And Once Again About Zucchini

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

Zucchini is a vegetable that loves good light and warm temperatures. This plant belongs to the type of annuals, and its juicy fruits have an oblong shape of various sizes. The bush itself may look different, it all depends on the variety chosen by the summer resident. In addition, very often in zucchini you can notice differences in the color of fruits, bushes and taste

Cultivation of a culture occurs in two ways: when the seeds are planted directly in the garden on the garden bed, or when slightly grown zucchini sprouts are transferred to the open air or to a greenhouse. Most often, gardeners choose the second option, since it allows them to start enjoying the harvest almost a month earlier.

Planting time for zucchini seedlings

In temperate climates, the sowing times of zucchini seeds depend on a number of factors - for example, the expected timing of the harvest. If the summer resident wants to get ready-made fruits very early, then it is worth planting seeds from mid-April to the end of the first half of May. In a situation where there is nowhere to rush, vegetable growers prefer to sow zucchini in the second part of July. The fruits obtained here are stored very well and for a long time, both fresh and canned. When the plant is planned to be grown under a film cover or in a greenhouse, it is necessary to plant the seedlings two weeks earlier than in the situation if the seedlings need to be planted in an open bed.

What if the gardener cannot decide when it is better for him to plant zucchini? To do this, you can ask in advance about the weather forecast for the next thirty days to find out the approximate temperature conditions. For such vegetables, in the case of planting in a greenhouse or on an open bed, an excellent temperature is twenty-three degrees of heat during the daytime and nineteen at night. That is, when forecasters talk about the same temperatures, you can plant zucchini in the garden, since the risk of frost will already be minimized. In order to plant seeds in boxes or other containers at home for growing seedlings, you need to subtract a month from this period (this time is enough for the formation of shoots with a couple of three leaves). As a result, it turns out that for different regions and regions there are different optimal sowing times.

How to grow squash seedlings?

When a summer resident grows zucchini seedlings in his home, he needs to clearly determine the place where the container with the seeds planted in it will be placed. If the southern window sill is chosen as such a zone, then additional highlighting will not be needed. But in that situation, if there is a possibility of planting seeds only on the north side, artificial lighting is a prerequisite. On the western and eastern windowsills, it is important that the day in light format lasts at least eleven hours a day.

It is necessary to carefully monitor what kind of air enters through the vents into the room where the zucchini is planted. This is necessary because sharp currents of very cold air can cause great harm to weak and small shoots, and sometimes even destroy them.

Experienced experts advise planting zucchini seeds in separate small cups, and even better in peat-type pots. Thanks to this growing feature, zucchini will be able to develop much better and faster. This is because the vegetable culture does not like relocation to new growing places. Therefore, separate glasses or pots will help to transplant plants with the greatest care and accuracy, without damaging the root system. As a rule, the best container for sowing zucchini are pots eight to ten centimeters in diameter.

The first plant feeding procedure is carried out a week after the formation of shoots. To carry out the process, it is required to prepare such a solution: in one liter of warm water, you need to add half a spoonful of urea and superphosphate. Fans of chemical preparations can use the "Bud" tool for these purposes. The soil is fertilized a second time after another ten days. For her, you should take a liter of water and half a spoonful of nitrophoska and wood ash. It is important to remember that fertilizing components must be applied at the root of each plant in the amount of one and a half tablespoons per container with seedlings.