General information about cabbage

Cabbage loves light, cool air temperature( 17-19 degrees), humid, humus-rich soil with a pH of 6.5-7.5.

Cabbage does not like sour, dense, poor soil, drought, heat and shade. All representatives of the cabbage family( cruciferous) are cold-resistant, except for cauliflower.

Seeds hatch at a temperature of 2 degrees, rise rapidly: at a temperature of 5-6 degrees after 10 days, and at 18-20 degrees in just 3-4 days. Young shoots( except cauliflowers) can withstand short-term frosts up to -4 degrees, and adult cabbage can withstand temperatures up to -6. ..- 7 degrees, while the head is not spoiled, but on the contrary, it becomes tasty and crunchy, it is only necessary to properlyunfrozen, unfrozen for a short time in cold water, or give him the opportunity to defrost right on the garden. However, if you grow cabbage for storage, and not for sourcing, then it is better to remove it before the onset of frost. If cabbage remains on the bed in the frozen state( at -5. .. -6 degrees) for more than two days, it will be poorly stored - no longer than 2-3 months. At lower temperatures or longer frosts, the apical growth point may frost in the spring, and then, instead of one large head, several small kochans are formed. The crop, of course, falls, but kochanchiki normally ripen and are suitable for souring.

Cabbage does not like fresh manure, but it is very supportive of feeding freshly manure or infusion of weeds. The humus content in soils prepared for cabbage should be at least 4%.In addition, regular fertilizing with mineral and organic fertilizers is required throughout the entire growth period. Cabbage, along with radish, needs constant watering, with clean and cold well water. You can not water it with water from water reservoirs, since such water contains mud particles, which, falling between the leaves, form on the petioles a layer of dirt that causes rotting of the leaf.

Cabbage, however, does not tolerate waterlogged soils, especially when flooded with water during rains. Due to lack of air, the root system begins to die.

When growing seedlings, the soil should be moderately moist. As the growth in demand for moisture increases and reaches a maximum mark at the time of tying the head or flower head, but 2-3 weeks before harvest, watering the cabbage should be greatly reduced, otherwise the head may crack.