Decorative Japanese cabbage

There are several types of decorative cabbage: in the form of scallops, in the form of a loose head, where the head may look like a huge rose, and may also have scallops or laces along the edges of the inner leaves.

Grow decorative cabbage through seedlings in the same way as white cabbage. If you sow it on the seedlings in mid-April, then in the middle of June it can be planted in the open ground to a permanent place. This cabbage easily transplants at any age. Blossoms already in the middle of July and blossoms luxuriantly not only in the summer, but also all autumn till the frosts. It easily transfers short-term frosts to -5. .. -6 degrees without any damage to itself.

Especially beautiful cabbage cabbage: it resembles a huge half-opened bud of a giant rose of unusually tender or bright colors - from light pink or white to dark crimson, framed by white leaves with green lace or wavy edges.

In the late autumn it can be excavated and replaced with a clod of earth in a flower pot. At home, it will continue to bloom almost until the New Year. The cabbage can be cut and put in water, while the water in the vase should be a little bit. Twice a week, water should be changed by adding a teaspoon of sugar and a few grains of citric acid or potassium permanganate potassium in a liter of water. Sugar is needed for the plant for feeding, and citric acid or manganese - to suppress putrefactive bacteria. Gradually, cabbage will lose its covering leaves, but the color center can stay in the bouquet for a long time. Your seeds can be obtained if you keep a stump( in the basement with dahlias).In spring, it is planted on the garden far away from other cabbage crops, especially from the weeds of the rape, to prevent cross-pollination.

After flowering, small pods form. Do not miss the moment of their harvest, otherwise they crack and the seeds fall to the ground. It is enough to get seeds from one of any plants, because in the progeny splitting takes place, and out of a single pod the heads of the most diverse color grow.

Decorative cabbage is less prone to the disease of the whale. It is less damaged by cabbage pests, except cabbage moths( the emerald-green caterpillar moth likes to climb into a loose head and eat out internal leaves).Sometimes the outer covering leaves damage slugs, but in general pests do not favor it too much.