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Vegetable growing abroad
Abroad vegetable growing differs in the separate countries assortment of cultures and methods of their cultivation. Among the foreign socialist states specific weight of vegetable growing in plant growing and economy of Bulgaria where cultivate vegetables in a considerable quantity for export is especially high; 1 place on areas under crops and a total yield is occupied with a tomato, then a sweet pepper, vegetable peas, an onions, salad, colour and green-head cabbage, carrot, etc.
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Increase yield of vegetables
In an increase yield and increase in production of vegetables the important role is played by Selection and Seed-growing. The Soviet selectors breed breeds of vegetable cultures for each soil-climatic zone of the country, various ripenings on times, for cultivation in opened and a sheltered ground, consumption in a fresh kind and for different kinds of processing qualitatively new breeds and heterosis forms of plants Are etc. bred also: cold-resistant, determinant, bole breeds of a tomato; keeper and ultra-early ripening breeds of cabbage, and also a breed, resistant against a clubroot; partially monoecious forms of a cucumber; breeds of carrot with the raised content of carotin; an one-seeded table beet, breeds of a beet for an early winter sowing. On 1974 637 breeds (80 %) Soviet selection have been zoned 796 breeds and hybrids of vegetable cultures, from them.
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Vegetable growing – the term 1
Vegetable growing – the branch of agriculture engaging in cultivation of vegetable plants. Melon growing concerns vegetable growing – cultivation watermelons cultures.
Distinguish vegetable growing of an open ground and vegetable growing of the protected (closed) ground. In an open ground cultivate vegetable cultures for reception of vegetables and seeds during the spring-and-summer and autumn periods, in a sheltered ground – vegetables during out-of-season time when on climatic conditions crop reception in the field is impossible, and seedlings for an open ground.
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Carrots drying
For drying medium-sized, thin carrots with a bright orange peel approach.
Before drying carrots need to be washed out and cleared of a peel. Further carrots scald – seeth in boiling water within 20-25 minutes. Carrots can be dried without blanching, however such carrots quickly lose the qualities gustative and useful to health.
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Gathering and cabbage storage
Cabbage from all garden cultures clean in last turn as it is capable to transfer autumn frosts. For a prolonged storage select only strong, not damaged mechanically or pests heads of cabbage. Clean cabbage so: incline a head of cabbage aside and cut off it together with external several leaves. At the gathered cabbage leave a cabbage stump in length in 2-3 see Store cabbage in a cool room, suspending it for cabbage stumps on walls or putting it on regiments. At cabbage storage on a floor it put pyramid on 5-7 heads of cabbage. Optimum temperature for cabbage storage – from-1 to +1 degrees, and humidity – 92-98 %.
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Scorzonera storage
Scorzonera, or as it still name, В«black carrotВ» – very unusual vegetable which contains set of useful substances, especially it is recommended to use it in food a sick sugar diabetes. At scorzonera harvesting it is necessary to be very cautious not to damage a root crop. The damaged root crops are badly stored, quickly start to rot.
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Storage of a radish, turnip and beet
Radish, turnip and beet store, as well as carrot, in wooden boxes in height about 1 metre. It is possible to store these root crops and on a floor, sprinkle their small hillock. Haulm of a radish, turnip and a beet cut off at once after their harvesting.
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Parsnip storage
Parsnip prepare for storage the same as also parsley: touch, cut off haulm. To store a parsnip it is possible in a cellar or a cellar, having poured damp sand, or in trench, the same as carrot. https://igardener.org/
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Carrot storage
Carrot can be stored in the trenches dug in the earth. Trenches dig out in the driest place of a garden, it is desirable located on a height. Depth of a trench should be about 80 cm, width – 100 cm, the length depends on quantity of carrot. Carrot spread in a trench, pouring dry sand. When to trench edge remains about 25 cm, on carrot put dry branches, rods and from above a trench fall asleep the earth a layer at 15-20 see From above, at hard frosts, it is possible to cover a trench in addition with straw, spruce branches and snow.
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Gathering and storage of root crops
Many root crops gather hands, pulling out vegetables from the earth for the bottom part of haulm. By the way, one of signs of that the root crop is time for cleaning, the grown brown haulm which leaves start to fall down and bend down to the earth serves.
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