Fresh vegetables from their own cultivationcontain many more valuable ingredients than their store equivalents. How to grow he althy and, above all, he althy spring vegetables that will provide your body with an injection of vitamins, strengthening it after a winter decline in immunity? See whatgrowing vegetables for spring vegetables looks likeand what vegetables to choose for spring vegetables.
Radish and lettuce are great vegetables for spring vegetables
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" Thirsty for sun and fresh crops from our own plot, we often look at store shelves in search of bunches of young chives, dill, pots with fresh herbs.We buy a radish stuffed with chemicals to taste the spring at least for a moment. However, it is worth considering whether such behavior is beneficial for us. "
Early spring early spring vegetables , which can already be found in most stores, have usually been sprayed several times against fungal diseases and over-fertilized with artificial fertilizers to achieve a good yield and reduce losses caused by inadequate growing conditions cultivated plants. And yet we can independently grow he althy and he althy spring vegetables, which will provide your body with an injection of vitamins, strengthening it after the winter decline in immunity. Fresh vegetables grown on their own contain much more valuable ingredients than their store counterparts. Produced under our own control, they are usually free from substances that, in excess, may turn out to be dangerous to our he alth.
Where to grow spring vegetables
The best places to grow plants for accelerated harvesting are a foil tunnel and a greenhouse.You can start sowing vegetables such as radish, radish, butter lettuce, arugula and vegetable spinach under covers as early as the end of March. Temporary cooling will not harm these plants, as long as you cover the seedlings with a double layer of nonwoven agrotextile to protect them from frosts.
Under the covers, you can also chop onion vegetables such as onions, chives and garlic, as well as root vegetables such as parsley and celery. Covering the bed where the rhubarb grows with a low foil tunnel will make you eat the fresh petioles of this plant in April.
Nowalijki - home cultivation
What to do if you don't have your own allotment garden? Nothing easier!You can also start growing spring vegetablesin your home.
A bright window sill of an eastern or southern window is perfect for this purpose. If you have a glazed veranda, a glazed terrace or a bright porch, there is nothing to stop you from growing spring vegetables in this place! The best for early growing vegetables in the apartment are: onion, chives, garlic, celery for parsley, root parsley and leaf parsley.
Which vegetables to choose for spring vegetables
The proper selection of plant varieties is of great importance for the results of your cultivation. So remember:
For growing for spring vegetables, choose only species and varieties of vegetables that will quickly yield a large yield, are resistant to diseases and pests, tolerate crop errors and do not react to inadequate growing conditions by accumulation of nitrates in the tissues.
For early vegetables you can choose from many varieties of vegetables and it will only depend on your preferences which you will grow.
"One of the most popular early vegetables is radish, which is highly resistant to low temperatures. It can be grown from early spring, preferably 8 - 10 cm x 2.5 - 4 cm apart. Young radishes can be eaten with whole leaves, which are even richer in nutrients than the root itself.The best varieties of radish recommended for early spring cultivation under cover are: 'Krakowianka', 'Lucynka', 'Opolanka', 'Śnieżka', 'Silesia', and 'Mila'. The 'Silesia' variety has a particularly short growing period of only 20 days.
In home gardens and allotments, you can also successfully grow white radish, which has high dietary and nutritional values. Its cultivation practically does not differ from the cultivation of radish, and the most common variety is 'Agata'.
Another very popular vegetable in accelerated cultivation is lettuce. This plant provides many vitamins, iron compounds, mineral s alts and a lot of calcium, thanks to which it has gained recognition also among nutritionists. In the case of this vegetable, you can also try to grow varieties with jagged or purple leaves, remembering, however, that especially the latter require more light to obtain the appropriate, intense color. 
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We can sow seeds or plant seedlings already at the turn of March and April. Recommended spacing 25 - 30 x 30 cm.I recommend such varieties as 'Marta' (resistant to downy mildew), 'Królowa Majowych' (after 30 days from planting the seedlings you can start harvesting), 'Jasia' (considered to be one of the tastiest butter lettuces, resistant to mildew), and leaf lettuce 'Farsa' (you can collect individual leaves or the entire rosette at a time).
You can also grow kohlrabi for spring vegetables. It is considered a very he althy vegetable with a high content of vitamin C. The seedlings can be planted from the first half of April. Recommended early kohlrabi varieties are 'Dvorsky's' and 'Gabi'.
Also, from the first half of April, you can plant broccoli. They contain many vitamins, including vitamins A, C, PP, B vitamins and compounds of mineral s alts. For spring cultivation, you can choose the cultivars 'Sebastian', 'Wiarus', 'Colonel F1'.
The above-mentioned vegetables can be harvested 30 to 40 days after planting the seedlings. Carrots have a longer growing season, but this vegetable is also recommended for spring vegetables. For an early harvest, choose varieties with a short growing season of 70 to 80 days. These are, among others 'Nektarina' and 'Primo F1'.
Fruit vegetables
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Who among us would not want fresh strawberries, which appear on store shelves from the beginning of March?
But you might as well grow such fruit on your windowsill. All you need to do is move a few plants from the bed to the pots and let them enjoy the warmth and sun. After 2-3 weeks, flowers will appear, and after another weeks, delicious fruit with a taste comparable to strawberries straight from the garden.
But here is one very important thing: in order to get beautiful fruit, you have to work a bit and spray the flowers, e.g.with a soft brush. I am sure that even the biggest opponent of gardening will be pleased when you give him a flowerpot with fruiting strawberries during your visit.
Emil Gwizdała
