Root ParsleyGrowing it should be carried out on fertile soils - loamy or sandy. Humus or compost (up to 5 kg per square meter) is introduced into the soil poor in organic matter. The best predecessors for this crop are tomatoes, cucumbers, onions.
For early seedlings, seeds are soaked inwarm solution of potassium permanganate for 10 hours, then dried to flowability. Root parsley is sown in early spring. Seed consumption - 5 g per 10 sq. M. meters Plants do not tolerate crowding. Their optimal amount is 30 pcs. on 1 running meter. Planting parsley can be done before winter, so that the seedlings appear as early as possible, and by the end of the growing season, the roots have gained good weight and sufficient nutrients. Root parsley, the cultivation of which does not involve a lot of effort, still needs regular watering and weeding. Excessive hydration is not necessary. This culture is responsive to loosening the row spacing. It fills the soil with oxygen and allows the roots to get it in sufficient volume. It is advisable to loosen after irrigation, in sunny weather, so that the weeds dry out immediately.
For a culture like root parsley,cultivation will not be successful if during the growing season does not feed the planting. The first liquid fertilizing with mineral fertilizers is carried out in the phase of 2-3 true leaves. To do this, take 70 grams of nitrophoska per 10 liters of water. After watering with this solution, sprinkling should be done to wash it off the leaves. The second feeding is carried out in a month, and the third, without nitrogen, is carried out a month before the root crops are harvested.
Parsley must be stored for storage before freezing,so she had time to dry slightly in the sun. Root vegetables are dug out, the tops are trimmed, and the parsley is placed in a container with sand. Root parsley is stored at a temperature of 0 to +2 degrees. Small, crooked, damaged roots are not suitable for storage. They are usually washed, cleaned, crushed (with greens) and dried.
Болезнями и вредителями, как и все огородные plants, root parsley is also affected. Growing it will not be effective if time does not respond to this kind of trouble. White bloom on the cuttings and leaves speaks of powdery mildew. It affects plants in rainy weather and dramatically reduces the taste of root vegetables. The softness of the roots and the presence on them of white or brown mycelium indicates white or gray rot, respectively. White spots protruding on the leaves in August are signs of septoria (white spot). Another disease is rust. It can be distinguished by first yellow pads, and then by brown spots from the bottom of the leaf and stem.
Pests can also destroy cropsto the root. Green carrot fleece eats parsley juice. The carrot fly lives in root crops, the leaves of the affected plant at the same time acquire a purple shade. The nematode causes deformation of the green mass. Gourd aphid settles in colonies on the underside of the leaf and causes drying of the bushes.
It should be noted that the root parsley is little susceptible to diseases and pest invasion. But do not grow it next to the carrot.
