Many gardeners who want to grow black radish in their garden ask the question: "When is black radish sown?" As a rule, in the spring they sow summer, and in July - winter radish. It is winter black radish endowed with healing properties. Thanks to this, it is incredibly popular among gardeners.
Black radish is superbly stored in winter. It is necessary to sow it after the early crops, but cruciferous plants are not taken into account here.
And when to sow Margelan radish? The timing of sowing of this species of radish depends on weather conditions, varieties and climate. As a rule, Margelan radish is sown in early May and early July.
Margelan is usually called green radish. Compared to black, it is not endowed with a bitter taste. Its fruits are very pleasant to the taste and gentle to the touch. They promote the secretion of gastric juice and stimulate appetite. And these nuances perfectly improve digestion. In addition, Margelan radish is a wonderful antiseptic.
The question is very interesting: "When to sow daikon radish ?" Daikon is some good salad radish options. Salad species differ from simple radish in less spicy taste. In root crops there is a huge amount of salts of potassium, calcium, fiber, pectin, vitamin C. These substances act as cleaners: salts of heavy metals are removed from the body.
In middle latitudes, daikon is sown in the last July days or in the first August days. Daikon forms a marketable root crop after sowing a month and a half later. The ripening period is always indicated on the package with seeds. You just need to carefully read the description. At the end of July, Caesar, Snow White and Minovase varieties are sown from daikons.
Not bad salad lettuce is also successful in the greenhouse. She has enough space near the main crops if you plant it in a row along tomatoes and peppers. The sowing deadline is August 15th. It is possible to significantly increase the yield and extend the ripening time of lettuce radish in closed ground. Root crops are harvested before the onset of frost. And in greenhouses, they can remain until the end of October.
Consider sowing black radish in a little more detail. When sowing black radish, earth
processed to a great depth. After all, the root crops of a radish are not small and have a length of about 30 cm. If the radish is grown immediately after previous crops, fertilizers can be omitted. Only very poor soil is fertilized with full mineral fertilizer before sowing. Sowing is carried out in July or in August.
When black radish is sown, diazinon is introduced into the soil. Seeds are sown to a depth of 2 cm, and a distance of 30 cm is observed between the furrows. Seeding is very rare. When the seedlings grow, they are thinned out, leaving fifteen-centimeter gaps between the plants. Sometimes seeds are sown by the nesting method, 3 or 4 pieces in a hole. Then, in each hole, one plant is left.
Gardeners must remember: when they sow black radish, they find out the predecessors of the site. You can plant a radish where beans, potatoes, cucumber, pumpkin, tomato, dill, onion, salad were grown. And you can’t sow radish in those places where turnips, carrots, radishes, beets, radishes, daikon, turnips, horseradish, cabbage, watercress grew before.