Fig, fig, fig tree - these are all names of the same plant, which we firmly associate with Mediterranean life. Anyone who has ever tasted fig fruits knows how delicious they are. But, in addition to their delicate sweet taste, they are also very beneficial for health. And here's an interesting detail: it turns out that figs are completely unpretentious plant. In addition, it can be successfully grown on a plot in middle lane or in the house - in a container.

Quite often, difficulties in growing tomato seedlings arise even among experienced summer residents. For some, all the seedlings turn out to be elongated and weak, for others, they suddenly begin to fall and die. The thing is that it is difficult to maintain in an apartment ideal conditions for growing seedlings. Seedlings of any plants need to be provided with plenty of light, sufficient humidity and optimal temperature. What else do you need to know and observe when growing tomato seedlings in an apartment?

Delicious vinaigrette with apple and sauerkraut - a vegetarian salad made from boiled and chilled, raw, pickled, salted, pickled vegetables and fruits. The name comes from the French sauce made from vinegar, olive oil and mustard (vinaigrette). Vinaigrette appeared in Russian cuisine not so long ago, around the beginning of the 19th century; perhaps the recipe was borrowed from Austrian or German cuisine, since the ingredients for Austrian herring salad are very similar.

When we dreamily sort through bright packets of seeds in our hands, we are sometimes subconsciously convinced that we have a prototype of a future plant. We mentally allocate a place for it in the flower garden and look forward to the cherished day of the appearance of the first bud. However, buying seeds does not always guarantee that you will eventually get the desired flower. I would like to draw attention to the reasons why seeds may not sprout or die at the very beginning of germination.

Spring is coming, and gardeners have more work to do, and with the onset of warmer weather, changes in the garden occur rapidly. The buds are already beginning to swell on plants that were still dormant yesterday, and everything is literally coming to life before our eyes. After a long winter, this is good news. But along with the garden, its problems come to life - insect pests and pathogens. Weevils, flower beetles, aphids, clasterosporiosis, maniliosis, scab, powdery mildew- the list could take a very long time.

Breakfast toast with avocado and egg salad is a great way to start the day. The egg salad in this recipe acts as a thick sauce that is seasoned with fresh vegetables and shrimp. My egg salad is quite unusual, it is a dietary version of everyone’s favorite snack - with Feta cheese, Greek yogurt and red caviar. If you have time in the morning, never deny yourself the pleasure of cooking something tasty and healthy. You need to start the day with positive emotions!

Perhaps every woman has at least once received a blooming orchid as a gift. It’s not surprising, because such a living bouquet looks amazing and blooms for a long time. Orchids are not very difficult to grow. indoor crops, but failure to comply with the main conditions for their maintenance often leads to the loss of a flower. If you are just getting started with indoor orchids, you should find out the correct answers to the main questions about growing these beautiful plants in the house.

Lush cheesecakes with poppy seeds and raisins prepared according to this recipe are eaten in no time in my family. Moderately sweet, plump, tender, with an appetizing crust, without excess oil, in a word, exactly the same as my mother or grandmother fried in childhood. If the raisins are very sweet, then you don’t need to add granulated sugar at all; without sugar, the cheesecakes will be better fried and will never burn. Cook them in a well-heated frying pan, greased with oil, over low heat and without a lid!

Cherry tomatoes differ from their larger counterparts not only in the small size of their berries. Many cherry varieties are characterized by a unique sweet taste, which is very different from the classic tomato taste. Anyone who has never tried such cherry tomatoes with their eyes closed may well decide that they are tasting some unusual Exotic fruits. In this article I will talk about five different cherry tomatoes that have the sweetest fruits with unusual colors.

I started growing annual flowers in the garden and on the balcony more than 20 years ago, but I will never forget my first petunia, which I planted in the country along the path. Only a couple of decades have passed, but you’re amazed at how different the petunias of the past are from the many-sided hybrids of today! In this article, I propose to trace the history of the transformation of this flower from a simpleton into a real queen of annuals, and also consider modern varieties unusual colors.

Salad with spicy chicken, mushrooms, cheese and grapes - aromatic and satisfying. This dish can be served as a main dish if you are preparing a cold dinner. Cheese, nuts, mayonnaise are high-calorie foods; in combination with spicy fried chicken and mushrooms, you get a very nutritious snack, which is refreshed by sweet and sour grapes. The chicken in this recipe is marinated in a spicy mixture of ground cinnamon, turmeric and chili powder. If you like food with fire, use hot chili.

The question is how to grow healthy seedlings, all summer residents are concerned in early spring. It seems that there are no secrets here - the main thing for fast and strong seedlings is to provide them with warmth, moisture and light. But in practice, in a city apartment or private house, this is not so easy to do. Of course, everyone experienced gardener There is a proven way to grow seedlings. But today we will talk about a relatively new assistant in this matter - the propagator.

The Sanka tomato variety is one of the most popular in Russia. Why? The answer is simple. He is the very first to bear fruit in the garden. Tomatoes ripen when other varieties have not even bloomed yet. Of course, if you follow the growing recommendations and make an effort, even a novice grower will receive a rich harvest and joy from the process. And so that your efforts are not in vain, we advise you to plant high-quality seeds. For example, such as seeds from TM “Agrosuccess”.

Task indoor plants in the house - to decorate the home with your own appearance, to create a special atmosphere of comfort. For this reason, we are ready to take care of them regularly. Care is not only about watering on time, although this is important. It is also necessary to create other conditions: suitable lighting, humidity and air temperature, and make a correct and timely transplant. For experienced flower growers there is nothing supernatural about this. But beginners often face certain difficulties.

Tender cutlets from chicken breast It’s easy to prepare with champignons according to this recipe with step by step photos. There is an opinion that it is difficult to make juicy and tender cutlets from chicken breast, but this is not so! Chicken meat contains virtually no fat, which is why it is a bit dry. But if you add cream, white bread and mushrooms with onions to the chicken fillet, it will turn out amazing delicious cutlets, which will appeal to both children and adults. IN mushroom season try adding wild mushrooms to the minced meat.

Summer begins in June, but frosts are still likely in the first ten days of the month, so gardeners should not remove temporary shelter for heat-loving plants. At the beginning of summer, the last seedlings are planted, the main vegetable crops and the flowers were already sown in May, so only fast-growing plants are sown again in June.

In early June, the remaining tomato, pepper and eggplant seedlings are planted. It is better to plant seedlings on a cloudy, windless day and cover the first days with film or acrylic at night. If you are planting seedlings in sunny weather, the plants should be shaded as soon as possible by stretching the fabric and watered well so that they do not wilt.

It’s time to plant seedlings of cucumbers, pumpkins and zucchini sown in early May in the ground on beds prepared in advance. To obtain a harvest of cucumbers closer to autumn for pickling, they are sown in the ground from June 1 to June 15, but no later. Seeds are also sown early ripening varieties zucchini and pumpkins.

At this time, the soil has already warmed up enough, so the seeds heat-loving crops will grow well in a simple bed, not insulated with a layer of mown grass or manure.

In the first ten days of June, mid- and late-ripening seedlings are planted white cabbage. Cauliflower For consumption in the fall, seeds are sown in a greenhouse. After a few weeks, the grown seedlings are planted in beds.

Radishes are sown again in early June, using bolting-resistant varieties. In the place where the radishes sown in May were harvested, you can sow green vegetable crops - dill, parsley, lettuce. Fragrant fennel - plant short day so that its shoots form a head and do not stretch out, it is sown when the day begins to wane - at the end of June.

To lay the harvest for the winter, it’s time to sow radishes and turnips.

Vegetable crops sown in May (carrots and beets) have already sprouted and begun to increase their green mass. At this time, the plants are thinned out so that each one has enough light and space to form a root crop.

After the threat of frost has been lifted, sprouted dahlias and begonias can be planted in the flower garden. Seedlings of heat-loving flower crops are planted to create flower beds, flower beds and edgings. At the beginning of summer in large quantities We sell seedlings of popular annual flowers - petunias, annual asters, marigolds, coleus, amaranth, balsam, zinnia. Ready seedlings annual flowers already have their first buds and even blossoming flowers.

Cold-hardy annual flowers that were sown earlier in May can be re-sown in June. The first sowing of annuals will bloom in July, and the second sowing of fast-growing annual flowers will continue to decorate the garden in August. So you can sow calendula, cosmos, gillyflower, iberis, cornflower, nasturtium, matthiola.

Biennials flower crops those that will bloom only next year are sown in June - these are viola, forget-me-not, daisy, Turkish carnation, mallow, foxglove, evening primrose, and bluebell.

Most housewives try to finish planting flowers before mid-May. But not everyone manages to plan floral work on time. Don’t be in a hurry to get upset: there are “sprinter” plants that can be planted even in June. Many annuals require 2-3 months from emergence to flowering. In contrast, “hurry up” ones will come to flowering much faster. What should you choose? Here are some worthy candidates. Godetia

This is the most “nimble” plant: only about 50 days pass from the first shoots to graceful flowers. If you want godetia seeds to hatch as quickly as possible, after sowing, cover them with a transparent film.

Remove it as soon as shoots appear.

Calendula

Its seeds are considered almost record holders for germination: after just a week and a half, sprouts are visible above the soil. Only a couple of months will pass before the first flowering, which lasts a long time. Calendula is not afraid of frost.

Loves fertilized soil very much.

Eschscholzia californica

It blooms one and a half months after the appearance of the first shoots. Eschscholzia is good because it blooms profusely from early summer to mid-October. When you choose a place for this beauty, remember that the plant will be comfortable in an open sunny area with loose (preferably sandy) soil.

Gypsophila

If you manage to plant in mid-May, gypsophila will bloom in 50-55 days. But if planted in June, you will only be able to appreciate its beauty in the fall. It is advisable to place gypsophila next to large or small stones containing gypsum - it is not for nothing that its name translated means “lime-loving”.

Iberis

After sowing the seeds, it blooms in 42-44 days. Flowering can last more than a month in nutritious soil with regular watering. Remove faded flowers in a timely manner and trim the stems by a third after flowering so that overgrown bushes look compact and neat.

I think you will agree with me that anyone country cottage area it's hard to imagine without bright colors. And our garden is simply buried in flowers in July. This month is perhaps the most beautiful.

Accordingly, we had more worries with flowers in July.

Let's look at the basic things that we need to do so that our flowers continue to delight us with their beauty and fragrance.

Digging up bulbous

If you did not dig up tulip bulbs back in June, then you should definitely do this in early July, as well as hyacinth bulbs. We clear them of soil, wash and disinfect them.

If we have daffodils growing in one place for more than three years, then their bulbs also need to be dug up.

After drying (just not in the sun), store the tulip bulbs at room temperature until planting.

We dry the hyacinth bulbs well and store them until the end of September in a place where the air temperature does not drop below 25 o C.

But with daffodil bulbs you need to do things differently. After the overgrown bulbs have dried, divide them and plant them immediately. After processing, small-bulbed flowers are also planted in flower beds.

We feed and drink

We feed annual flowers in early July organic fertilizers with the addition of minerals. For example, take a bucket of fermented herb infusion solution (2 liters of infusion and 8 liters of water) and add 40 g of superphosphate, as well as 15 g of potassium sulfate.

Instead of a solution of fermented grass, you can use a solution of mullein or bird droppings. You can feed roses and phlox with the same solution.

But it is better to feed gladioli, lilies, astilbe, delphinium, bells and other root flowers with full mineral fertilizer, for example, such as nitrophoska, diluting 30-50 g in 10 liters of water.

We repeat fertilizing of perennials after two weeks with the same fertilizer.

Until mid-July, we feed dahlias with urea, making the following solution: 40 g per 10 liters of water.

July is often dry and flowers need to be watered regularly. It is advisable to water at the root, trying to prevent water from getting on the leaves. For example, roses, delphiniums and lupins feel great only when the soil under them is moist and the leaves are dry.

Therefore, to water them, it is good to use a micro-drip system or a special perforated hose, from the numerous pores of which water constantly oozes.

Time for cuttings

It's arrived favorable time in order to start propagating roses from cuttings.

The following roses are well propagated by cuttings: floribunda, climbing, polyanthus, miniature and some varieties of hybrid tea.

We cut off shoots that have just faded, although flowering ones are also possible, and cut cuttings only from the middle part.

The top of the shoot is not suitable for cuttings, nor is the lower part, because the first is too soft, and the second is too hard.

Green cuttings can also be used to propagate hydrangeas and mock orange, as well as some conifers, for example: junipers, cypresses, thujas, spruces.

Without pruning there is no flowering

Most flower perennials delight us with their spectacular blooms only once a summer.

But still among them there are certain species that are able to bloom again in the middle or at the end of summer. These are flowers such as: delphinium, oak sage, Fassin's catnip and Bannat chinstrap.

But without our help they will not bloom again. After the first wave of flowering has passed, they must be trimmed, leaving only 10 cm from the surface of the ground.

Other perennials also need our attention and care. We also prune them after the end of flowering, but not for re-blooming, but so that they do not waste their energy on ripening the seeds and prepare for the arrival of winter.

For liatris and columbine (aquilegia), we cut off the long stems with already withered inflorescences to the first whole leaf on the stem. By doing this we will provoke their further growth so that they become more lush and bushy.

And we cut off the leafless flower stalks of daylilies at the very base.

For those plants that bloom profusely in the first half of summer, for example, gaillardia, we cut off the faded peduncles very low, leaving “stumps” of only a few centimeters. This will promote the formation and development of new shoots.

Also, do not forget to regularly remove faded flowers so that new buds form faster.

I advise you to pinch korean chrysanthemums, which will contribute to the formation of thicker branches and abundant flowering.

This procedure can be carried out twice: the first time, pinching it, leaving 20 cm, the second time - after shoots more than 20 cm long grow from the place of the first pinching.

We support you in difficult times

Be sure to tie tall and spreading perennials that bloomed luxuriantly in July to stakes to protect them from lodging in strong winds or rain.

It is best, of course, to tie the plant with twine to a support in several places at once.

It is very important not to tie the stems to the supports too tightly, as this can interfere with their growth and without sufficient air circulation within the bush, the plant may become diseased.

In such an “insurance” for initial stage The trunks of young roses also need development. But then, when they get stronger and stronger, the pegs can be removed.

Planting seedlings of biennial flowers

At the end of the month we begin to plant seedlings of biennial flowers that we sowed in June - pansies(viola), daisies, Turkish carnation, foxglove, forget-me-nots.

We plant them in moist, fertile soil (composition: equal parts of sand, peat, humus, 50 g of superphosphate and 30 g of potassium sulfate) at a distance of 5 cm from each other, and about 10 cm between rows.

After planting, shade the seedlings from sunlight for several days (3-4). After a week of planting, you can feed with ammonium nitrate.

Next year these flowers will delight us with their blooming.

Replanting and dividing irises

2-3 weeks after flowering, when new roots begin to grow, best time for transplanting and dividing irises.

We dig up the rhizome and divide it into several parts. We cut the leaves on the divisions to two-thirds of the length so that the plant takes root quickly.

First, we dry the planting piece in the sun for several hours and then plant it. When planting, we place the rhizome on a mound of earth so that after it is covered with soil, it protrudes halfway above the ground.

Pest control

In July, usually, many aphids appear on many flowers (roses, chrysanthemums, daisies).

You can fight it using herbal infusions, but if they cannot cope with the aphid invasion, then you need to use chemicals.

To prevent diseases, flowers can be sprayed with 1% Bordeaux mixture or 0.5% copper oxychloride.

In previous articles we decided on what we have to do in July. And in this article we looked at what work lies ahead of us with flowers in July.

Well, it's time to get to work, dear friends, you won't be bored)))

With the onset of stable warm weather, it is time to plant open ground seeds. Everyone who has a personal plot tries to improve it as much as possible, and what if not flowers are the first helpers in this? What flowers can you plant in June? Let's take a closer look.

What to choose?

Seeds of those types of flowers that differ slightly are sown in open ground. growing season, that is, they germinate as quickly as possible and produce the first inflorescences in the same year in which they were planted. Also planted in a similar way perennial crops, they are more demanding than the previous ones, they need favorable conditions and appropriate care.

Attention! Before proceeding directly to sowing seeds, prepare the soil; this will significantly speed up the emergence of sprouts, because soil enriched with air and fertilizers will bear fruit.

In order to grow as quickly as possible beautiful flower bed You can sow seeds in the selected area. To do this, it is preferable to choose fast-growing flowers, and after a few days you will be able to admire the first green sprouts pecking through the ground. It won’t take much time to wait for the first inflorescences. It is recommended to soak large seeds in water to swell them, this will promote faster growth.

Fast-growing flowers that can be planted in open ground:

• climbing types of flowers.

These varieties of flowers can begin to be sown in open ground with the onset of June. They will bloom enough long time: from July until the first frost.

A bunch of beautiful photos biennial flowers beckon with their appearance. The first month of summer is the best time to plant such crops: next year they will sprout, and your flowerbed will be irresistible. What flowers to choose for planting? You can give preference to the following options:

• daisies;
• bell;
• viola;
• Turkish cloves;
• digitalis.

Turkish clove

It is very convenient to start your gardening journey by planting annual flowers, this way you will gain the necessary experience and also qualitatively prepare the soil for planting perennial flowers. It will be easier for you to create a beautiful flower bed.

Advice. Please note that there is no need to purchase all the seeds you like at one time; approach the issue of organizing a flower bed wisely and implement the idea, and do not set a goal to sow everything that was purchased. Otherwise, you may not achieve harmonious appearance flower beds.

How to land correctly

Flowers in June are planted in compliance with certain rules. Summer planting differs from spring and autumn. When planning sowing seeds, it is worth considering that soil moisture may be insufficient, because high temperatures V summer period dry up the earth. If the weather turns out to be extremely hot, then the plants will have difficulty taking root and there is a possibility that some may not sprout.

To ensure future flowers suitable soil it's worth doing simple preparatory work: It is good to dig up the ground so that it is enriched with air and water the soil in order to moisten it. The sown seeds also need to be watered and then covered with film so that the soil does not lose moisture until the first shoots appear. On particularly hot and dry days in June, it is recommended to artificially shade the flowers; this will protect young shoots from drought and prevent leaf burns.

Perennial crops are best planted in cloudy weather or in the evening. It is also better to choose a time so that after sowing the weather will remain cloudy for several days and there will be no scorching sun rays. The soil should be thoroughly moistened after planting.

Work carried out in June

It is worth considering that it is not enough to simply plant flowers in June and wait until you can admire the beauty. A flower garden is, first of all, labor and care. The seeds you sow will sprout in different time, and flowering will not be the same either.

It is necessary to water the seedlings in a timely manner, ensure that the soil does not become lumpy, and protect young flowers from aggressive sunlight. You should not neglect feeding plants with various fertilizers, especially at the stage of inflorescence formation, since this process requires a lot nutrients, the lack of which can weaken plants, as a result of which they may die.

If you follow all the nuances of caring for plants, you will be able to enjoy beautifully formed flower beds for years to come.

Summing up

So, June is the most suitable month to start working in the flower garden. Free patches of land on personal plot Annual flowers, which soon emerge and begin to bloom, are beautifully occupied.

To beautifully decorate a flowerbed, you just need to give free rein to your imagination and, based on the photos offered on the bags of seeds, choose ways to form it and determine the best combinations.

When planting flowers in June, do not forget about preparing the soil, providing sufficient moisture and fertilizing with useful substances. Protect plants from direct sunlight and provide shade. Remember also that for some flowers the sun can be destructive, while others, on the contrary, do not tolerate shade well.