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- Good background knowledge: Sown salsify
- Making the right choice: location and ground
- The optimal period for sowing
- Now sowing can begin!
- What else is there to consider?
- Tips & Tricks
Good background knowledge: Sown salsify
The black salsify has long been forgotten as a healthy, wholesome and long-storied winter vegetables. It turns out their cultivation in the garden as uncomplicated. Provided a good background knowledge already at the time of sowing.
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Before starting the salsify planting in the garden, a paser site and a suitable soil should be selected. The following should be noted:
The optimal period for sowing
In order to be able to harvest salsify in the first winter after sowing, the seeds should be sown between the end of February and the middle of March. In cooler regions where young plants are exposed to excessive frost, sowing will take place by April at the latest. A harvest for salsify season is thus largely ensured.
Now sowing can begin!
For sowing the following sorts of salsify are recommended:
The rod-shaped seeds of salsify are inserted 2 cm deep into the soil. Between the plants a distance of at least 6 cm should be kept. It is also possible to isolate the seedlings later or even more uncomplicated: to use seed bands. Between the rows a distance of 30 cm is sufficient.
After vigorous staring and keeping moist, the salsify seeds will germinate after 10 to 12 days. So that the soil does not compact by the regular watering, it should be loosened again and again.
What else is there to consider?
For a great success in harvesting, the following aspects must be considered:
Tips & Tricks
One year old seeds should be used for sowing. The germination capacity of the salsify seeds decreases rapidly, which can lead to a longer wait for the harvest or a complete failure of the germination.