Eggplant Bourgeois
Eggplant Bourgeois is a vegetable that is useful in composition and properties. Proper cultivation, planting and maintenance will ensure a good harvest.
Eggplant Bourgeois
Characteristics of the variety
The Bourgeois eggplant variety is an early ripe hybrid, the fruits of which ripen 100 days after planting the seed. It bears fruit before the onset of frost. The bourgeois grows under the open sky and in greenhouses. The variety has developed resistance to bad weather conditions and diseases.
Description of the variety
According to the description, Bourgeois has a large, tall and spreading bush with round fruits, the height of the bush reaches 170 cm. For 1 sq. m fits 3 plants.
Description of the fetus
The fruits of the plant are large, weigh 400-600 g, reach 10 cm in diameter, have a flattened shape. At the stage of ripeness, the vegetables are purple-pink.
The plant requires tying to a support, since the bush has heavy fruits and grows tall. A ripe vegetable has an almost black skin with a purple tint. The pulp is white, not bitter. Vegetables of the Bourgeois variety are used for conservation, the shape of the fruit is convenient for stuffing.
Growing
Variety Bourgeois f1 is grown in seedlings.
Planting seeds
Seeds are sown for seedlings from late January to early March, depending on climatic conditions.
The seedlings should be 2 months old when the frost ends. Seed germination is slow, from 8 to 13 days - before sowing, they should be treated with a growth stimulator according to the instructions. Use a damp cloth to germinate the seeds. Then they are placed in separate pots.
Sprout care
Eggplant Bourgeois f1 does not tolerate picking and transplanting, it may stop growing, so it is grown in a pot and transferred to a permanent place. The favorable temperature for growing seedlings is 25 ° C during the day and 18 ° C at night. When watering, you need to know when to stop, otherwise the roots, trunk, and plants may die from excess moisture.
Transplanting
Plants are transplanted to areas with good lighting, closed from the north wind, with nutritious soil. For the looseness of the earth, humus, peat and sawdust are added under the eggplants. It is forbidden to plant eggplants in the same place for 2 years in a row, they do not plant them in place after growing potatoes and tomatoes.
Planting vegetables means:
- preparation of a pit to the depth of a shovel bayonet;
- filling the pit with water;
- lowering the plant into the resulting slurry, deepening not lower than the cotyledon leaves;
- sprinkling with earth.
Plants require proper care
Plants require proper care of them. They need regular watering, weeding, loosening the soil, forming a bush, feeding and treating diseases and pests. Cultures of the Bourgeois variety love the sun. If the leaves darken the flowers, they are removed. Bushes Bourgeois F1 grow tall and with heavy fruits, they are tied to pegs.
Fertilizer
The Bourgeois variety is fed 3 times over the summer:
- 2-3 weeks after planting;
- at the beginning of fruit formation on lateral shoots;
- at the beginning of the main fees.
Plants are fed with solutions of ammophoska, urea, superphosphate at the rate of 10-40 g per 1 liter. Of organic substances, infusions of chicken manure and mullein are used. Suitable for feeding and green fertilizer. For its preparation, weeds are taken and placed in a barrel, then they are poured with water and left for 7 days to ferment. The resulting mixture is diluted in a ratio of 1: 5 and watered with 0.5-1 liters under the plant.
Watering
Watering seedlings Bourgeois F1 is carried out first every other day, then reduced to 2 times a week. When dry, flowers and ovaries begin to crumble, the fruits become ugly. The soil under the Bourgeois is covered with humus or straw, while the roots will be warm, the growth of weeds will slow down.
Diseases and pests
Eggplant Bourgeois F1 is susceptible to the following diseases and pests:
- Fitovtoroz. Brown spots appear on the leaves, spread to fruits and stems.
- Blackleg. The basal part of the stem darkens, becomes thin and breaks.
- Anthracnose. Oval brown spots appear on the leaves, on the fruits - depressed, which then turn into cracks.
- The Colorado potato beetle harms the leaves of the plant.
- The spider mite affects the leaves, they dry out, turn yellow, their growth worsens, and the yield decreases.
Fight disease
It is imperative to treat diseases, otherwise the plant dies.
- In case of phytotorosis, Bordeaux liquid, 0.2% solution of liquid cuparos, Consento, Antrakol, Quadris are used for treatment.
- Black leg is treated with a 2% solution of potassium permanganate, Glyokladin, Fitosparin, Alirin, Gamair, Previkura.
- Anthracnose is treated with a 0.3-0.4% HOM solution; if a disease is detected, all plant residues are removed.
Pest control
The Colorado potato beetle is scared off by planting horseradish, calendula, coriander on the site, insecticides Calypso, Prestige are used to remove them, and pests are manually collected.
Nitrofen, colloidal sulfur, acaricidal preparations Omayt, Fufafon, Karbafos, Talstar, Aktelik help to remove the spider mite.
Conclusion
Eggplant Bourgeois is a vegetable with excellent taste. With proper care and cultivation, the variety will surprise you with a good harvest.