Field Diary vol.8-2-Summer Vegetable-(2020.5.3)

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The Japanese usually start to plant summer vegetables on open field this season.

I planted cucumbers, egg plants, chili peppers and green peppers.

I’ve never tried growing them so it’s going to be my big challenge.

 

Young plants Introduction

	Cucumber “Udonkotsuyoshi” 【Grafted Nursery Plant】 Planting Season： April or May Moderate Temperature： 20~25℃ Harvest Season： From June until October	・The nursery is resistant to “Powdery Mildew”. -Powdery Mildew is one of the diseases which caused by pathogen.
	Egg plant “Chikuyo nasu” 【Grafted Nursery Plant】 Planting Season： May Harvest Season： From June until October	・Long eggplant ・The Nursery can be harvested long term.
	Chili Pepper “Yatsuhusa” Planting Season： April or May Harvest Season： From June until October	・Sharp taste ・Length: Around 7 cm ・Many opportunities to harvest because of short internode.
	Green pepper “Kyonami” 【Grafted Nursery Plant】 Planting Season： April or May Harvest Season： From June until December	・Small and medium pepper for summer and Autumn ・The nursery is resistant to intense heat

What is the “Grafted Nursery Plant”

Graft is when the upper piece of the plant is put inside another plant and it grows from there.

People used to use hemp strings before the grafting tape was created.

You need some practice in order to be successful on the grafting.

Grafted nursery plants are resistant to repeated cultivation damage.

Graft means that upper piece of a plant put inside it in another and grow there.

People used to use hemp string before the grafting tape had been created.

You need practice in order to success the grafting.

Grafted nursery plants are resistant to repeated cultivation damage.

Field Diary -Summer Vegetable-

In the beginning, I watered the plants which I’ve already bought.

I soaked them like this.

By soaking them, it is going to be helpful to root in the field.

After that, I was careful to plant them on my field because it was heavy winded day.

Looks so weak.

I tied the nursery to prop.

By the way, I like using bamboos, because it is much more convenient on growing vegetables.

Japanese often used bamboo in their lives so it appears in Japanese fairly tales a lot.

After I’ve planted, I made a paper lantern.

Paper lantern use for

・Windy damage measures

・Heat insulation

Farmers make paper lanterns in this season so you’d see a lot of lanterna around my field.

In order to make the paper lantern, I used bamboo as well.

From now on, I will water them every day until it root strongly.

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