A little about cabbage

A brief description of the cabbage.

Cabbage belongs to biennial plants, the only exception will be cauliflower. The roots of this plant are fusiform and branched. The stem has an erect appearance, also branched.

The leaves of the plant are alternate, collected at the bottom of the outlet. Cabbage flowers are 4-petal, usually white or light yellow, collected in clusters, some may have bracts.

The inflorescence is an elongated raceme. The fruit of the plant is the pod. The seeds are ball-shaped and very rarely egg-shaped.

Cabbage originated in the countries of the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of Europe and Asia. It is also found in the wild in countries such as England, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey.

This plant is an ancient plant. Previously, it was also consumed by humans and used in the treatment of diseases. The leafy form of cabbage is found only in the wild. According to historical information, cabbage has been cultivated even since the Stone and Bronze Age.

The Greeks brought cabbage to Russia. Romans and Russian merchants. It is a food product and has a healing effect. For example, in the treatment of scurvy, it was used fresh or fermented.

Cabbage: how to grow properly

Cabbage is grown both for vegetable purposes and for fodder purposes. They put her in her original place no earlier than five years later. The best predecessors will be legumes, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, beets. Usually cabbage goes first to be planted in manure fertilizer. Usually cabbage is grown by seedlings.

Early ripening varieties of cabbage are planted in greenhouses and grown within two months, varieties according to the ripening rate of which are medium should be grown in cold nurseries under a film for one and a half months. Late varieties are grown in the non-chernozem zone, usually in warm greenhouses.

Such a method of growing cabbage as sowing seeds in the ground is also common. To use this method, it is necessary to select a fertile and sufficiently light soil, and so that there are no weeds on it.

Breeders have developed many different varieties of cabbage.

Cabbage: vegetable uses

Previously, cabbage was grown and used in medicine. It was used for medical purposes for insomnia, headaches, liver and joint diseases. Cabbage juice was used to treat anesthesia and ulcers. Recommended raw cabbage for children.

The juice of this plant has a rapid healing of stomach ulcers in animals. To this day, dry cabbage juice is used to treat the stomach and duodenum. It is released in powder form. Usually appoint one or two teaspoons diluted in half a glass of water, take up to four times a day half an hour before meals.

Freshly prepared cabbage juice is just as good to use. Such juice is stored at a temperature not exceeding two degrees and not more than a day. The method of using such juice in half or one glass three times a day for a month. Sauerkraut juice or cabbage itself is used in the treatment of diseases such as scurvy.

Also, cabbage is a valuable product in the diet of those who suffer from cardiovascular diseases and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

This plant is widely used fresh, it is used for salads, soups, cabbage rolls. Pirogov. Usually late varieties are fermented.Sauerkraut retains ascorbic acid and B vitamins, potassium, calcium and phosphorus salts.

Dishes made from Brussels sprouts and cauliflower are of particular value. In terms of the content of vitamins, white cabbage is certainly no worse, but Brussels sprouts, for example, are classified as dietary products. Brussels sprouts broth is equal to chicken broth.