You can determine the exact time when to plant zucchini for seedlings in 2016 in the Moscow region, depending on when exactly the gardener wants to get a crop. If you want to feast on fresh and healthy zucchini from your own site as soon as possible, then you should plant the seeds for seedlings earlier. If the ripening time here will be uncritical and you can sow germinated seeds directly in the open ground.
Landing dates in the suburbs
So, seedlings can be prepared both at home and in covered ground (greenhouse). It is important to consider that the plants are ready for transplantation in the indicated period. Zucchini seedlings need a little time for growth in closed conditions - only 3-4 weeks. This information helps gardeners accurately calculate when to plant zucchini for seedlings in 2016 in the suburbs. That is, the end of April or the very beginning of May is best suited for this. How to spend mixed planting vegetables, schemes.
Advice! A vegetable marrow sprout, which is ready for planting in open ground, should already have two real well-developed leaves.
From greenhouses, transplanting zucchini into open ground in the Moscow Region and other regions of the country with the same climate can be transplanted in late May or even the very beginning of June.
Seed features
It is best to plant dry zucchini seeds. Only if the gardener has drastically tightened the sowing dates, then in this case they can be further sprouted. Moreover, everything should be done according to clear rules. First put the seeds in a saucer, then cover with a damp cloth and send to a warm place.
It is necessary to ensure that the cloth does not dry out. As soon as this happens, you should moisten it again. Two, maximum three days are enough for the seeds to hatch. After that, you can plant them one by one in pots with peat soil. Zucchini, like all plants of the pumpkin plant family, does not tolerate transshipment. So, for landing, you need to choose convenient containers immediately.
Outdoor landing
Some gardeners decide to immediately determine the time for themselves, when to plant zucchini for seedlings in 2016 in the suburbs. If the time of the final harvest is not important, then you can act in this way. The best time is the period when spring frosts are already completely gone. If at night the temperature still drops to zero, it can be dangerous for young shoots of zucchini.
Advice! If it so happened that even at the end of spring, when the zucchini has already been planted in the ground, the forecast suggests that there will be frosts at night, you should take care of the covering material and cover your zucchini.
As a rule, the optimum favorable period for planting zucchini in the open ground begins in late spring and early summer. With such planting dates, the first fruits of the bush can be removed at the end of summer. When the zucchini bush grows, it becomes quite large. So, you need to immediately think about such a proper planting scheme so that large bushes do not interfere with each other. Also, for successful cultivation and obtaining a rich harvest in advance, you need to think about good lighting conditions, as well as a sufficient amount of fertilizer.
Advice! As for fertilizers, the zucchini bushes are plants that love organic matter. Many gardeners, knowing this feature of the vegetable, plant it directly on the compost parts of the site.
You can safely plant zucchini seeds along the walls, if there is a place under the film shelter. Zucchini likes when their horses are warm.The lash of the plant will be able to calmly release from under the film out into the open air. When choosing a place to plant, you need to avoid the areas where any representatives of the pumpkin plant family grew last year. These are pumpkins and cucumbers, squash and, of course, zucchini themselves. The vegetable will feel great in the land where last year potatoes or cabbage, beets, carrots or onions, any green crops grew.
About pollination
There are many interesting facts that relate to the independent preparation of zucchini for planting next year. From seeds that are independently harvested, not green, but yellow fruits similar to a pumpkin can grow. Moreover, even the taste and aroma of the vegetable will change. All due to the fact that zucchini can be dusted due to the fact that pumpkins and squash grow in neighboring areas (even in neighbors).
Bumblebees and bees that pollinate zucchini flowers can bring pollen from related plants on their legs. As a result, next year the seeds of ordinary zucchini can give completely unusual fruits.
This is the main useful information that you should know on the topic of when to plant zucchini for seedlings in 2016 in the suburbs. By the way, you can also turn your attention to national signs. For example, planting zucchini seeds when cherry and royal grouse begin to bloom.
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