White mustard is fine green fertilizer. It is undemanding to air temperature, but not on all soils will well grow. Put this culture during the season several times, however after some plants it is impossible to sow it.
Why it is worth planting mustard
On the soil easy, rich with nutritious elements, any cultures will perfectly feel. White mustard will help to make such the earth. She is capable to lift moisture, microelements from depth of 2-3 meters. All this powerful plant will save up in itself. Then will be to mow plantation enough and to leave culture directly on bed. Pereprevy, it will give to top soil the nutrients that is valuable to cultures which will grow after it.
One more great quality of this culture – suppression of weeds. Mustard grows at solid wall and at unwanted guests of bed chances to break through to light will not be simple to grow.
White mustard – the hospital attendant of the site. On the place where it grew, the quantity of slugs, wireworms, pea fir seed moth will be reduced significantly. Such mushroom infections as potato scab, root decayed, rizoktorioz will not arise on ridges where this natural disinfector grew.
When and where to put
After the expediency of cultivation of this culture became obvious, it is important to decide on where when and how to sow mustard. The plant belongs to family cabbage therefore on the territory where similar cultures grew, it is not sowed. White mustard – cold-resistant culture. She will transfer returnable frosts to – 5 wasps. Therefore sow her in early terms in the spring – as soon as snow descends and the soil will a little thaw. The plant loves the sandy, cultivated peat, cespitose and podsolic soils. On loam she will be capricious, and on heavy clay it will become very bad grow. Therefore put it on earlier cultivated site.
Cunnings of landing
Podrykhlite the soil the subsurface cultivator on depth of 5 cm. There are 2 main ways of landing: - in furrows; - in scattering. If the first way is chosen, make furrows of 2 cm of Distance in depth between them 15-17 cm. If you had liked the second method, then just scatter mustard seeds on the site allocated under it which is dug up in advance close up them rake. The first – more economic – on hundred part 120-150 g of seeds are necessary. At the second – expenses for the same site will make 300-400 g, but green material will be more. Soon seeds will sprout. Periodically water them. Then culture will begin to grow quickly. In the middle of May cut off it the subsurface cultivator, leave directly on ridges. It is necessary to cut off it before blossoming. Plant after it, for example, potatoes, tomatoes. It is possible to sow mustard several times during the season. That it has given a lot of green material, the last time it make till August 10. If have made it later, the plant will show the disinfecting properties, but green fertilizer will give less.