What a city without cabbage? And what a table without rich borscht, appetizing salad, crispy sauerkraut and many other delicious dishes, relevant and on weekdays, and on holidays? What to say, cabbage is our everything! And every gardener is trying to grow a good harvest of strong cobs, and for this it is necessary to understand a number of useful sciences. Among them, among the first - the correct planting of cabbage.
When to plant cabbage
If you want to provide yourself with cabbage for the whole summer, and so, that there was enough for souring and for winter stocks, think of a strategy.
It consists of crops of several varieties with different maturation dates. It is rational and practical. It makes sense to prepare the seeds:
- early varieties: their planting is carried out gradually, several times, with a 4-day interval;
- mid-late - these should be sown every two months;
- late - planting time in mid-spring.
You will harvest the early varieties in the last decade of June. About a month later, the mid-late ones will arrive. And the time of late varieties is October. More precisely, end of October. And these tight cobs will be stored in a great way for you all winter.
Nothing unusual: just a box with soil. What exactly? Experts prefer a soil mixture of the following composition:
- sod land - ??1 part;
- humus - 1 part;
- ash (1 st.l.. on 1 kg of soil).
All this must be well mixed, to get a breathable soil.
Before planting the seeds will be useful a kind of contrast shower. Minutes 20 they need to be kept in hot water, followed by 5 minutes to immerse in the cold. This procedure will strengthen the health of future cabbage, will make it resistant to fungal diseases. But be careful: not all varieties of cabbage benefit from this. An explanation of this must be found on the seed bag, which you choose for seedlings.
Drop the seeds about 1 cm, sprinkle with soil, slightly tamped. Now abundant watering.
It is impossible to leave this box at home in any case, then you have no seedlings in the home heat. It is best to immediately send the nursery to the country. In the snow it, Of course, should not be put, cabbage loves the cold, but not to such an extent. If the snow has not yet melted, check its site. And cold land is just that, what you need. Just watch, so that the nursery outfit is well lit by the sun. Arches are installed on the box, the film is stretched on them. Everything! We are waiting for the stairs. They will delight with their appearance through 10-12 days.
It's time to open this green "nut", removing the film. Next month provides care for seedlings. Properly speaking, care is regular watering. So far, you do not need to thin out the seedlings, nor feed her fertilizers. Just watch, so that the soil is not dry. In the nursery, the future cabbage must live to appear 3-4 leaflet, not more. And this is exactly what will happen 30 days.
so, end of April beginning of May - time, when planting cabbage in the spring in open ground. This is the best time for early varieties. In two weeks, in mid-May, you can take the late varieties. But the middle-late plantings in the first half of June.
Area, where will be your cabbage bed, requires careful preparation. And training should begin in the fall. Choose a dry day and dig the area. No need to try to make it smooth and even. Vice versa, all inequalities will benefit cabbage. If there are bumps and depressions on the ground, it is well saturated with moisture during winter and early spring. But when it snows, level the area with a rake, to retain moisture longer. This soil is best for cabbage.
Planting cabbage on time, optimal for the selected variety, keep a sufficient distance between the seedlings. After all, no less, than coolness and moisture, cabbage loves light and space.
Filler should be prepared for each well:
- a handful of sand;
- a handful of peat;
- two handfuls of humus;
- 50 Mr. Ash;
- half a teaspoon of nitrophosphate.
Thoroughly mix the thoroughly mixed mixture. That's all! Everything is ready for planting cabbage.
And if you prefer not to grow seedlings, and sow cabbage in the open ground - the timing depends on the climatic characteristics of your region. Since the relatively warm days - when the thermometer will be stable 8-10 degrees above zero - wait a minute, necessary for warming the soil.
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Monthly landing calendar
More and more often gardeners are guided in the works on a personal plot not only by councils of more skilled colleagues not only by the latest achievements of agrotechnics., but also a monthly calendar. No doubt, to some it seems a mystic, absolutely superfluous in such purely earthly affairs, as, let's say, growing cabbage. But do not be ironic!
In fact, there is no mystique here. Only centuries of experience, which we forgot, and now we return a little, making sure, our distant ancestors were very observant. And yet, probably, they were much more closely connected with nature, than we are now. This intimacy, apparently, and gave them the opportunity to receive first-hand tips. Mother Nature still does not skimp on clues - there would be a desire to hear them.
There has long been a clear link between the phases of the moon and plant life. There are four phases:
- crescent moon;
- regression month;
- new moon;
- Full Moon.
Attentive farmers noticed, with changes in phases, the vital activity of plants is rapidly intensified, it almost vanishes. Night light, moving from one state to another, affects some plants, located on the surface of the earth, then at the root. From the observations came knowledge. Systematization of this knowledge gave gardeners and gardeners a monthly calendar.
Centuries have passed since then, as the peasants saw for themselves, waning moon - a good time for planting roots. But the rising moon promotes plants, which bear fruit on the surface of the earth. They knew: to sow on the new moon - to provide oneself with a rich harvest. To get rid of weeds, you need to plow the land, when the moon is in its last quarter. Large potatoes do not need fertilizers, and landing at that time, when the moon had almost melted in the sky. And if you want delicious pickles - do not pickle cucumbers and cabbage in the new moon, nothing good will come of…
To begin with - general recommendations:
- on days of eclipses - solar or lunar - take a break from gardening;
- The moon is in Aquarius or Leo? During this period we do not sow anything and do not plant seedlings;
- sowing is canceled on the days of the Moon's transition from one sign of the Zodiac to another;
- the best time for sowing is the waxing moon.
It makes sense when sowing to take into account the signs of the Zodiac, watch, in which of them is the moon. They are all divided into more or less fertile:
- the most fertile - Scorpio, Fish, Crab;
- Sagittarius will provide an average harvest, Ibex, Taurus and Libra;
- Aries are considered completely infertile, Aquarius, The twins, Leo and Virgo.
Favorable days for sowing and planting white cabbage 2017 year is 20, 25, 26, 30, 31 March, 9, 12, 13, 18, 22, 26, 27, 28 April, 4, 15, 19, 24, 25, 31 May, 1, 2, 11, 16, 20 June.
For red cob - 22, 26, 27, 28 April, 8, 9, 15, 19, 24, 25 May, 2, 11, 16 June.
Another important point, when it is better to ferment cabbage. Nature is full of mysteries! You can explain the effect of menstrual cycles on growth intensity, features of plant development, their yield. Apparently, certain energy processes are really taking place, which drive the vital forces at the roots, stems, letters. It is much more difficult to explain the relationship between the phases of the Moon and the quality of sauerkraut or sauerkraut. But she is! If the day is chosen correctly, cabbage will turn out not only beautiful and crunchy, appetizing and very tasty. It can also be stored for more than six months.
The full moon does not welcome such initiatives. It is better not to take: fermented cabbage for a full month will turn out soft, the taste will not be the same, what I wanted. And it will not last long - it will spoil. The moon is under the sign of Cancer, Virgos and Pisces are also not the best time to ferment.
Salt the cabbage on the waning moon, ferment - on the growing. Especially good, if the night light is found in the signs of Aries, Taurus, Lev, Sagittarius, Ibex.
Be it mysticism or metaphysics, but show the hostess, which refuses to take into account the phases of the moon, if at stake - the quality of sauerkraut! That's why the monthly calendar will help you. May his tips bring a good harvest.
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