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More and more gardeners are planting eggplants in their garden plots. And breeders have played a significant role in this, offering a variety of new varieties. Eggplant Giselle F1 tolerates hot and dry weather well and ripens well in the difficult conditions of the northern regions. When growing a crop, it is important to adhere to the rules of caring for vegetables.
Hybrid characteristics
Early ripening eggplant Giselle F1 is a hybrid. The variety is high-yielding, bushes with large leaves grow up to 120-125 cm in height in open ground and up to 2 m in a greenhouse. The stem of the Giselle eggplant is slightly spiny. After seed germination, you can harvest after 107-116 days.
The fruits, which ripen and weigh up to 400-500 g, have a dark purple color and skin with a smooth surface (as in the photo). The shape of the eggplant is cylindrical, dimensions: length 25-31 cm, diameter approximately 7 cm. The delicate, light-colored flesh is not characterized by bitterness. The seeds are small. Picked Giselle eggplants retain their excellent appearance and taste for about a month.
When growing the Giselle F1 variety in a greenhouse, you can collect more ripe fruits than from an open area: 11.7-17.5 kg/sq. m and 7-9 kg/sq. m respectively.
Growing eggplant
Since the variety is a hybrid variety, it is recommended to purchase seed material from producers for propagation. It is best to plant seedlings on the site rather than seeds. Therefore, from the second half of March you can start sowing.
Sowing seeds
- The Giselle eggplant grains are first soaked in a growth stimulator. Suitable drugs: Epin, Zircon. The fabric is soaked in the solution and the seeds are wrapped in a moistened cloth.
- As soon as the seeds hatch, they are planted in pots/containers. It is better to use ready-made store-bought soil as a soil mixture. The holes for the seeds are made shallow - 0.8-1 cm. The grains are placed in moistened soil and lightly sprinkled. To prevent the soil from floating when watering, it is better to just spray it.
- The cups are covered with plastic film to prevent the soil from drying out quickly. All containers are placed in a warm place.
- When the first shoots of the Giselle variety appear, you can remove the film and move the cups to a lighted place without drafts. To prevent the seedlings from stretching out, install additional lighting.
To do this, the containers are taken outside for a short time. The time spent outdoors is increased gradually.
It is recommended to apply fertilizer twice. When real leaves grow, the soil is enriched with potassium nitrate (30 g of the mixture is dissolved in 10 liters of water) or Kemira-Lux is used (it is enough to add 25-30 g of the drug per 10 liters). The second time, fertilizers are applied one and a half weeks before planting the seedlings.You can use “Kristalon” (20 g per 10 liters of water).
Planting seedlings
Giselle F1 eggplant seedlings are transplanted to the site in late May-early June, as soon as the seedlings grow 6-7 true leaves. The beds for vegetables are prepared in advance - the soil is loosened, cleared weed.
Hole layout: distance between rows - 65-70 cm, between bushes - 30-35 cm. The best option is if 4-5 eggplants grow per square meter of soil.
If the size of the plot is modest, then seedlings can be planted more densely in open ground. Seedlings cannot be placed more closely in the greenhouse, otherwise this may lead to a decrease in yield.
It is extremely undesirable to use areas after potatoes, since vegetables belong to the same family, are damaged by the same type of pests and have similar requirements for soils.
Watering and fertilizing
It is recommended to use warm water to moisten the soil. It is better to water eggplants of the Giselle F 1 variety in the morning or evening, but it is necessary to prevent water from getting on the leaves. To do this, some gardeners dig grooves along the beds into which water is poured. At the same time, the soil at the roots is evenly moistened, and water does not fall on the leaves and stems of Giselle eggplants. When the air temperature drops, the intensity of irrigation is reduced. Otherwise, high humidity will contribute to the emergence and spread of diseases.
For a greenhouse, the optimal humidity level is 70%.As temperature and humidity levels increase, plants may experience overheating. Therefore, it is recommended to ventilate the greenhouse on time. Before the plants bloom, the beds are watered once a week. During periods of flowering, formation and ripening of fruits, it is advisable to water Giselle eggplants twice a week. Also, the frequency of watering increases during extreme heat.
Since the root system of plants is shallow, you need to loosen the soil very carefully.
To prevent crust from forming on the surface of the soil, a watering can with a special nozzle is used to water the eggplants.
It is important to apply root fertilizing during the flowering and fruiting period of Giselle eggplants:
- During flowering, mineral fertilizers are added (20-30 g of ammophosphate dissolved in 10 liters of water). Gardeners who prefer organic fertilizers can use a solution of 10 liters of water, a tablespoon of wood ash, a liter of mullein, 500 g of nettle. Before using the solution, the mixture should sit for a week;
- when the fruits begin to ripen on the bushes, it is recommended to use a solution of mineral fertilizers (for 10 liters of water take 60-75 g of urea, 60-75 g of superphosphate and 20 g of potassium chloride).
When growing Giselle eggplants, weather conditions must be taken into account. In cloudy and cool seasons, plants especially need potassium. The optimal solution is to pour wood ash onto the soil (at the rate of 1-2 cups per square meter).
When growing eggplants, it is not recommended to use foliar fertilizing of the crop. If a mineral solution accidentally gets on the leaves, wash it off with water.
Harvesting
During the flowering period, shading is not allowed. Therefore, the upper leaves, which limit the flow of light to the flowers, are carefully removed. Since eggplants ripen gradually, you should not leave ripe fruits on the bushes. Giselle eggplants are cut off along with the calyx and part of the stalk. Removing ripe vegetables stimulates the formation of new ovaries, so it is recommended to harvest every 5-7 days.
Harvest ripe eggplants before the first autumn frosts. If unripe fruits remain on the bushes, the plant is completely dug up. You can put the bushes in a greenhouse and water them. As a rule, after two to three weeks, Giselle eggplants reach technical maturity.
Since the fruits of this crop do not have a long shelf life, it is recommended to adhere to some rules that will ensure the safety of eggplants:
- The harvested crop is stored in a dark, cool room. Optimal parameters: air temperature +7-10˚ C, humidity 85-90%;
- in rooms with low temperatures +1-2˚ C and relative air humidity of 80-90%, eggplants can be stored for 21-25 days. Moreover, the fruits should lie in the dark, otherwise corned beef will form in overripe vegetables in the light, which leads to a deterioration in taste. The effect of solanine can be minimized by heat treatment of eggplant;
- Unripe Giselle fruits without damage are suitable for storage in the refrigerator;
- When storing crops on the balcony, it is recommended to use dark packaging. Open plastic bags or thick paper will do;
- in the basement, the harvest can be placed in boxes, sprinkling the fruits with wood ash.
Eggplant is an excellent vegetable containing many vitamins and microelements.The fruit can be perfectly preserved and is used in the preparation of many dishes. Therefore, it is not surprising that more and more summer residents are trying to plant crops on their site.
