One of the most popular varieties of zucchini among gardeners in our country for many years has been courgette zucchini Aeronaut. Its popularity is growing from year to year due to the long preservation of freshness of the fruit and high nutritional characteristics.
Variety characteristics
This zucchini variety is early maturing. And this means that within two months he will please the gardener with his fruits. And his fruits are all as one, neat and even, with an average length of up to 15 cm and a weight of up to 1.5 kg. The cylindrical shape of the fruit is evenly colored dark green. The pulp of the fruit is white. It has excellent taste characteristics due to its tenderness and juiciness. The dry matter in the pulp does not exceed 7%, and the sugar ranges from 2.5-5.5%. These indicators make this variety very beneficial for health-conscious people and diabetics.
Like many other varieties, it is a bushy plant. Each bush has a short main shoot and several branches. Due to the small size of the bush, you can grow a fairly large crop in a small area. It should be borne in mind that the minimum distance between plants is 40x50 cm.
Zucchini Aeronaut is also good because it can be grown both in a greenhouse and in the open field. Of all the diseases, the variety is resistant only to powdery mildew. If agrotechnical requirements are observed, a yield of up to 8 kg can be obtained from a square meter of planting. The resulting crop is stored for a long time, and is undemanding to transportation.
Growing recommendations
Zucchini variety Aeronaut can hardly be called picky about growing conditions. But to get a good harvest, several requirements can be distinguished:
- Sunny areas with neutral soil are suitable for him. If the soil at the proposed landing site is poor, then in the fall any organic fertilizer must be added to it.
- It is a very moisture-loving variety. Therefore, regular watering is needed in the morning and evening hours. If the plants are planted in a greenhouse, then it is worth maintaining a high level of humidity in the air.
- When planting both this variety and other varieties of zucchini, the proposed crop rotation must be taken into account. If you plant zucchini after pumpkin plants, as well as plant them annually in the same area, then the soil will be depleted.
The quality and quantity of the crop directly depends on the fulfillment of these requirements.
Aeronaut's seeds, as a rule, are sown directly into the ground in May or June. But to get an earlier harvest, they can be planted on seedlings towards the end of April. At the same time, the planted seeds or seedlings are covered with a film for the first time. This is done to protect immature plants from temperature fluctuations. This variety requires surface loosening throughout its growth. Depending on the timing of planting, the harvest takes place in July-September.
