⭐ Early zucchini harvest to the envy of a neighbor: the nuances of turbo acceleration

Would you like to be the first in the area to remove zucchini from a bush? Follow simple agronomic techniques to speed up maturation. You will be able to feast on vitamin zucchini as early as possible and amuse the vegetable grower's pride.

Sow directly into the ground or grow seedlings?

Zucchini is a vegetable with a short growing season. The summer resident gathers the first crop already 2 months after the seedlings emerged from the ground.

Most vegetable growers prefer to sow zucchini seeds directly into the ground. When the earth warms up to a suitable temperature, and the night weather stops presenting cold surprises. All the same, zucchini will have time to give a large harvest before autumn!

Seedling subtleties

But for those who want to harvest a green crop earlier than usual, it is better to tinker with the seedlings. The advantage is simple: seedling zucchini, even taking into account the stress after transplanting, overtake the development of plants that grew from seeds when sown directly to the garden. This means that the harvest is brought earlier.

Author's advice: 🔹 You do not need to plant the entire batch of seeds for seedlings at once. For example, it is enough to plant 1–2 plants to be the first to arrive at the finish line of the squash marathon. And plant the rest of the seeds in the old fashioned way, in the ground. So messing with seedlings won't become a global embarrassment.

The best age for transplanting squash seedlings from a glass to a garden bed is 20-25 days. Therefore, sowing should be taken about a month before the intended landing. Seedlings are ideal if they already have 3 true leaves. And do not forget about top dressing - at this stage of development, a vermicompost solution or nitrogen fertilizers are ideal.

But sowing directly into open ground is not excluded

For those vegetable growers who want to bring the zucchini harvest closer, but do not want to do seedlings, a simple piece of advice will help. Simple seed germination will help win the week.

The technology is familiar to everyone: the seeds are wrapped in a wet rag and wait for the sprouts to appear. But the process will go faster if you wet the fabric not with water, but with a nutrient composition: a solution of liquid biohumus according to the instructions + a solution of boric acid (at the tip of a knife per liter). Both organic and growth stimulant.

Author's advice: 🔹 Each seed with a sprout, alas, can disappear. And often for reasons beyond the control of the summer resident. To minimize the risk of being left with nothing, I advise you to plant 2 pieces in each hole. Will both seeds sprout? We leave the strongest in appearance or the one that grows closer to the center.

Zucchini ridge for an early harvest: the nuances of the organization

In order for the squash to develop quickly, they need enough space. Let each plant have enough land and space. The optimal distance between plants is considered to be 70 cm. So no one will be offended.

When making holes, you should immediately take care of long-playing nutrition. You need to dig a hole 25-30 cm deep, and then put a mixture of earth with humus or compost on the bottom. Ground cocktail will cover the organic needs of young zucchini. And to give the plant basic minerals, you can mix in half a handful of universal nitroammophos.

Zucchini plantation care for turbo-accelerating fruit ripening

When the first part of the work is done correctly, then the zucchini is given an excellent start for fruiting at an accelerated rate. The vegetable grower needs to properly care for the zucchini so that the process goes like clockwork:

• To water under the root with warm water, always keeping the ground slightly moist.
• Harbor overnight with film or agrofibre, if the weather forecast promises severe cold. A temperature of 9 ° C causes irreparable damage to the plant, pushing the fruiting lines far ahead.

• Although topping increases the number of fruits from the bush, it, like low temperatures, delays the harvest. Wanting to harvest an early harvest, it is better not to do anything with a young plant. You can leave a couple of plants without pinching for an early harvest, and pinch the rest of the zucchini so as not to lose in quantity.
• Good nutrition is essential to success. The first top dressing do in the phase of 3-4 leaves, if nothing was put in the hole, - nitrogen fertilizer or organic matter. During the set of buds, the squash is treated with potassium agents that stimulate the ovary. Additionally, you can spray with boric acid solution - it will also make flowering more productive.

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