In this article detailed characteristics of a pumpkin of a grade Arabatsky are given.
The grade Arabatsky was created at the Crimean experimental station of vegetable growing by selectors In
The grade Arabatsky was created on the Crimean skilled stanyotsiya of vegetable growing by selectors V.A.Vaskovskoy and M.F.Peregudtom. From other grades of pumpkins it otlichaetsya a fruit form (elongated and cylindrical with the vzduyoty end) and the big maintenance of pulp as the seyomenny chamber is only in fruit top.
Length of a fruit of 40 – 100 cm, diameter of 10 – 28 cm, weight from 5 to 27 kg. Productivity of 360 – 400 c/hectares, on personal plots of 500 – 600 c/hectares.
AGROTECHNOLOGY OF CULTIVATION
Pumpkin Arabatsky at which the long vegetative period, can yield vyyozrevshy fruits only at optimum veyosenny terms of crops. Optimum term of crops of a pumpkin in the Crimea at soil temperature on depth of 10 cm of 9 – 10 °C. It is necessary, that seeds got to the damp soil and managed to bulk up. Up the time of their germination the soil, as a rule, should get warm to temperature of 12 – 14 °C. Peyored crops seeds warm up in techeyony 1 – 2 days at temperature of 20 °C, then presoak in a rasyotvor of microcells and growth reyogulyator (0,05 %-ny solution gibberellina, 0,05 %-ny solution of amber acid, 0,02 %-ny solution of boric acid, etc.). Seeds maintain in solution during 12 – 24 h, mixing each 3 h, then dry to flowability and immediately sow. This reception not only accelerates poyavleyony shoots, but also increases productivity of culture.
Crops carry out on depth of 8 – 10 cm according to the scheme of 210×140 cm – on bogare and 210×140 – 180 cm, 210×210 cm – on an irrigation. Norm of seeding – 2,5 – 3,0 kg/hectares. Care of plants generally consists of 2 – 3 interrow rykhleniye of the soil and 1 – 2 manual weedings with a simultaneous prorezhivaniye.
Very important agrotechnical reception – fight against weeds. At early stages of development of plants for this purpose in the Crimea widely apply elements of the Astrakhan technology which provides cutting of cracks at the same time with crops. Simpler method is offered by the Kherson scientists – borozdy. These technologies give the chance to start fight against weeds even before emergence of shoots.
On irrigated lands carry out 2 – 3 plentiful waterings, the first – in a phase of the beginning of the pleteobrazovaniye, the second – in nachale formations of fruits, the last – in the middle of August (norm – 500 m3/hectares).
Clean a pumpkin in dry weather before autumn zamorozkov. Fruits from lashes cut off with a fruit stem, without it they are unsuitable to long storage. The intact fruits store in well provetriyovayemy room in containers or on racks with podstilyoky of sawdust or shaving at temperature of 8 – 10 °C and vlazhnosti – 80-90%o. In such conditions fruits remain till the spring and to use them it is possible during all winter perioda. Loss of weight of fruits for a storage time insignificant – only about 6 %.
N. Yeliseyev.
(On Ogorodnik magazine materials).