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Introduction in gardening
Now all cities of Russia are literally surrounded by garden plots. 20 million families have them almost. For many owners of six hundred parts cultivation of vegetables from a pleasant discharge after work in a city have turned hardly probable not to a survival condition. People give to the plots all free time, but they often do not have ability to receive from the hundred parts a crop, commensurable with the enclosed work. The assortment of cultures is poor also: you will seldom meet on gardens of more than 10-15 kinds of vegetables.
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The reference to gardeners
The method of agriculture described in this section, is simple, productive and is as though created for a small plot of the earth on which the family works. It is a method of narrow ridges with which help any not well-groomed plot of land can be transformed into the prospering garden fruiting since early spring till late autumn.
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Onions storage
From all vegetables onions start to clean the first. To start harvesting it is possible, when onions feathers start to dry up and turn yellow, and the neck will be softened. Onions gather hands, pulling out bulbs for the bottom part of feathers.
After onions will take out from the earth, it put on the sun that it has dried up. If weather does not allow to dry up onions on open air, it pour an equal layer on a floor in a dry, well aired room. In a week of drying at onions cut off feathers. To do it it is necessary cautiously so that not to damage a bulb. The damaged bulb quickly rots. Sometimes feathers do not cut off, and overwind them in "scythes" and store onions together with them. Onions suspend on threads for not cut off feathers on walls of a subsidiary room, temperature in which about 20 degrees.
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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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Potato storage
Potato to dig out it is necessary cautiously not to damage tubers. The gathered potato touch, cut off the tubers damaged by diseases, pests. Remained half, the cut off tubers need to be stored separately and to use in food as soon as possible. The touched potato dry under the sun within several hours.
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Celery storage
The celery contains mass of substances useful to an organism, therefore it is expedient to take care of its preservation for the winter. Celery leaves break, braiding, at the basis and co-ordinating them in small bunches, dry in a shade. Celery root crops shake off from the earth, cut off from them roots and put in wooden boxes in a cellar, plentifully pouring their sand. To keep green leaves, a celery it is possible cover with earth in flowerpots and to deliver them on a window. https://igardener.org/
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Swede storage
The swede intended for a prolonged storage, it is necessary to clean as it is possible later, before approach by a frost – the swede cleaned at this time longer and is better stored. At swede harvesting it is necessary to watch to damaging root crops. Swede haulm cut off near the basis, but do it cautiously not to damage a root crop. A swede clear of the earth and if root crops damp, dry them under a canopy.
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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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