How to grow seedlings of cauliflower without

  • Dec 24, 2019
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Heat-loving plants in central Russia are grown seedling method. This makes it possible to harvest a little earlier, and vegetables have time to reach technical maturity. But there is a way to grow cauliflower when sown in the ground, direct.

Growing cauliflower. Illustration for an article is used for a standard license © ofazende.ru
Growing cauliflower. Illustration for an article is used for a standard license © ofazende.ru

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Terms of sowing and care

In the early to mid-April it is already possible to cook under the ridge cauliflower. For this purpose, the soil is charged with autumn humus or compost making potash (potassium monophosphate, wood ash or the like.). In the spring it does not even need to dig: for cauliflower more suitable soil compaction.

Sow cabbage need for a simple technology:

  • The day before sowing soaking ground well with boiling water, warming to a depth of at least 20 cm. Per 1 square. m. will have to pour 15-20 liters of water. After watering flower bed or close spandbond old film, and insulated from the top cloth, cardboard, and so on. N.
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  • Seeds before sowing desirable to soak in a pink solution of potassium permanganate for 30-40 minutes and then to dry flowability.
  • On a bed make grooves at intervals of about 30 cm, pour into them little wood ash (about 1 cup 2-2.5 linear meters). Decompose the seeds at a distance of 5-7 cm from each other, sprinkle warm water and sprinkle dry sand mixed with humus 1: 1. Again the heat and leave to hide a bed for a few days.
The average term of emergence is 1 week. Therefore, approximately 5 hours need to open up a bed and examine it. If the germs have not hatch, leave for another 1-2 days.

When the seedlings start growing, warm shelter will have to be removed, and instead put a low arc (15-20 cm), close the transparent plastic film, and on top of the nonwoven cover material to insulate (White). When the sheet 1 of the present cauliflower microfertilizers necessary to feed the content of molybdenum, boron, sulfur. After 20-25 days of cabbage it is already possible to thin out, leaving the most developed bushes.

The distance between the seedlings to be at least 30-35 cm. Well-developed plants that had to be removed, can be transplanted to another ridge, as a simple seedlings. To protect against crucifer flea beetles, cabbage fly and other pests planting pollinate ash or tobacco dust. Landing protect from frost will return nonwoven (lutrasil etc.).

Cauliflower. Illustration for an article is used for a standard license © ofazende.ru
Cauliflower. Illustration for an article is used for a standard license © ofazende.ru

Plant care is timely watering and fertilizing nitrogen substances (organic or granular), which need hold approximately 1 week after the thinning and grafting. Before the start of heads of education is necessary to provide the plants an opportunity to build a well-developed leaves, otherwise the harvest will be rich. Feeding was repeated every 2 weeks.

The advantage of this method lies in the fact that the cabbage begins to form a strong taproot, and in the later stages of growth is not as severely affected by drying out the soil. summer plants can be watered once a week 1. This is especially useful for truckers who have to visit the site only on weekends.

How to choose a grade?

For growing nonseedlings way fit only early varieties and hybrids. In the suburbs, Ural, Siberian varieties recommended form a head mass up to approximately 1 kg on day 75 post-emergence:

  • Express;
  • Snowball;
  • Summer Resident;
  • Seoul F1;
  • Two sister et al.
Pi sowing these varieties of crop you can start to gather around the end of July. To head was snow-white, they need to be sure to cover from the sun as soon as they start to tie. To this end, a few top leaves fasten a rubber band over the inflorescence.

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