cannot be consumed. At the same time, when sowing in summer, the peduncle is not formed, and the harvest can be significant.

Preparing the soil in which the Elephant Fang radish (another name for Loba) will be grown is no different from the preparation procedure before planting other types of vegetables. The land must be well fed with organic fertilizers (a bucket of compost or humus per unit area for light soils; 2 buckets per unit area for heavy soils). However, fresh manure cannot be used as fertilizer.

It is necessary to dig the site to a depth of no more than 0.03 meters. Slaked lime must be added to acidic soils. In lowland conditions, the crop should be grown on ridges or other hills.

Before sowing seeds, it is necessary to nourish the soil with mineral dressings or nitrophosphate. It is best to use fertilizers of a complex nature, such as Keira-Lux or Kemira-Universal-1. In addition to nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, such dressings contain a number of useful trace elements.These fertilizers are very effective, albeit expensive.

Sowing radish is carried out in different ways, depending on the variety of the root crop. For summer harvest, the seeds are placed in the soil starting at the end of April. If you plan to store a vegetable for a long time, it is better to sow it in late June - early July, because early planting of winter varieties provokes the appearance of inflorescences and a violation of the integrity of the fruit.

The largest crop yield can be obtained by sowing in early July. It is this time that is optimal for most varieties of crops. However, in any case, the soil should be abundantly moistened, and after placing the seeds in it, mulching should be carried out.

The plant develops best at a temperature regime of 15 ° - 18 °. The vegetable is considered cold-resistant, tolerates light frosts well.

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Seed sowing technique

The yield and size of root crops are determined by the sowing scheme. As evidenced by the reviews and recommendations of experienced gardeners, the most suitable scheme is to place seeds in four rows, adhering to a distance between the holes of 0.3 - 0.35 meters. The depth of the pits is 0.02 meters. A couple of seeds are placed in each of them.

If the soil is "dry", then after sowing it must be moistened. A week after the appearance of the first shoots, one, the strongest sprout is left from the shoots from one hole.

To speed up the sprouting process, the garden bed can be covered with cellophane, but after the first germination it should be removed immediately. For germination, it takes, on average, about a week. The process of emergence of sprouts from pre-soaked seeds occurs after 5 days. After the formation of a couple of leaves on the shoots, they must be thinned by 0.15 - 0.18 meters (depending on the expected size of future fruits).

Top dressing

The Red Meath radish needs feeding for the first time, after the diameter of the vegetable becomes 0.03 - 0.04 meters. As a fertilizer, it is permissible to use a solution of ash or mullein.

On mineral-rich soils for early maturing varieties, just a couple of fertilizers are enough, for winter ones - 3-4 every 10 days.

Harvesting and storage of crops

It is necessary to harvest the crop before the first frost appears. Early ripening types of vegetables are harvested according to the degree of ripening on a non-planting day, and winter ones - in a row.

The leaves of the fruits that are planned to be stored must be cut off, leaving a "stump" with a length of 0.015 - 0.02 meters.

In a cool place, such as an unheated cellar, the harvest is perfectly stored throughout the winter without losing its aroma and juiciness.

So, from the above, we see that the Chinese Loba radish is only gaining popularity in our country.

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