Radish - unpretentious spring vegetable. He easily endures cold and frost and gives his vitamins to people when other cultures are just starting to plant.
If properly planted radishes, with the necessary time, you can easily get a good harvest of this tasty and healthy root.
The article will tell you what time is best for planting radishes in open ground and a greenhouse, when you need to do this in different regions.
Why is timing important?
April and May - the best time for planting radishes, as gardeners believe. However, it can be planted in the summer months, although not desirable. For this, it is better to take special varieties resistant to hot temperatures. For all root crops, the duration of daylight hours is extremely important.
In June, the day is much longer, 14 hours. With such intense exposure to light, the root crop does not build up its root, but immediately begins to bloom and shoot the arrow.
Also, plant development is accelerated by prolonged exposure to low (below 10-12 ° heat for 10-20 days), or elevated (above 22 °) temperatures, overcrowding, dried or compacted soil. As a result, instead of the harvest is obtained flower bed.
What determines the landing time?
Planting time depends on humidity, pests, soil temperature, daylight hours. The soil is harvested in the fall, and the first planting is done in the ground that was thawed 3-4 cm.
Spring is the most favorable period for sowing. Spring soil is saturated with meltwater, daylight hours are short, and there are no pests yet. Under such conditions, the fruits grow large, juicy and tasty. A short daylight day can be arranged artificially with a frame.
What days are favorable to plant radishes?
For landing choose an auspicious day based on the position of the moon. Choosing the right day is not difficult.
- Root crops are planted on the phase of a waning moon. In the root system, intensive sap flow occurs during this phase.
- Soil fertilization is also carried out in the descending phase, so that the earth is saturated with nutrients.
- Soaking seeds is considered the same as planting in the ground. Water is already beginning to nourish and saturate the seed.
In which months and numbers can you sow seeds in open ground?
In Siberia and the Far East
The earliest date for planting radish in a greenhouse is the end of April. By Victory Day, you can already make a landing in the ground.
To sow April radishes, varieties are commonly used in the greenhouse:
- Rizebutter;
- Ertapishar;
- 18 days;
- Note;
- Heat;
- Alex F1 hybrid;
- Hothouse.
In the hot summer months, artificial shading is carried out. and color-resistant varieties are planted:
- Heat;
- French breakfast;
- Duro;
- Icicle.
The latest date of planting radish - in August.
In the Moscow region, Leningrad region and central Russia
Vegetables begin to sow in greenhouses from the end of March. Since the end of April, radishes have already been used for planting open ground.
From the second week of April, radishes can be planted on the beds, but covered with foil.
When warm weather has settled in the Middle Strip, cover material from young radish crops can already be removed.
It should be noted that In June, planting radishes is not recommended.
In the Urals
This root crop is planted in a greenhouse in mid-April, and in the garden - April 20-25. The rest of the landing is carried out in the same terms as in the Moscow region. In the twentieth of September, the most recent radish is grown. Put it in the greenhouse. It is better for this to take special autumn varieties with a shelf life of up to 3 months:
- Autumn giant;
- Octave;
- Luck.
The optimum temperature for the development of radish is from 16 to 22 degrees, and the seeds germinate at +2 degrees. The root crop makes frosts down to -3 C.
Favorable days for sowing a group of root crops on the lunar calendar
In 2018, this is:
- January - 5-16, 25, 30;
- February - 2-13, 6,8,21;
- March - 3-12, 16,1,2,2,21;
- April - 1-8, 12-15, 3.17, 18;
- May - 1-6, 9-14, 30,31, 16, 17;
- June - 1.2, 6- 12, 29, 14;
- July - 3 - 12, 30, 31, 17, 26;
- August - 1-9, 27-31, 16, 21, 22;
- September - 1-6, 23, 24, 26-30, 13, 18, 19;
- October - 1-3, 6-8, 25-30, 10, 11, 16;
- November - 2-6, 24-26, 30, 8, 13, 21;
- December - 1-6, 23, 24, 27-31, 4, 9, 20.
What you need to know about the difference in terms for home conditions, greenhouses and vegetable garden?
Planting radishes at home on the windowsill is possible all year round. But for this you need to use the backlight and create the optimum temperature. The landing time in the greenhouse and in the open ground depends on the region, we have discussed this topic above. Average, the difference between planting in the greenhouse and in the open ground is 7 days.
Due to its unpretentiousness and cold resistance, radish is an excellent crop for growing in Russia. The timing of the landing of this root varies depending on the region and method. On average, it takes a week between sowing in the greenhouse and on the garden bed.
