Eggplant "King of the North": reviews. Aubergine variety "King of the North": description

Eggplants are not only delicious, but also useful. They contain many useful micronutrients, such as phosphorus, iron, calcium, as well as proteins. These vegetables can boast of the ability to remove excess cholesterol from the human body, and more effective than medicines. Regular use of eggplant dishes will help prevent many diseases caused by high cholesterol, such as cholelithiasis, atherosclerosis, ischemic heart disease and others.

Eggplant: description

It is a culture that loves heat very much. The period of vegetation in eggplants lasts a long time. From the moment of the appearance of the first shoots and up to the first crop passes from 100 to 140 days. That is why growing eggplants begin with seedlings. The right choice of varieties and proper care for the plants will ensure a rich harvest.

For a culture such as aubergines, seeds for seedlings can be chosen for all tastes. The variety of offered varieties can confuse any person, even an experienced gardener, what to say about beginners. What kind of variety to give preference, in the end to get a guaranteed crop?

Today we will talk about one of the hybrids. This eggplant is "King of the North". The testimonies of experienced gardeners indicate that the harvest exceeds all expectations and is suitable for seasoned gardeners, and for those who are just beginning.

About the variety

The manufacturer claims the variety as the earliest of the hybrids, and also claims that the "King of the North" is more resistant to cold than other varieties. This hybrid is characterized by a remarkable fruit tie and a huge yield. Each bush is densely covered with fruits, the length of which reaches up to 30 centimeters. The shape is elongated, the surface is black-violet, glossy has this grade. Eggplant "King of the North" is distinguished by white flesh, remarkable taste, absence of bitterness.

Seed sowing

The best time to start growing seedlings is the days from March 20 to March 30. All aubergines very hard to tolerate any transplantation because of the sensitivity of the roots, so you should put each seed in a separate container or the currently popular peat tablets or pots. Experienced gardeners recommend for seedlings to take soil consisting of turf ground and humus in equal quantities. And also add fertilizers per soil per bucket of land:

• 1 table. A spoon of fertilizers containing potassium, for example, potassium sulfate ;
• 1 table. A spoon of fertilizers with nitrogen, for example, urea;
• 1-2 table. Spoons of phosphorus fertilizers, for example, superphosphate.

"King of the North" is recommended to sow to a depth of 1.5-2 cm. Water the sown seeds with water at room temperature. Before the emergence, the container with crops should be covered with glass or film. If the optimum temperature is observed, which is from 22 to 26 degrees, the seeds will germinate on the 8th-10th day.

Seed care

Eggplants are very demanding for moisture, water should be watered every 3 days and make sure that the soil is moist, but not too flooded to avoid the development of diseases in plants.

Two and a half weeks after the emergence of seedlings, experienced gardeners recommend the first fertilizing with fertilizers containing phosphorus and potassium. After another two weeks, a second fertilizing is carried out using fertilizers containing potassium and nitrogen.

Picks (transplant)

As mentioned earlier, the eggplant is very hard to tolerate trauma to the root system and recover for a long time. It is better to initially allocate a separate capacity for each plant, but if this is not possible, then the transplant is made in the phase of the second real leaf. Already grown seedlings better tolerate picking, and they are easier to transplant. 2-3 hours before this the seedlings are watered for better preservation of the roots. It is recommended to choose containers with dimensions of 10 x 10 or 8 x 8 cm. They put the same soil as before sowing, then they are spilled with nutrient formulations. In the middle of each container in the ground make a deepening and transplant the seedling so that it is found in the soil to the cotyledons.

Disembarkation

Transplant aubergines in a greenhouse is recommended from May 15 to May 25, and in open ground in late May or early June. This must be done, making sure that there will be no more frost. It should be borne in mind that the eggplant "King of the North" is quite fancy. Comments gardeners are full of recommendations to protect them, for example, using shelter material or shelter in the form of arcs with a film. In addition, it will help in cold weather to maintain the heat, which is so fond of eggplant.

How to grow eggplants in a greenhouse?

Plan the planting in the greenhouse is necessary from the autumn. It is cleaned of dry stems and weeds and well spills the soil with water. The strait is recommended to be carried out twice, so that the surpluses of the remaining fertilizers go to the ground. Further, the soil must be decontaminated to destroy the pathogens in it. This can be done by applying compost, as well as using various fungicides. After that, the prepared land should be dug up so that in the spring it could be limited to its thorough loosening.

The recommended scheme for planting seedlings is as follows: 60 cm between rows and 40 cm between bushes. Although it is possible to grow aubergine "King of the North" (reviews of gardeners are a confirmation), reducing distances between shrubs to 30 cm, and this will not affect growth.

Before planting the wells for seedlings it is recommended to pour water with diluted manganese, approximately two liters per well. During the planting of aubergines in the beds, it is not necessary to deepen them deeply, the soil should exceed the level of the original pot by only one centimeter. After planting, it is advisable to water the seedlings once again with a small amount of warm water.

Care, watering, shaping

It does not matter how to grow eggplants - in a greenhouse or in the ground, in any case, they are treated the same way. During the growth of plants they are fed several times. Watering of grown shrubs is performed once a week. In dry weather, depending on the condition of the soil, you can often.

Form an eggplant "King of the North" reviews of experienced gardeners offer this:

1. When the plants reach 25 cm, they need to be pricked by removing the upper part of the main trunk.
2. The active growth of lateral shoots will begin, leave five pieces, the rest should also be nipped.
3. During growth, it is also necessary to remove shoots without fruit, yellowed leaves and fruits with deformation.

Reviews

Eggplant "King of the North" reviews are only positive. Gardeners characterize the variety as extremely productive. The first fruits are longer, late shorter. Fruit plants until late autumn, until the very frost. In general, gardeners are very happy with this eggplant variety.