Cabbage: how to grow it correctly. Its the best varieties.

Cabbage: description

Cabbage is known for all its beneficial properties. After all, this vegetable contains magnesium, calcium, phosphorus and iron. Moreover, it is consumed both fresh and preparations are made for the winter.

Cabbage: varieties with a description

The most popular varieties of cabbage: it is early maturing, mid-maturing and late-maturing.

Late varieties: Aggressor - this variety came to us from Holland. It has large heads of cabbage weighing up to 5 kg, and is very well stored.

Amager is not a whimsical variety, it is not affected in any way by temperature drops, not a failure of the irrigation regime. This variety retains its special nutritional value for the first 2 months of growth.

Valentine - the weight of heads of this variety reaches 4 kg. Heads of cabbage keep well until the next season, without losing their appearance, and it is also well exposed to transportation.

Kolobok - heads of cabbage of this variety grow up to 3 kg, all nutritional properties and appearance are preserved for up to 10 months.

Mara - has very dense heads of cabbage weighing up to 3 kg. It can be stored well and can be transported without losing its appearance.

Moskovskaya - this variety is very resistant to climate change and storage. The weight of the heads of cabbage in this variety is simply amazing, because it reaches up to 7 kg.

Mid-season varieties: Megaton Is a hybrid variety that loves moisture very much. This variety has simply huge heads of cabbage, which, with the right fertilization, can reach up to 15 kg.

Merchant's wife - this variety is very resistant to both pests and various diseases. It is not at all difficult to care for, while it gives a large harvest, which is well stored.

Atria is again a Dutch variety, in which heads of cabbage grow up to 7 kg. And occasionally up to 8.5 kg. Keeps well fresh.

Glory - this variety is most suitable for pickling, since it is kept fresh for no more than 2 months. The heads of cabbage of this variety grow up to 5 kg.

Sugar queen - this variety is also more suitable for salting, because it is not stored for a long time, with any storage it loses all its useful properties. The heads of cabbage of this variety grow up to 4 kg.

Early maturing varieties: Rinda - this variety is not whimsical either to watering or to weather conditions. Its heads of cabbage grow up to 7 kg in weight.

Cossack - heads of cabbage of this variety grow up to only 1.5 kg. And although this variety has a lot of useful substances, it is absolutely not subject to storage.

June - on average, the weight of heads of this variety reaches up to 1.7 kg, but in well-fertilized soil it can grow up to 5 kg.

Tobia - this variety can be stored well for up to six months, retaining all its properties and appearance. Heads of cabbage grow up to 7 kg.

Growing methods

It will not be difficult to grow a good harvest of cabbage if you choose the right variety and take into account some rules for caring for it.

Cabbage: growing instructions

There are two ways to plant cabbage: by seeds directly into open ground, and by seedlings.

With regard to seeds, this method is not entirely reliable. In the spring, when the ground warms up, you need to dig holes 20 cm deep and up to 30 cm wide.Add fertilizer there, pour water and

sow 3-4 seeds in each well, and cover with glass or foil. Water and ventilate regularly. And after 2 weeks, when the seedlings grow a little, leave one of the strongest in the hole. But this method of planting is not very good because the seeds do not sprout evenly, and they may not sprout at all.

It is much safer to plant seedlings, in mid-May you need to soak the seeds in hot water for several hours.After that, in a container with earth, make grooves 1 cm deep, 2-3 cm apart, and plant one seed at a time, with a distance of 2 cm, spray from a spray bottle, cover with foil and put in a warm place. after the seedlings rise, the film is removed and the container is placed on the window. You need to water it regularly, and at the very beginning of June, when 7 leaves appear on the seedlings, it is transplanted into open ground. In the holes, the distance between which should be at least 25 cm, you need to plant late in the evening, when it is cool and there is no sun. The first three days the cabbage is cast, that is, watered in the morning and in the evening, pouring 1 liter of water into each hole. Then you need to water once a day. When the cabbage is well-rooted and standing firmly, it needs to be spud a little. During the growth period, fertilizer is no longer needed to be added, this is done only once before planting, but you need to water a lot, since she loves moisture very much, and it is advisable to loosen it after each watering. Of the pests of cabbage, there are mainly cabbage butterflies, and in order to get rid of them, cabbage is treated with drugs against this pest, or simply regularly collect caterpillars from heads of cabbage. Early and mid-season cabbage varieties are harvested as the heads ripen, but the late ones are harvested only when the first frost hits.

Where and when to plant cabbage

Cabbage should be planted in a sunny place, preferably not far from a container of water. It is not recommended to plant in the same place for two years in a row, so potatoes, cucumbers, onions and tomatoes will be the best predecessors.