Growing salad in the open ground, in the greenhouse on hydroponics: the rules. What kind of lettuce is better to plant
Salad is very popular and widely distributedamong truck farmers. It can be cultivated in a greenhouse, on a small plot of land and even on a window sill in an ordinary apartment. It is unpretentious to the habitat, cold, quickly ripens and gives an impressive harvest. Growing a salad is considered a lucrative occupation and can bring a good additional income to any summer owner who has mastered the simple rules of caring for this plant.
Which salad is better to plant: species and features
Today, there are five types of lettuce: cabbage, semi-baked, leafy, asparagus and rumen.
Sheet forms a neat highStraight rosette of 6-12 leaf plates. It grows very well on moist soils and requires high-quality watering. Seeds retain a high germination rate for 2.5-3 years.
The headman grows into a large head with dense,crispy and juicy leaves, wavy along the edges. It withstands cold and frost on the soil, is highly productive, transported and stored perfectly.
Asparagus salad has a strong and juicy stemthickness of 6-7 centimeters, stretching to 90 centimeters in height. On top of it are crowned elongated large leaves. It shows high resistance to cold and likes well-moistened soils.
Semi-finished produces a slightly raised in the center outlet with a loose head. Gives a great harvest on a damp ground, well consecrated in the sun. Not afraid of recurrent frosts.
Romain forms a loose head of elongated-ovalshape, consisting of upright, juicy and crunchy leaves. Almost does not shoot and allows you to get two crops per season (has a unique ability to grow after cutting).
Which salad is better to plant, each gardenersolves itself, focusing on their own taste preferences. However, according to information from online stores selling seeds, the most popular varieties are recognized:
Leaf - Lollo Rossa, Kitezh, Lakomka, Emerald, Firebird
Kochannye - "Iceberg", "Stone Head"
Asparagus - Duganskiy, Svetlana, Latuk (late and early)
Semi-friendly - "Berlin", "Eurydice", "Odessa kucheryavets", "Royal"
Romain - "Soviets", "Red Winter", "Fordhook", "Kasseler", "Ballon", "Parisian".
Salad dressing: basic rules
Salad belongs to the class of cold-resistant plants. Even the young, tender can tolerate recurrent frosts characteristic of the spring period of time. According to the rules, the salad can be planted for the winter (mid-to-late November) and early April, when on the street a few days the temperature is kept at 12-17 degrees.
That shoots appeared quickly, the soil is necessaryhigh-quality moisturize and soak saturated mineral fertilizers. The landing site should be well lit, however, direct sunlight should be avoided. From them, the young leaves become thinner, lose precious moisture and burn.
For seeding, the optimal depth is 1-1.5 centimeters, for seedlings 2-3 centimeters (depending on the variety). It is recommended to leave a path of at least 25 centimeters between grooves.
Salad growing in the greenhouse, hydroponics, in the open ground
Economically much more profitable is consideredcultivation of lettuce in a greenhouse on hydroponics. In the open ground year-round cultivation of the plant is impossible, and yields in the greenhouse-hydroponic version far exceeds the volumes that can be obtained on ordinary soil.
In addition, in his own summer residence alsoit will be necessary to regularly weed the weeds and loosen the soil so that the tender roots do not rot after each planned irrigation (source: forum of gardeners and truck farmers). Grow salad (Iceberg, etc.) and in the suburbs, and in the Urals, and in Siberia.
Growing salad for sale: video instruction
Growing salad for sale, in general,process, not difficult, however and in it there are the small cunnings. In the video the author reveals some interesting secrets and gives very important recommendations, using which you are guaranteed to get a good harvest, even from a small glasshouse in your dacha.
