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Zucchini zucchini "Tiger Cub" is considered a relatively new vegetable among gardeners. In terms of its external characteristics, it is similar to zucchini. Let's try to find out its distinctive features and taste characteristics.
A valuable vegetable in an ordinary garden bed
Zucchini is a valuable vegetable crop, including B vitamins, numerous carbohydrates, carotene, and also a large amount of ascorbic acid. Zucchini "Tiger Cub" contains approximately twice as much carotene as carrots.
Nutritionists recommend including this miraculous vegetable in their food for those patients who dream of getting rid of extra pounds.
Zucchini varieties
Currently, there are several types of varieties in our country, each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages. The variety “Tiger Cub” is of interest, which we will talk about in more detail. This low-calorie vegetable appealed to chefs. “Tiger cub” is used to prepare delicious main courses; it is pickled, preserved, and made into jam.
Zucchini "Tiger Cub" is considered one of the most productive varieties of zucchini.If you follow all the rules for growing and caring for it, it is quite possible to get up to 15 kilograms per square meter of land. It is enough to plant two or three Tiger Cub bushes to grow tasty and healthy vegetables.
Characteristics of the variety
Its fruits are dark green in color, with small specks as if reminiscent of the name of this variety. The average size of the fruit is 35-45 centimeters, the diameter of the fruit reaches 10 centimeters. By planting Tiger Cub bushes on one square meter of land, you can harvest up to 15 kilograms of fruit.
Zucchini "Tiger Cub" is resistant to numerous diseases, but in rainy summers the vegetable cannot resist fungal diseases.
By carefully watching the video clip, you can learn a lot of useful information about caring for seedlings and care rules:
Growing rules
In Italy, zucchini has been grown for several decades. It is from here that zucchini seeds came to our country. Gardeners will not have any particular difficulties when growing Tiger Cub zucchini. The growing algorithm is similar to growing ordinary zucchini.
First you need to select the seeds, soak them in a solution that stimulates growth, then place the seeds in damp gauze. After pecking the seeds, you can plant them in open or film-protected soil.
Some gardeners prefer to prepare Tiger Cub seeds in the refrigerator.They place the seeds for 2 days at zero temperature.
When selecting a site for planting seeds of this variety, it is advisable to give preference to areas illuminated by sunlight. This variety is considered light-loving; in the shade you cannot count on a high yield.
Preparing the soil for zucchini should be done in early spring. First, the area must be dug up, then phosphorus fertilizer and humus are added to the soil.
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Conclusion
To increase the yield of Tiger Cub fruits, flowers are often sprayed with a solution prepared from a gram of boric acid and one hundred grams of sugar dissolved in one liter of water. The “Tiger Cub” zucchini variety has demonstrated to gardeners its high productivity and excellent taste, and is therefore in demand among summer residents.
