Cultivation of rutabaga (photo) planting and care
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How to grow a gruel
I want to tell you about the culture that our ancestors grew up a long time ago, and it was especially popular in the post-war period.
But not without reason they say that everything new is well forgotten old. So I discovered rutabaga. And I really want others (those who have not yet done so) to discover it for themselves too, and she, believe me, fully deserves it. Firstly, rutabaga is healthy, secondly, tasty, thirdly, fruitful, fourthly, unpretentious.
Brukva - the first experience of growing
My acquaintance with the trousseau happened in 2013 year, with which a slightly ridiculous story is connected. Before that, my interest in this culture was purely theoretical.
When occasionally (for some reason, they write little about it), I met something in the press, I thought about mastering this culture, and buying a variety of seeds for the season-2013, I bought a bag of jeans of the brand Baby love. Only, as it always does, when
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The rutabaga and its difference from turnip
you still don’t understand very well, everything is messed up in your head. And the rutabaga after planting, when the bags were already removed, began to be called turnip. Apparently, subconsciously I liked this word more. Turnip - sounds beautiful, proud!
I planted my trouser in the time when I plant radish and turnips so that they do not go into color, namely 10 June. She went unevenly, but when the seedlings a little grown up, I planted it on empty places, having diluted where it was thick, at a distance of 20 cm. (Looking ahead I will say that it is possible and less often.)
In my garden, I have to grow all the plants under arcs covered with lutrasil. This is due to the fact that the dacha is on the mountain, and strong winds literally blow out all the moisture from the soil. But under the loutrasilom, the rutabaga was not struck with a cruciferous flea, and I did not even have to dust it with ashes. I watered it regularly once a week, once on grown up shoots I fed the infusion of grass diluted with 1: 5.
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That's how my rugby grew under the guise of turnip.
We and talked among ourselves: "Turnips must be watered!".
When it was time to harvest the harvest at the end of September, before freezing, I was pleasantly surprised by the size and taste of these new root crops for me. Weight from 400 g to 800 g, the taste is better than that of turnips: without sharpness and bitterness.
Juicy, sweet, strong. And wherever the plants were more spacious, they grew much larger, directly giants.
And at the same time, when I was trying to empty the bags from the planted seeds, I realized that I had not grown a turnip, but a swede. Here such disconnection has left, and my house and now is not present-is not present and will mix up names.
Timing for the planting of rutabaga
For the garden season of the past, 2014, I bought another grade of swede -Dalibor. Planted her a little later, on June 15th. And again - good luck! It’s not a bastard, especially since there was another reason for this.
The fact is that due to the peculiarities of our garden - lack of water (it is given every other day and every hour) and strong drying winds - I had to abandon the cultivation of cabbage. As the saying goes, the game is not worth the candle. But rutabaga belongs to the same cabbage genus, both of them are cruciferous crops. Rutabaga is well stored in the basement until spring in a polypropylene sugar bag. And I replaced the cabbage with rutabaga in my kitchen: I prepare a delicious hodgepodge from it. Moreover, if you can’t say what the hodgepodge is from, no one will guess about such a replacement.
In the raw form, she is gobbled with pleasure by my little grandchildren, and they are very conservative and picky about food. It took persuasions and stories about the benefits, about vitamins and minerals. Now they themselves are asked to cut off the turnip.
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Sort of rutabaga
This year I bought a new variety - Wilma. Now I am a fan of this culture and really, really appreciate it. I put it on a par with beets, carrots. Like that - no less!
I want to add a few words about the timing of the planting of rutabaga, radish, turnips.
It is recommended that these crops be planted in the first ten days of July. I categorically disagree! It is too late.
Maybe somewhere in the south root crops can gain weight for a long autumn, but we should plant in the middle strip until the middle of June! This is checked by many years of experience, and once planting radish 10 July, I got what is called a "shish" as a result! It was very disappointing and sorry for their work, and unfulfilled hopes.
I hope that in my letter someone will find something that he thinks fit for him, especially since there is still time for buying seeds.
Growing swede, planting and care - sharing our experience
Rukva - the gardener's dream
Theme is a rarity.
But rutabaga is just the perfect vegetable for the gardener! It is unpretentious in its care, it is resistant to cold and heat with a drought, and at the same time it is characterized by high productivity. And how healthy it is! For example, there is much more vitamin C in it than in carrots, beets or cabbage. And most importantly, the root crops are perfectly stored (personally, I just lay them out on the shelves in the cellar after washing and drying), without losing my healing properties. For me rutabaga is a wonderful substitute for fresh vegetables and fruits that are missing in winter and spring.
In short, since no one wants to talk about this wonderful vegetable, then I will take it. It is believed that rutabaga loves heavy soils most of all (again, an advantage, because far from all summer residents have plots with black soil). I have sandy loam soil, so I season it with mineral fertilizers (rutabaga is especially responsive to potassium) and organics - rotted manure and compost. Once introduced compost with well-rotted feces. And the root crops grown on this good flatly refused to be stored: they quickly became lethargic and soft. Then, already in the specialized literature, I read that swede feces are contraindicated: not only keeping quality deteriorates, but rot may also appear.
This wonderful vegetable is grown in two ways: by sowing seeds in the ground and through seedlings. I liked the first one better. Since this culture is cold-resistant, I am planting already in early May. On the eve, I soak the seeds for half an hour in a wooden bowl in warm water (about 50 °). Then I drain it, and cover the seeds with a thick rag and leave them in the room in this form for 5-6 hours, after which I dry them. When planting, I close it to a depth of 2-3 cm.
When 3-4 appears, planting leaves are thinned out, leaving intervals of about 15 between the plants. Further care consists in loosening, weeding and watering (the rutabaga is very fond of moisture, so I water abundantly 3 times a week).
The vegetation period in the rutabaga is about 4 a month. I harvest until the frost (otherwise there will be rot), and by this time the root crops have reached a weight of about 1 kg. At the same time, those who have thick lateral roots, I cull, because they have a rough tasteless pulp.
© Author: Sergey Shedrakov Vologda Region.
A rutabaga in a warm house
About the trouser for some reason they say little.
It seems that the farmers have forgotten about it, but it's a pity. This is a very healthy vegetable, delicious, and it is stored well. So I decided to share my experience: maybe someone will have a desire to plant this wonderful old culture.
So, I plant it with seeds by the end of May, depending on the readiness of the earth (I follow how well it warmed up). When two real leaves appear on the shoots, I plant them around the garden (of course, I choose places well-lit and filled with soil). Especially good rutabaga grows with potatoes. So, while he is not yet bored, at the beginning of each furrow (and for the whole under it I usually take off on 18-19 furrows) I plant on the germ of the rutabaga.
And after hilling up the potatoes, it turns out that the rutabaga appears as if in a warm house, sheltered by a mound of land. She is not afraid of the weather now, and I do not need to spend time and energy on regular watering (I water a little - only for prevention). In addition, when potato tops grow, it becomes an additional protection for swede. And she is grateful for such a neighborhood (this is generally a very compliant culture, it does not even attract pests - at least I have never seen any fleas on its leaves). And somewhere in the middle of July it begins to grow rapidly. Its bright green leaves reach 60-70 cm in length. It turns out a very beautiful green stripe.
I harvest in September - I just pull the root crops out of the ground. But the rutabaga that grows in other parts of the garden turns out to be smaller (and sometimes clumsy in addition).
I keep root vegetables with potatoes. In winter I eat them in raw form, and also prepare ragout with other vegetables. In general, I strongly advise you to grow a trouser. She does not take much space, but it is extremely useful and decorative: her planting will surely adorn any garden!
© Author: NVMishnicheva, Podporozhye, Leningrad Region.
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It is rare who grows a bratwack today. This vegetable is not found in the market. But not so long ago the rutabaga was considered one of the most valuable products, until it was replaced by potatoes. They ate the poor man and the poor, and rich people, and fed her cattle. And not in vain. 8 beluga is a mass of vitamins, it is well stored and tastes good.
It is easy to grow a trouser leg. At the end of April, sow the seeds of rutabaga in the open ground to a depth of 2 cm, the width between the rows of 50 cm, between plants-20, see Plant it better after onions, beets, potatoes, but after cabbage it is impossible. You can plant plants more often, and then thin out. I, too, superfluous, closely growing plants simply transplanted together with a clod of earth. They transfer the transplant well.
At first, the rutabaga looks like cabbage seedlings, and only then the lower stem begins to thicken, the root crop is formed. Care for the trouser is simple - weeding, hilling the plants and regular watering. And how the rutabaga will grow, so to it already any weeds are not terrible. Another plus of this vegetable is that it is resistant to frost. At me she grows on a summer residence before the first stable frosts (-6-8 °). This year the autumn turned out to be warm, and I collected the trousers right at the end of October.
When harvesting root crops, it is necessary to cut the tops, leaving the tails of length 3-4 cm, and store by pouring sand. In the autumn, the rutabaga lies on my cold summer cottage, then I translate the cellar. The rutabaga is very much appreciated for the content of vitamins C and B, carotene. Personally, I like to add it to the soup with or instead of potatoes. Try and you grow this unpretentious and delicious vegetable!
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Rutabaga is an undeservedly forgotten culture. But she took second place in the diet of our ancestors after cereals. This root crop contains a small amount of starch, so it is great for diet food.
In May, we sow seeds in a greenhouse, and in June we transplant to a permanent place. To ensure that the rutabaga has grown tender, you need to water it a lot and a lot. Seedlings are badly damaged by a cruciferous flea, so be sure to sprinkle the ashes with ash. Over the summer, from a tiny seed, a root crop weighs up to 2 kg, crowned with lush leaves.
We use the trouser for food from the middle of July. But the intensive growth of root crops continues until the end of September. At this time, you need to continue to periodically loosen the soil and water if necessary. The first light frost is not terrible, but strong freezing should be avoided. Vegetables intended for winter storage, we excavate forks. And we do it carefully, trying not to damage small roots. We store like carrots: we pour it with sand.
By the way, the tops of the trousers are useful. They are quite edible, they contain a lot of vitamins, sometimes we add the tops to soups and salads. In addition, the leaves of rutabaga are very fond of rabbits. Therefore, we do not send the tops to the compost, but give it to the neighbors who keep the domestic animals alive.