Salad Frillis: description and features of cultivation

Salad Frillis is the most crunchy kind of lettuce, in comparison with the rest, being a variety of popular Iceberg.

Description of the salad Frillis

Similar to the Iceberg salad outwardly, this kind of salad has completely different flavor characteristics and chemical composition. Externally attractive Frillis is characterized by elongated bright green leaves of the same size with carved edges, which gives the product an original "curly" look. Approximate weight of the head is 500 grams, for specimens collected in later terms - up to 1 kilogram. The socket is dense, the culture does not shoot for a long time.

Salad Frillis is suitable for growing in spring, summer and autumn. It is well preserved both on the root and after harvesting. From the time of collection under the condition of high humidity it is able to keep a fresh appearance for a week. Due to the crisp structure of the leaves, it needs careful care. Salad seeds are sown in March-July, the plant is transplanted from April to mid-August.

The taste of the Frillis salad is sweet and fresh, there is a slight note of bitterness. On a plate this product looks very appetizing and elegant, so it is used to serve all kinds of snacks. Often used it in cooking, add to hot dishes, often is an integral part of salad mixes.

Beneficial features

Salad Frillis has a lot of useful properties, making it a welcome product on the dining table:

• Ability to cleanse the body;
• Improvement of general well-being;
• Stimulation of hemoglobin formation;
• Strengthening of immunity;
• Normalization of activity of all parts of the body, including the thyroid gland;
• Improvement of sleep.

Variety of salad Frillys is a dietary product and has special value for people with obesity due to low calorie content. The most important plus of this culture is the complete absence of harmful substances and negative effects on the body.

Sowing

Seeds of the Frillis salad are characterized by high germination, so they should not be planted densely. Rows must be compacted with a roller, seedlings should be poured, then wrap the container with a polyethylene film. In this situation, you should wait for emergence. With the pecking of the first shoots, the need for a film disappears. Further care consists in timely watering, sprinkling and weekly top dressing. Loosening the soil is not recommended, because it is by chance that the roots can be touched at the surface, which will adversely affect the further growth of the crop.

In order to grow a Frillis salad in pots, it will be necessary to select the loose soil composition correctly: 1 part of peat, compost and garden soil. Also in the bucket of the finished mixture it is recommended to add 1 kilogram of sand and wood ash, 1 tbsp. L. Nitrofoski and 1 tsp. Urea.

Growth conditions

When growing indoors from November to March, the salad, which is a light-loving crop, needs additional lighting: a daylight bulb, suspended at a height of 50 cm is quite suitable. Lack of light will lead to the early formation of peduncles.

When planting in the open ground, it is preferable to select solar patches. The sowing time is early spring. At a later sowing, it is recommended to place the salad in a shaded place, because the scorching rays of the sun can completely stop its growth.

Optimal temperature, which causes active buildup of green leaf mass: + 15-20 ^o C. At higher rates, the yield of greenery decreases, the plant withers and begins to shoot.

Salad Frillis is a moisture-loving culture, therefore it is recommended to water it daily in the evening hours. With a lack of moisture leaf greens become rough and bitter.

The salad is cleaned early in the morning, while the leaves are fresh and elastic. Greens, collected on rainy and hot days, will quickly lose its properties and can not be stored for long.

Diseases

Of the diseases lettuce is exposed:

• Rhizoctonia, leading to damage to the stems and decay of the root system. The plant needs to replace the soil, disinfect it. It is also important to maintain the optimum moisture and temperature regime;
• A downy mildew that carries danger to the testes when sprouting germs in a film greenhouse. Development of the disease occurs on cool days. On the outside of the sheet, pale yellow-green spots develop, which subsequently expand, becoming a continuous whitish coating. Combating powdery mildew can be done by treating the testes with fungicidal solution and seed dressing;
• Root lettuce, retarding the growth of the culture and leading to yellowing of the leaves. You can see the aphid by ripping the plant from the root. To save the situation you can abundant watering on hot summer days, disinfection of the soil and removal of affected plants;
• Septoriosis - fungal disease, which causes the formation of rust and gray-brown spots on the lower leaves. Affected plants are required to be removed, plant remains to destroy.