Indau salad in care

A variety of indau lettuce quickly became famous among domestic gardeners. It is distinguished by a pungent aftertaste. It is believed that few people grow it so far. Let's try to find out if there are any difficulties in growing and caring for this type of greenery.

Indau salad on the farm

In fact, seed growers have long appreciated this type of green. Indau seed is very common. He is met under the following names:

• Caterpillar;
• Argula;
• Rucola;
• Rocket salad

And so on. Indau, aka sowing eruka, turned out to be perfectly suitable for growing in that zone of the country, which is called non-chernozem. It is an annual plant belonging to the cabbage family. Outwardly, it differs in a squat and spreading rosette of leaves. The lower leaves look fleshy, while the upper ones look like a radish, more precisely, its leaves.

This plant is characterized as early maturing and cold-resistant. Can survive light frosts well. The plant is light-requiring, although it grows with a little shade. Frequent watering will be needed, and will be most suitable for flooded areas. It perceives the soil unpretentious, as well as slight differences in heat.

Sowing seedlings is best done at the end of March. Planting begins in May, from the middle. Scheme 25x25 cm.

Leaves are not the only food. Culinary experts even use roots and inflorescences. Flowers are luxuriantly formed if the plantings are not watered for a long time. Leaves are used boiled, raw. They have a strong antibacterial effect. This is how the Indau is looked after, and, as we can see, there are few difficulties.