HOW TO GROW CABBAGE SEEDLINGS

Even on the most modest summer cottage there is always a corner of the land where at least two or three heads of cabbage grow.

It seems to be a simple garden crop, but without knowledge of the basics of agricultural technology you cannot grow it.

The plant is cold-resistant, not fastidious, but it can also be ruined by low temperatures, insufficient humidity, starvation, and diseases. But this does not mean that the only possible way is to purchase cabbage seedlings on the market.

This is a rather risky event: you can end up with the wrong variety or, for example, seedlings will not be viable.

It is believed that the ideal conditions for growing cabbage can be created in a greenhouse. However, even at home, on the windowsill, even a novice summer resident can do it. Of course, provided that he observes all the necessary conditions, and the first thing is to correctly calculate the time of planting the seeds.

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We grow cabbage seedlings

Starting this responsible business, remember that cabbage loves light, moisture, fertile soil. Her varieties are divided into early-ripening, mid-ripening and late ripening, respectively, and have different ripening periods. Hence, you must sow, depending on the variety. Usually the counting is conducted from the time of emergence, and this happens on the fourth or fifth day.

So consider: early varieties from shoots to transplanting should separate an average of 45 days, medium varieties - 35
days, late - 50.

Sowing early varieties can be in the middle of March, but you can extend the time for harvesting ripe cabbage if you sow in three steps, in three to four days each.

Mid-season cabbage is planted in the twentieth of April, until the beginning of May the crops are kept on the windowsill, and only then they swoop into the cold nursery. However, you can immediately sow in this breeding ground, if you cover the soil "Lutrasilom".

Later varieties sow in early April, and later, like early cabbage, dive into cold breeding grounds. In this case, the plants should already form three to four normal leaves.

Suitable soil for growing cabbage

This vegetable prefers fertile and neutral soils. If you have to grow seedlings on the windowsill, do not be lazy to prepare a special soil mixture of equal parts of peat, turf land and sand. It is advisable to immediately disinfect it by calcining it or treat it with a one percent solution of manganese. In the future, it will save seedlings from many diseases.

The soil will be truly nutritious, if you add one tablespoon of superphosphate and dolomite flour to each bucket, two tablespoons of ash. Mix the mixture well and shake it with your hands.

Preparing for planting cabbage seeds

First of all - do not be greedy: select only large seeds for planting.
You will save plants from infectious diseases, if properly prepare them. To do this, put them in a gauze bag, lower for 20 minutes in a container of water heated to 50 degrees. Then spread the seeds on a platter, cover with a cloth and place on the lower shelf of the refrigerator for 12 hours. Thus you accelerate the germination of grains.
And just before sowing, prepare a nutrient solution (1 teaspoonful of sodium humate or Ideal liquid fertilizer with a liter of water) and soak the seeds overnight. In addition, it would be good to additionally disinfect the seed with a biological preparation. In shops for summer residents there is on sale "Fitosporin", "Baktofit", "Planriz".
The last stage of seed preparation for sowing - rinse them in clean water and dry.

Sowing cabbage seeds for seedlings

You prepared and filled the shallow containers or crates with soil mixture. Now you need to level the ground and pour it with a pink solution of manganese. Make grooves 1 cm deep and plant seeds at a distance of one to two centimeters from each other.

Sprinkle them with earth and cover the boxes with glass or plastic wrap. Before the emergence of shoots do not forget to sometimes raise the shelter for airing.

If the indoor temperature is not lower than 20 degrees, you will see shoots in three to four days. Immediately boxes of plants must be moved to a cooler place, where they will be at least a week. At this time, do not forget to water and gently loosen the shoots.

Pickling cabbage seedlings

As soon as you notice one or two true leaves on the seedlings, start the picking, which will increase the area of nutrition, improve lighting, and strengthen the root system of the seedlings.
You can transplant in cups or in pots. The first thing you have to cull sick and weak plants. And in healthy people, you need to remove a third of the root and carefully plant in prepared containers.
Next, seedlings will take root well if it is located in a heated room, at a temperature not lower than 18 degrees. Reduce the temperature to 15 - 16 degrees should be gradually.

How to care for cabbage seedlings?

Plants went to growth. So it's time to feed them. Fertilizer will serve as mullein, diluted in four parts of water. Add superphosphate to this mixture. Repeat the same feeding in two weeks.
Seedlings should not be elongated, and for this, on sunny, windless days, they can be taken out into the courtyard or balcony and even left there overnight if the air temperature is above zero. In addition, you can keep in a cold greenhouse, if you cover the top of the film. This hardening is necessary for plants.
Take care that the seedlings always stand in a well-lit place.
Regularly pour dry ground water at room temperature. But a week before planting, watering should stop. This will keep excess plant growth.

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Planting cabbage seedlings in open ground

Usually seedlings of early cabbage are planted in open ground on April 25 - May 5. When planting adhere to this scheme: 45 cm - the distance between the rows, 25 cm - the distance between plants.

Late-ripening cabbage is planted later, May 10 -1 June. The planting scheme is somewhat different: between plants - 35 cm, between rows - 60 cm. Choose an overcast day for planting, and if it is sunny, transfer the work to the afternoon.

Check the seedlings again: do not plant weak and painful-looking plants. The best - strong, stocky copies.

The seedling after planting is often affected by a cabbage fly, so it is advisable to plant it with a solution of Carbofos (0.1%) before planting.

Prepare the wells with plenty of water (about a liter each). Seed up seedlings to these leaves.

In the first days after planting, try to sprinkle the seedlings with water from a watering can two or three times a day. In April and May, the sun's rays are quite strong, so in order to avoid burns, it is desirable to shade it at first.

Summer residents who have experience growing seedlings at home or in a greenhouse, argue that this is a grateful business. Do not be lazy, show attentiveness and patience - and excellent harvest is guaranteed. And how to do without cabbage? The queen of vegetable gardens contains carbohydrates and proteins, minerals, vitamins, she is good in any form - raw, pickled, stewed. And if it is also grown by own hands, and, therefore, does not contain nitrates, - there is no price for it!

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