וואָס צו פאַבריק אין די מדינה אין מאי: אַ פירער פֿאַר אַ אָנהייבער זומער טוישעוו

If you are just thinking about growing something edible on the site, then hurry up! Experienced summer residents with boxes of sprouted potatoes, packages of seeds and sharpened hoes are already ready for sowing. As soon as the rains have passed, you can start – in May, all the main work is carried out.

Before starting the season in the country, you need to think over a plan for the location of the beds – some crops require a lot of space (potatoes, pumpkin), some like sunlight (tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini) or partial shade (peas, garlic, radishes) and not all plants are adjacent to each other. Consider the plan of the site for planting: how many beds will turn out, is it possible to compactly plant crops that get along easily. By the way, vertical planting of cucumbers will save space on the ground.

Before planting, you need to prepare the soil: dig up, loosen, add nutrients. Beginners need to start with the simplest crops that are easy to grow without special skills.

Let’s start with plants that are resistant to cold temperatures: it is possible that there will still be frosts in May. Root crops feel calm in the soil at only 6-8 degrees Celsius. And young seedlings can even survive a couple of degrees of frost.

We outline the beds at a distance of 20 cm from each other. Deepening no more than 10 cm. The ground should be loose, without stagnant water. The place is illuminated. Water before planting, not after. If the seeds are watered from above, they can go deeper into the ground and not germinate. There is a little trick for planting carrots – mix dry seeds with coffee grounds. So it is more convenient to evenly distribute very small grains in the ground, besides, the plant will immediately receive nutrients.

It is recommended to pre-soak beet seeds in water for 6-8 hours. Put signs on the beds with the name of the plant, otherwise it is easy to confuse seedlings with weeds at first. Dense shoots of carrots and beets must be thinned out, otherwise the roots will be small.

רעטעך

In good weather, three weeks after sowing, you can already harvest your own radish. This is an early ripening vegetable that does not require special attention. True, he loves good light, light loose soil and abundant watering. A beginner is quite capable of coping. Those who get a taste can grow radishes all summer long, sowing them once a week in a new garden bed. By the way, the seeds are distributed in the hole at a distance of about 7-10 cm from each other.

Be sure to plant spicy herbs on your site – parsley, dill, basil, lemon balm, mint, tarragon. They are so easy to care for that even an inexperienced summer resident can do it. Plants will need a place shaded from the bright sun, for example, under the crown of trees or near a gazebo with grapes and moderate watering.

Grasses are planted with seeds, have adaptation to cold weather, do not like stagnant water, and grow well. Parsley needs to be updated during the summer – sow seeds. Basil needs a little more light and heat. Dill in the south of the country is considered almost a weed – it sows itself easily, and seedlings grow throughout the site. So that there are young greens on the table, dill is sown every 10 days.

קאַרטאָפל

The main secret is a fertile, rested land. Then there will be no pests and disease spores in the soil to which potatoes are vulnerable. You need a lot of land for planting, this crop is not grown on one bed. Therefore, give her a larger plot.

Seed material with already sprouted eyes is best bought in a store. What is also important: potatoes are planted in the soil when the weather improves and there will be no night frosts. People say that the best time for planting is when the bird cherry blossomed and the leaves on the birch have blossomed.

For safety net, you can cover crops with foil. Still, potatoes are a thermophilic culture. If the seedlings – and they appear in two weeks – fall under low temperatures, do not expect a good harvest of potatoes.

Planting material for onions is called a set or seedling, we advise you to buy it in garden stores. Small onions with a diameter of 2-3 cm are suitable for the soil. Dry them at home for a couple of days, and soak them for 30 minutes in a weak solution of potassium permanganate before planting. You need to lay out the sevok in grooves up to a depth of 10-15 cm.

If you want to have tender feathers of green onions in the beds all season, take a look at the salad varieties – shallots, leeks, batun onions and others. By the way, they have a lot more vitamins. But green feathers cannot be plucked from onions, otherwise a large dense head will not form.

The rules of care are simple: the plant loves moisture, sunlight (with a lack of lighting, the feathers will become bitter and tough) and, although it is considered resistant to cold, heat – intensive growth will begin at an air temperature of 20 degrees.

גרין אַרבעס

Even a child can plant peas, but he grows by himself. Just give them a place so that you can make a support for the weaving stems, for example, near the fence. Soak the seeds by covering with wet gauze before planting. Yes, and the plant is thermophilic, you need to plant it in a heated soil. 

טאָמאַטאָעס

This culture cannot be called easy, but with careful care, your tomatoes at their summer cottage will ripen. Experienced gardeners advise buying ready-made seedlings for planting tomatoes. In cold climates, early ripening varieties will have time to ripen. At first, the seedlings need to be kept under a film, it does not tolerate low temperatures.  

Seedlings should be laid in prepared holes at an angle and buried in earth, so it is more reliable for the root system. The soil should be well moistened.

After planting, it is important to monitor the condition of the soil, water and loosen on time. Near each bush of tomatoes, it is necessary to drive in a peg-support, the stem will not withstand the severity of the fruit. Tomatoes ripen under certain conditions: bright sunlight, soil moisture and timely feeding.

קיוקאַמערז

Even experts in agricultural business are not always pleased with cucumbers with a good harvest. And inexperienced summer residents will have to tinker all the more before the fruits are set, to study the technology of watering, feeding, garters of shoots. But the result is worth it.

Cucumbers are planted with seeds previously soaked in water with potassium permanganate. But you can buy ready-made seedlings.

In the future, you need to ensure that the plant is in a humid environment, use warm water for irrigation. Still, cucumbers are 95 percent water, drought is fatal for them.

צוקיני

Another unpretentious vegetable, from which dozens of light dietary meals can be prepared in summer. If you want young zucchini to be on your table all season, choose different varieties for planting – early ripening, medium or late ripening.

It is necessary to plant in open ground when the threat of frost has passed. You can use ready-made seedlings – this way the harvest will ripen faster, or you can plant it with seeds. Maintain a distance between the holes with seeds – from half a meter. So the zucchini will have enough space and nutrients. Just remember to get rid of the weeds around the bush and loosen the ground. In the future, observe moderate watering about once a week – from excess moisture, the fruits rot.