Seeds Greens "Artichnoye handsome", 0.5 gr.

Semen artichoke handsome. The period from complete shoots to technical ripeness is 160-165 days. The plant is 90-110 cm high, weakly. The sheet is large, peristrosted with a toothed edge, grayish-green, below is very conquered and lighter, with small thorns along the edges. The inflorescence is large, green with tightly pressed scales. In the first year, 4-6 inflorescences are formed on each plant, 10-12 inflorescences on the second. The mass of one inflorescence 70-120 g. The artichoke is a dietary product and delicacy. In food, inflorescences are used in fresh, boiled and canned form. The fleshy part of the inflorescences has a delicate pulp and a pleasant taste. Sowing for seedlings in February, 40-50 days before sowing, the seeds are soaked and germinated in warmth. When the seedlings appear, they are mixed with wet sand and held in the refrigerator at a temperature of 1-2 ° C, and then sown in a box with soil for growing seedlings. They transplant it into the ground usually at the end of May, when the threat of frost passes. To obtain high -quality plants, fertile soils and care are required: loosening of the earth, weed removal, top dressing with mineral fertilizers. Water artichokes mainly with drought.