The secrets of growing pumpkins. The use of vegetable. Remove the barren flowers in July for a great harvest

Pumpkin - a vegetable that was brought to us from Spain. He is nutritious and good for the body. Undemanding plant that requires little care. Stored without problems at room temperature, from it we can cook various dishes: roast, stew, smoothies, pumpkin juice, pancakes, in addition to stuffing dumplings. Pumpkin seeds good body purified from parasites.

Features and benefits

Pumpkins grow from 3 to 10 kg on average. The flesh of this vegetable contains vitamin A, which helps improve vision, a lot of iron. Pumpkin also useful for the digestive system, because it contains fiber, which is easily absorbed by the body.

Slimming often include it in your diet. It is useful for hypertensive patients as pumpkin strengthens blood vessels. It has a diuretic effect. It recommended for people with kidney disorders.

In addition, it is useful for patients who have problems with the respiratory system. These are the people who suffer from tuberculosis, diseases of bronchial tubes and the throat.

How to care

Back in April, when to plant seedlings, I define just how much I need pumpkins. Sown into pots 15-20 pieces. Moreover, some of the seedlings may disappear, rot. Specified number of pumpkins I have enough for the whole winter. In this case, one part goes to the freeze on smoothies and juices. The basic amount of this vegetable is stored in the form of fruit at home.

In July, other than fruit, appear barren flowers (male flowers), to be cut off, leaving penechki a length of at least 1 cm as in removing tomato stepchildren, because the plant to expend energy and food on them. We can not allow barren flowers grow more than 10 cm in length.

Removal procedure is carried barren flowers and zucchini, and squash, if you want an abundant harvest of these crops. With them is the same the same care.

Under the emerging fruit is desirable to put a plank to the pumpkin does not rot, is particularly important in this procedure is long rains.

Peel the tender in July, she dubeet only by the autumn. So no need to take risks, and it is better to put boards under the pumpkins.

It is also necessary to cut off all mustaches shears (such form of cucumber), they simply do not need, because they take away the power plants.

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