Being a low-calorie diet product, zucchini contains a rich vitamin-mineral complex. It is believed that it is very useful for overweight, various diseases, including diseases of the liver, cardiovascular system and kidneys. This is one of the most common vegetables. In our country, almost all homeowners are engaged in its cultivation. One of the most popular among Russian gardeners are considered to be tsuchesh squash.
Grade description
It is a type of culture called zucchini. Zucchini squash is an early, productive, compact and suitable variety for storage. It has high commercial performance and excellent taste. Its main characteristic can be called excellent resistance to the most common diseases and pests in our gardens. Apparently, this is why many people prefer the zucchini squash on their plots. The description of its fruits is as follows: they are cylindrical in shape, painted dark green with small white dots.
The average length does not exceed thirty-five centimeters. The surface of the fruit is smooth, the flesh is white, crispy and quite tender. Its average weight is about 0.9 kg.
Zucchini squash forms compact and slightly branched bushes. The average crop yield can vary from 6.5 to 12.5 kilograms per square meter. From the appearance of the first seedlings of this vegetable to the technical maturity of its fruits, about forty-five days pass. And the increased content of dry substances in them makes it possible to use zucchini squash in home cooking, as well as for pickling and pickling.
Grade Benefits
In addition to its noteworthy and very funny name, zucchini squash has several undoubted advantages. These include high productivity, versatility and the ability to withstand long-term storage. Another indisputable advantage is the ability of the fruits of this culture to maintain taste and not be rude as a result of overgrowing. This characteristic is especially convenient for those gardeners who visit their personal plot only on weekends.
In addition, the variety of squash "Tsukesh" refers to early ripening. And although it is suitable for growing in open ground, it grows well and bears fruit in closed ground. All these advantages contribute to the great popularity of culture in domestic gardens.
Preparation for landing
The main factor for determining the timing of placement of seeds of zucchini squash in the ground is well-warmed up soil. This vegetable crop is quite demanding on the quality and composition of the soil in the infield. That is why, immediately before planting, mandatory soil improvement is required. For example, in areas with peaty soil, it is necessary to make compost or humus, as well as a small amount of loamy soil. If there is a sandy substrate in the process of digging, experts recommend adding sod and ordinary sawdust. Loamy and clayey soil also needs to be enriched with these components.
Landing
The soil for growing this vegetable should be carefully dug up. It is better to give preference to areas with light soil, on which potatoes, onions, cabbage and legumes were grown in the previous season.
Landing should be carried out depending on soil and climatic conditions in the first decade of May. The deadline is mid-June. The technology for planting zucchini squash on open beds is simple. But you should observe the following rules:
- before being placed in the ground, the seeds should be soaked in a weak solution of sodium or potassium humate;
- fertilizers must be applied directly to each planting hole;
- the standard distance between the recesses should be in the range of 0.8-0.9 m;
- the distance between the rows is not less than one meter.
It is very important that the planting material is not deeply buried - four to six centimeters, not more.
Growing Features
Zucchini squash, reviews of which are mostly only positive, is somewhat more demanding than ordinary varieties of this vegetable crop. For its cultivation, it is necessary to choose a well-lit area. The soil should have a normal rate of acidity.
Further care for this vegetable crop consists in loosening the soil between the rows, as well as in weeding, watering and, as necessary, in top dressing. Abundant irrigation is necessary for the plant at the stage of flowering and fruiting.
During this period, it is not bad to fertilize with liquid mineral fertilizers, for example, phosphorus-potash. And even before flowering, you can make a liquid mullein. This is an optional event, but it will increase the yield of the plant.
Fruit picking
Specialists call several stages of ripeness of zucchini fruit. For fresh consumption, it is necessary to collect during the "milk" maturity, when the weight has reached half a kilogram. The next stage is technical maturity. It occurs when the fruit has ripened, but its seeds have not yet fully ripened. In this case, the zucchini squash is suitable for culinary processing and further storage.
Reviews
Many domestic gardeners have long abandoned the cultivation of weaving varieties of this vegetable crop in favor of more compact bush varieties. Among the latter, the leading position is occupied by the zucchini squash. Reviews about this variety are mostly very good.
Summer residents consider this quite common bush squash in our gardens as a species that combines several indicators at once: high seed germination, excellent yield and taste of the fruit. The skin of the young crop of this variety has a pronounced beautiful green color, it is thin and incredibly delicate.
Judging by the reviews, in the conditions of cultivation in open ground on personal plots in the Moscow Region and regions with the same climatic parameters, the squash “tsukesh” forms fruits that are equal in size and attractive in appearance. Our summer residents everywhere use them for the preparation of many second courses and salads, for canning for the winter season.