Lobo is a Chinese version of daikon, and at the moment it is an unfamiliar variety of radish even for experienced Russian gardeners. Nevertheless, it is a very valuable product with excellent taste and great health benefits. We will talk about how to grow this type of radish in this article.
Radish Lobo
Lobo radish has juicy pulp with a slight sharpness
Lobo radish can be stored until spring
Description and characteristics of the culture
In its parameters, Lobo is similar to daikon. The main difference between these two varieties is the duration of the growing season. Other characteristics of the forehead are as follows:
- the shape of root crops is round or elongated, cylindrical;
- whole leaves dissected into lateral lobes;
- the number of leaves in one outlet can reach 10-15;
- branched stem height - 1 m;
- fetal weight - 500 g and above (there were cases when the fetal weight reached several kilograms);
- color - light and dark green, red, purple, pink;
- the upper part of the root crop is green;
- the taste is pleasant, with a weak speck;
- the pulp is dense and juicy.
The best varieties and their features
Consider the most famous varieties of radish lobo:
- Troyandova - mid-season variety with a growing season of 80-82 days. Root crops are rounded, weight - 350-690 g. Color - red-pink, with a convex head. The pulp is white-pink, juicy, dense. The taste is sweet. The variety is resistant to stalking, drought, low temperatures.
- Winch - mid-season variety with a growing season of 86-91 days. Root crops are round-oval, color is white, immersed in the soil a quarter of the length. The pulp is juicy, tender, white. The variety is resistant to drought and flowering, suitable for long-term storage. Productivity is 5.5 kg / sq. m
- Northerner - early ripe variety - the crop can be harvested already 60 days after emergence. The root crop is pink, almost red, the weight reaches 500-890 g, the shape of the fruit is rounded, flattened with a sharp tip. The pulp is juicy, white, the taste is pleasant, with pronounced sweetness and pungency. Productivity - 3-4.8 kg per 1 sq. Km. m
- Elephant fang - mid-season variety, the crop is harvested 60-70 days after emergence. The form is cylindrical, the average length is 60 cm, weight is 0.5 kg. Color - white with light green transitions. Pulp - sweet, crispy, with a slight bitterness. Productivity - 5-6 kg / sq. m
- Margelan - early (60-80 days), heat-resistant grade. A root crop of a broad-cylindrical shape with a white tip, dark green in color. The length of the fruit is 9-16 cm, diameter - 7 cm, weight - 220-400 g. The flesh is white or light green, with a small bitterness.
- Ruby surprise - an early ripe variety - reaches technical maturity in 60-65 days. The fruit is round, short, white with a green spot on the leaves. The average weight is 200-240 g, the pulp is juicy, red, the taste is pleasant. Productivity - 4.3 kg per 1 sq. Km. m
Advantages and disadvantages
Lobo radish, like any other kind of vegetable, has a number of advantages and disadvantages. The pluses include the following:
- excellent taste and pleasant aroma;
- lack of contraindications for use;
- can be stored for a long time, until spring;
- the product has a wide range of beneficial properties;
- low calorie product.
The disadvantages include the defeat of the cabbage flea at the stage of emergence of seedlings, which is why it is necessary to carry out treatment with pesticides, and this negatively affects the environmental friendliness of the vegetable.
Presowing work
In general, lobo radish is a rather unpretentious and non-capricious crop and does not have special preferences for lighting, soil or temperature. Nevertheless, in order to obtain a quality crop, the culture needs to create optimal conditions.
Choosing a place to land
Due to the fact that the radish belongs to the Crucifer family, it is attacked by the same parasites and diseases as all plants of this family. Do not plant radish next to cabbage, radish, carrots, beets and horseradish.
Best predecessors:
- legumes;
- dill;
- garlic;
- potatoes;
- cucumbers.
Sow the radish after harvesting the early crops or plant potatoes, onions, and cucumbers in the aisles. You can plant a radish in the place of cruciferous only after 3-4 years.
Growing agricultural technology is simple - the radish grows well in a lighted, sunny area, it is not afraid of a small shade. Combination beds are considered an ideal place for planting, which are exposed to sunlight throughout the day.
Lobo is a cold resistant plant. Seed germination begins at a temperature of + 2-3 degrees. Shoots can tolerate frosts to -3-4 degrees, and adult plants to -5-6. The culture can grow in a temperature range from +5 to 25 degrees, but the optimum temperature is from +18 to +20 degrees.
Soil preparation
It is best to grow forehead on loose, sufficiently moist loamy soils with a high content of organic matter, with a deep arable layer. This variety can grow on soils with low acidity (pH 5.5-6.0), but soils with neutral pH 6-7 are best suited.
If acidity is high, add slaked lime. The soil can be fed with organic and mineral fertilizers:
- potash (250-300 g each);
- superphosphate (300-400 g per 10 sq. m);
- ammonium sulfate.
Fresh manure is not brought under the radish, because because of this, the incidence of root crops can increase, the appearance deteriorates, which causes a decrease in their marketability and quality.
On poor soils, compost or humus can be added from autumn at the rate of 20-30 kg per 10 square meters. m. If the soil is heavy, then you can use sand, scattering it on the surface of the beds at the rate of 1 bucket per 1 sq. km. m followed by digging. If groundwater is located nearby, then raise the beds 10-15 cm.
Seed preparation
The seeds are calibrated before planting, because selective and full seeds can guarantee good seedlings and a higher yield. Before sowing, treat the seeds with growth stimulants - Oracle, Vympel-K, etc.
Sowing dates
Dates are selected depending on the characteristics of the variety and climatic conditions at the place of cultivation. Sowing time in the soil can be selected both spring and summer - you should focus on the early maturity of the root crop.
In spring, it can be sown from mid-April to the end of the last ten days of May, and in summer - from mid-July to early September. The seeding rate of radish in the spring is 0.5-1g / sq. m, and in the summer - 0.4-0.5 g / sq. m
If the radish was planted in the spring, then if the weather changes too rapidly towards heat and the daylight hours increase, peduncles may appear on plants in which the root crop has not yet formed. To prevent this from happening, most gardeners prefer to plant a radish in the summer.
Outdoor radish planting
An important factor for lobo productivity is the method and layout of plants. Use the 30 by 60 cm pattern - this means that you need to leave a distance of 60 cm between the rows and between the plants - 30 cm. If the root crops are smaller, then use the 20 by 40 cm pattern.
Stages of the landing process:
- Before planting, the soil must be harrowed and loosened.
- Make grooves 2-3 cm deep. Since the fruits grow quite large, leave a distance of 50-60 cm between the rows and 15 cm between the holes.
- In each well, previously well spilled with water, place 3-5 seeds, which will increase the germination of the culture.
- Sprinkle the crops with soil substrate and moisten, after which, to protect the seeds from frost, cover the beds with a film.
Under favorable conditions, seedlings will appear after 5 days.
Care Rules
In order to get a quality crop, it is important to carry out proper plant care after sowing.
Watering mode
Watering is sometimes more important for radishes than top dressing - it sometimes has to grow in extreme summer conditions, when the heat is strong and there is no rainfall for months. The root crop should be poured with juice, grow, so watering is mandatory.
The best way is sprinkling, especially if the crops are mulched. If there is insufficient moisture, the fruits become stiff, plants begin to stalk. The grade also does not like waterlogging. For the entire growing season, 4 irrigation of 200-300 liters per 10 square meters is carried out. m
Thinning
Thinning can begin in a month, leaving between plants of summer varieties 4-6 cm, and winter - 10-15 cm.
Thinning is carried out three times:
- The first time, carry out the procedure when several real leaves are formed on the seedlings.
- Carry out the second thinning when the rudiments of the future root crop appear. This time, remove all plants in which the foliage is devoid of green color.
- After the root crops become approximately 0.5 cm in diameter, seedlings need to be thinned a third time. The smallest and weakest specimens are subject to removal.
Weeding and cultivation
Loosening is one of the most important work in caring for radish and not only helps to get rid of weeds and prevent their appearance, but also favorably affects the condition of the soil and the development of root crops.
In care, it is important to prevent the formation of a soil crust, under which young seedlings simply suffocate. Loosening is necessary regularly, as this prevents the deterioration of soil quality. The result of loosening is the free flow of organic substances, moisture and oxygen. Along with the
spend and weeding.
Hilling
Hilling is a method of treating radish, contributing to the formation of an additional root system and the preservation of moisture in the soil.
This technique is used to provide greater resistance to lodging. An additional layer of soil around the base of the stems and the roots formed on it well keep the plants from gusts of wind.
Each hilling should be carried out after rain or watering, when the soil dries up - on the second or third day. Plants can be cultivated manually or using cultivators (over large areas).
Top dressing
Radish is fed with mineral fertilizers in dry form or in solutions. The following types of fertilizers can be poured into the furrows along the row:
- 200 g of urea, 600 g of superphosphate, 150 g of potassium chloride stir in 10 liters of water, this is enough for 10-15 square meters. m;
- 50-100 g of urea, 100-150 g of superphosphate, 50-100 g of potassium sulfate are embedded in the soil per 10 square meters. m
The first top dressing should be performed when the first true leaflet has just formed, and the second after 3-4 weeks, when the formation of the root crop begins. A third top dressing is also possible, but only if the development of plants goes poorly.
Major diseases and pests
With the proper conduct of agricultural activities, this variety of radish is quite resistant to diseases and parasites, but there is still a risk of infection. The most common are the following:
Diseases, pests | Symptoms | Methods of struggle |
Slug | They are able to eat a significant part of the crop, thereby lowering its commercial quality - fruits damaged by slugs are poorly stored and rot. Slugs are carriers of various diseases. | Sprinkle between the rows of metaldehyde, tear off leaves falling to the ground. |
Cruciferous flea | A pest that can destroy crops in a few days. Wrecking begins in April, feed on leaves, forming through holes on them. | Loosening the soil, weed control, spraying plants with tinctures of wormwood, tobacco, dusting with ash. The procedure should be done at least 3 times at intervals of 4-5 days. |
Rapeseed bug | It can be populated in crops at the seedling phase, which causes their death. | Compliance with crop rotation with spatial isolation of crop plantings, weed control. |
Cabbage White | Start eating leaves as soon as they hatch from eggs. Small individuals scrap the peel and flesh from the foliage, and adults eat all the leaves whole. | The destruction of cruciferous weeds, in small fields you can collect the caterpillars manually, followed by destruction. Spraying with pesticides - Aliot, Borey, Alatar, etc. |
Fusarium | A fungal disease affecting a plant at any age. The fungus is in the soil and penetrates the plant through the soil and wounds. In young plants, the disease manifests itself in the form of decay of the roots and root of the neck. | Seed dressing. When preparing the soil mixture, add Trichodermin. Sick plants are immediately destroyed, and healthy ones are sprayed with Benomil. |
Blackleg | Most easily distributed in greenhouses. The disease can be identified by softening the root neck and stem at the very base. | Disinfection of soil, especially old soil, you can add a solution of bleach. In the spring, sulfur powder helps, poured into the wells a few days before the seeds, and a layer of sand 2 cm thick must be constantly applied to the sowing places. |
Vascular bacteriosis | A characteristic sign of the disease is the blackening of the veins, a black ring of blood vessels appears on the cross sections. | Harvest in time and destroy plant debris, followed by deep tillage. Observe crop rotation and planting spacing between crops. |
Kila | Root system disease. You can determine it by round growths on the entire root system. Over time, it begins to darken and rot, and the plant stops growing. | Disinfection of soil with wood ash and bleach. Hilling. |
Harvesting and storage
Despite the resistance of the forehead to frost, you need to harvest before the cold. The ripening period of early ripe varieties is from 60 to 70 days, and mid-ripening and late ripening - from 70 to 110 days.
Focusing on these dates, you can determine the time of harvest. Early ripe varieties need to be harvested in dry weather, according to the degree of ripening, and winter varieties are removed all in a row, just choosing a fine, clear day. On sandy soils, a radish can simply be pulled out of the ground, and on chernozems and dense soils, it can be dug up.
Immediately after completing harvesting from the radish, you need to clean the ground and remove excess thin roots. If you perform this procedure with a knife, do it carefully, because even with minor scratches the fruit can no longer be stored for a long time.
The next step is rejection - the whole radish, which is at least slightly damaged, must either be put into use or processed. Before storing the product, remove the tops, leaving 1-2 cm of petioles.
Subject to all the rules, preserving the radish will turn out for a maximum of 4 months, and then, at the end of this period, it will become lethargic and fresh, moreover, it will lose some of its useful substances.
The best conditions for storage are a dark place at a temperature of 1 to 2 degrees Celsius and a humidity level of 80-95%. Active forehead ventilation is not needed, otherwise it will become fibrous and rough.
You can store the radish as follows:
- In the cellar - store in wet sand, lay on wooden boxes. All fruits must be carefully selected, otherwise, if at least one damaged root gets in, the whole crop will rot.
- At home - the crop can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 30 days. Lay it in plastic bags and keep in a vegetable box.
What is useful lobo radish?
Radish is rich in fiber, which is good for the intestines. It also contains essential oils that have anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects.
Lobo has a choleretic effect, which is useful for diseases of the liver and gall bladder, as well as for reduced acidity of gastric juice.With colds and inflammatory diseases, freshly squeezed juice from root crops is useful.
Reviews about growing lobo radish
Irina Nikolaevna, 52 years old, Arkhangelsk. I decided to try to grow a new variety, the choice fell on the forehead, as according to the description of the variety was characterized by unpretentious, resistant to cold and sudden frost. I can confirm that the way it is, the very first time I managed to get a good crop that the whole family liked, since the radish is also very tasty.
Konstantin Igorevich, 45 years old, Krasnodar. I tried different types of radishes - white, black, daikon, but now I wanted to get acquainted with the forehead as well. Root crops have grown a lot, in size everything coincided with the characteristics. To its taste and sharpness, it has similarities with a daikon. In principle, I liked it, I'll try to grow more.
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Despite the fact that Chinese lobo radish is only gaining popularity in our country, it is an excellent root crop that boasts its nutritional value, taste and health benefits for humans, as well as a fairly simple cultivation agricultural technique.