Today, this culture has become increasingly interesting for garden owners, since caring for zucchini in the open field is easier than for other vegetables. In addition, this is quite a thankful job, because the crop will not disappoint.
In spring, fertilizers, both organic and mineral, are applied to the selected area of the garden, based on the composition of the soil. The beds are prepared two days before sowing seeds or transplanting seedlings. To keep warm and to avoid evaporation of moisture, the earth is covered with a film. When digging new places from the soil, you need to remove all rhizomes, larvae of the May beetle , etc. The bed should have a width of half a meter.
Caring for zucchini in the open ground involves the preliminary processing of planted seeds. Often gardeners use old material for sowing, and therefore do not receive seedlings. Experienced summer residents know that it is more correct to check the seeds for germination in a month or two.
Vegetable marrows are planted in open ground from the beginning of June. An early crop is obtained using seedlings previously grown in a greenhouse or even on a windowsill. Caring for zucchini in the open field is not at all complicated. The main thing is to water, harvest weeds and feed this crop on time.
Landing should be carried out in the early morning or on a cloudy warm day. Wells are arranged in the middle of the garden where two or three seeds are placed at a distance of five centimeters from each other.
Zucchini care is the right watering. Water must be poured so as not to wet the foliage. Before the flowering of the vegetable, watering is done once a week. In this case, the water should be warm, because otherwise the decay of the ovaries may begin. In addition, the root system is exposed from more frequent watering.
Another step that is involved in the proper care of vegetable marrows in open ground is mulching with peat humus up to five centimeters thick. Loosening or hilling the earth around the crop is not recommended, so as not to weaken the roots. Sometimes during flowering, pollination is done manually.
With an increase in the size of the bush, the influx of sunlight into the center of the vegetable crop decreases. Therefore, the light regime is restored by removing the two or three largest sheets.
Care for zucchini in the open ground also consists in timely top dressing of the plant. This is especially true during the growing season. The first time fertilizers are applied before flowering. Optimal is a solution of mullein with a nitrophos, diluted with water. The second time top dressing is done during flowering, and the third - already when the fruits appear.
Zucchini is a ripening vegetable, therefore, already two months after the appearance of the first seedlings, the fruits begin to take off. Harvest usually when the fruit reaches about twenty centimeters.
Fruit collection should be carried out regularly, usually every two or three days. Otherwise, the already ripened zucchini begin to slow down the process of creating new ovaries. This vegetable crop bears fruit from July to September, depending on the variety. At the end of August, pieces of glass or boards should be placed under the fruits that have fallen to the ground to prevent decay.