Mysterious Uteush. Growing

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Vegetable perennial plant Uteush (spinach sorrel) is little known to most gardeners. This culture has many advantages, including ease of care. The presence of vitamins helps the body to cope with vitamin deficiency in the spring

Reproduction. Production of our own seeds

For consolation, only the seed propagation method is suitable. To begin with, they buy ready-made seeds in the store. In the future, if desired, organize their own production.

Leave flower arrows from 2-3 plants. During the growing season, the leaf is not cut to obtain large, well-ripened grains. Queen cells bloom in early June. After 1, 5 months, they start cleaning.

By this time, the panicles acquire a brown tint. Cut off the bushes completely. Tied into brooms. Suspended in a dry ventilated room upside down. Newspapers are underlain underneath to prevent crop losses.

Threshing is started after 2 weeks. The boxes are rubbed between the palms, passed through a sieve with large cells. The remaining debris is purged. Packed in paper bags. Shelf life up to 4 years. Store in a dry place with constant air temperature.

Plantation laying

Seeds are sown in two ways:

• in autumn (late October - early November, just before the frost);

• in spring (mid - end of April, as soon as the snow melts).

In any case, the soil is prepared in the fall. Allocate a separate area outside the crop rotation. The predecessors are vegetable crops, for which organic fertilizers were applied. On sandy loam soils, humus, compost, ash, nitroammofosk are scattered over the bed. Acidic soils are limy. Fresh manure is contraindicated. It impairs the taste of leafy products. Dig a shovel onto the bayonet.

They harrow in early spring. Rows are cut every 45-50 cm. Spill with warm water. The seeds are laid out. In the furrow, initially set the distance of 5 cm between the seeds. The seeding depth is 1-1.5 cm. They are covered with soil, the crops are compacted by hand.

You can stretch the production of tender spinach sorrel by varying the seeding time from April to the end of June. To speed up the emergence of seedlings will help preliminary soaking of the grains for a day in a warm weak solution of potassium permanganate. For convenience, they are slightly dried before sowing.

Shoots appear in a week. Plants are thinned out, setting the distance between them 10-12 cm.

Care

For a good outlet to grow in the first year, increased attention to comfort is required. Young sprouts are watered 2-3 times a week in dry weather.

They feed 3-4 times a season with a complex fertilizer "Zdraven" a table spoon without a slide on a bucket of liquid. Frequency 2 times a month.

Responds well to organic solutions. Nettle infusion is diluted in a ratio of 1:10 with water. The beds are watered once a month, replacing the mineral fertilizer.

After each harvest, plants need additional nutrition in order to actively form new green mass.

Rapid regrowth allows you to harvest 2 times a month throughout the growing season. The onset of persistent frost stops the flow of finished products.

Regular weeding of weeds until the green mass grows, allows you to reduce competition for batteries, to form powerful comfort sockets. Loosening the soil after each watering. Soil mulching with sawdust, peat, compost.

With proper agricultural technology, diseases, pests on spinach sorrel are not observed.

In subsequent years, care is reduced to nitrogen fertilization, watering in drought, adding a fresh mulch layer. Lack of moisture negatively affects the juiciness of the leaves. They become rough and tasteless.

It is a pity that a rare guest is comforting in our gardens. It is worth thinking about growing it on your site. Thanks to spinach sorrel, you will be provided with useful vitamins from early spring to late autumn.