Consumption of turnip will perfectly protect your organism from various infections and will replace to you many drugs, it contains large amount of vitamins, microelements, keratin and essential oils. And the dishes prepared from it will approach and will be to the taste even to fastidious persons.
It is required to you
- - mineral fertilizer;
- - potassium permanganate;
- - turnip seeds;
- - ashes.
Instruction
1. The sandy and easy loamy soil of average acidity well will be suitable for cultivation of turnip. If in the soil there are not enough nutrients, then introduce mineral fertilizers at spring redigging of the site. Some days before landing cultivate the land the water mixed with potassium permanganate at the rate of 1 g on water bucket.
2. Carefully loosen the earth, make grooves of 1-1.5 cm in depth and put in them the handfuls of seeds consisting of 2-3 pieces. The distance between furrows has to be not less than 20 cm, and between handfuls of seeds not less than 10 cm. In several days when shoots appear, thin out them, having removed the weakest.
3. One-two in week water turnip from watering can. In initial stage of growth there is enough 8 liters of water on one square meter, during active growth you will increase amount of water to 12 liters. Weekly you loosen the soil then strew it with ashes. It will help to save harvest from mean insects, to keep heat and moisture and to prevent emergence of weeds.
4. If you want to receive harvest in the summer, then land turnip in the first of May. The turnip landed in the first of July will be suitable for winter storage. Reap the harvest when the size of root crop reaches 5-7 cm. Universal harvesting can be postponed until the first frosts. You store turnip in boxes or bags, sand-filled. For the best storage at root crop the tops of vegetable has to be cut off.