This vegetable is often perceived by insignificant culture. "You will think, squash!" — someone will tell in August, among variety of harvest. And meanwhile it is practical, nutritious and grows in click floor, on any place. The squash has broken — here you have already the second course!
What can be better than the ripe squash which lovingly is grown up by the hands and roasted in frying pan with sunflower butter? Yes, perhaps, anything... On nutritiousness and taste of direct competitors at it is not present. But, to make royal dinner, it is necessary to read since the beginning — to plant squash. And if you — the beginner in this case, the following advice help to exceed your most courageous expectations.
It is a little about "neighbors"...
The more the sun, the squash is better or zucchinis will fructify. In shadow you receive from bush only couple of small ovaries for season. In general it is necessary to do in time so that nobody disturbed plants, and they would not deprive the next cultures in power supply. Anyone can be the predecessor. It does not play special role. Even cucumber and pumpkin at the worst. The main thing — do not put them after squash.
The unpretentiousness of this plant is known to gardeners, it will accept any soil, including sand or peat. Unless here it is necessary to help a few — to bring to it couple of shovels of compost under each bush. Any other garden culture so does not inspire the beginning gardeners with fast and bright progress: "Look, really it at me such handsome men have turned out!".
What to choose?
The beginner can argue so: "I have not enough free space what to put — squash or zucchini what from them it is better?". The experienced gardener has found out long ago that though formally both of them are considered as squash, but actually it is two different cultures. And matter not only in difference of tastes. Squash — our traditional cuisine, and zucchini — Italian, Mediterranean.
In fact both of them are "prompt": both the squash, and zucchini fructify quickly, and the possible difference in week has no special leading role. Cold constancy at them equally uncommon, as well as resistance to diseases and wreckers. Therefore it is normal do not choose from zucchini and squash, and put them parno.
How to plant squash?
Modern grades of "garden favourites" early ripening. And that and those can be carried to discharge of moderately thermophilic cultures along with haricot, corn and sunflower. In the absence of strong frosts they can be sowed quietly in the middle of May. In case of unexpected weak cold snap (to-3) seeds will be protected by soil layer or flooring of film. However it is necessary to know when to stop: in cold spring if to plant squash at the end of April beginning of May when in night there are frosts, crops will be gone. Long stay in the cold earth of the arisen seeds not in the best way affects their health.
How to store house squash in the winter?
With the ripened firm crust the fruits can lie on floor even in the city apartment about the Newest year. Further they sharply lose taste, begin to taste bitter. At stale squash or zucchini the crust strongly dubet, it is not taken by knife. What to do in that case? It is simple to cut fruit any saw. And it is trembling to indulge in culinary skill!