Saraha

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Saraha (lat. Saracha) Is a genus of herbaceous plants of the Solanaceae family. The homeland of the plant is South America. In appearance, the barn is similar to the black nightshade growing like a weed in the fields with potatoes. In Russia, saraha is grown only on personal household plots.

Characteristics of culture

Saraha is a perennial plant, which is a spreading, semi-recumbent bush with a strongly branching stem, branching into two shoots in each internode. In the places of forks, the plants form a kind of single yellow flowers, reaching 0.5-1 cm in diameter. It is the flowers that make it possible to distinguish the barn from the nightshade.

The fruit is a berry, unripe berries are green, ripe berries are black with a waxy bloom of bluish color. Berries are edible, but unripe berries should not be eaten. The taste of ripe berries depends solely on the growing conditions, with insufficient lighting and frequent precipitation, the fruits become tasteless or insipid, under favorable conditions they have the taste of forest blueberries with a nutty tinge. When ripe, the berries fall off almost immediately.

Growing conditions

Saraha fully develops on light, fertile, moderately moist, well-drained soils. Loamy and sandy loamy soils with a neutral pH reaction are optimal. The culture has a negative attitude towards waterlogged soils, and this is despite the fact that plants love moisture. The location is preferably sunny, although light partial shade is not prohibited.

Growing

You can grow a crop both in the open field and in a greenhouse. In a cool rainy summer, it is preferable to grow a shed under a film shelter, in this case the berries will be sweeter and more aromatic. In central Russia, it is recommended to grow sarakh by seedlings, since the growing season is quite long and is 100-120 days. Seeds are sown in the second or third decade of March in seedling boxes. The soil is used the same as for tomatoes.

With the appearance of two true leaves on the seedlings, the temperature in the room is lowered to 15-16C. In the evening, the seedlings are illuminated. In the same period, seedlings can be dived into separate containers, especially since the seedlings easily tolerate transplantation. Seedlings with an earthen clod dive by the transshipment method. Seedlings are planted in a permanent place after the threat of frost has passed. deepen the seedlings to the bottom leaf.

Care

Caring for a barn is simple. The culture needs regular weeding, loosening and watering. Sarakha responds positively to feeding, it is important not to overdo it with nitrogen fertilizers, otherwise the plants will begin to actively build up a powerful vegetative mass, which will have a bad effect on fruiting.

To obtain good yields, the lateral shoots of the bushes are removed. Then they can be covered with a glass cover, under which they can easily take root, and planted in the ground. In the first decade of August, pinch points of growth, this procedure will speed up the process of ripening berries. The culture is resistant to diseases and pests, rarely affected by late blight, more often it dies from frost.