Gardeners accustomed to growing white cabbage sometimes do not notice that the cauliflower is fading. Many dig up unsuccessful vegetables, and feed the shoots to livestock. But you can not reach the ejection of inflorescences, and use the remaining heads of cabbage for food.
Is it possible to eat flowering cauliflower
Blooming vegetables become harsh and acquire bitterness, but you can safely eat it. If the ovaries have completely bloomed, the cabbage is fed to pets and poultry.
Blooming crops can be used to prepare:
- canned food and salads when using a fine shredder;
- various vegetable side dishes;
- baking fillings.
Before use, the stems are soaked in water for 2-3 hours, so you get rid of the bitter taste.
What are the reasons culture fades into color?
Many people think that cabbage turns into color due to improper cultivation by a gardener.
In fact, this is not the case, this situation arises for other reasons:
- Seed Vegetable Grew Unsuccessfully. The varieties have not been fully studied, and the lots of seeds arriving on the shelves may be of poor quality.
- Hereditary predisposition of the hybrid. Self-collection of seeds from a defective specimen will lead to various problems in the subsequent vegetable harvest. The material should be purchased from breeding centers.
- The wrong variety. Hybrid seeds should be selected based on the region in which you live.
- In the seed, there were natural "hybrids" bred by crossing unsuitable varieties. Keep one bed specially for collecting seeds so that other varieties do not get into the planting.
- Insufficient moisture during the development of the head of cabbage. The plant does not bush due to lack of moisture.
- Cabbage grows poorly on poor soil. It requires feeding with complex preparations and organic fertilizers.
- Failure to comply with crop rotation leads to depletion of the land. Should not be predecessors of radishes, radishes, turnips. You can plant a crop after tomatoes, onions, potatoes, cucumbers and cereals.
In a short summer, the plant does not have time to ripen. For such cultivation, additional steps will be required.
When cultivating, it is recommended to follow the recommendations:
- cover seedlings during cold nights;
- loosening and mulching the soil;
- if necessary, cover the bare stem with soil;
- do not thicken plantings.
What to do if the cabbage still blooms
A constant inspection of the plants will tell you at what period the cabbage can go from tillering to arrows.
You can get rid of the growth of shoots using treatments and some procedures:
- The resulting arrows must be cut at the root to a hemp size of no more than 3 cm.
- The soil must be loosened by adding fertilizers based on nitrogen and phosphorus ("Ammofoska" or "Nitrofoska").
- As soon as new shoots are formed on the foam, the middle ovaries should be removed.
The appearance of overripe cauliflower
A high-quality head of cabbage should be almost white or pale green uniform in color with dense inflorescences.
An overripe or malformed culture and looks accordingly:
- The head of cabbage is loose, easily falling apart right in the hands.
- The color of the head is yellowish or brown.
- The surface of the cabbage is covered with stamens and small leaves.
- Inflorescences are covered with brown spots.
- The cabbage stem is long and dry.
Can I eat overripe and yellowed vegetables?
Unpleasant yellow cabbage can be used in food. If the cause is a discoloration, this situation can be corrected with a refreshing procedure:
- prepare a solution of citric acid (1 tablespoon) and water (3 l);
- soak the vegetable for 5-10 minutes;
- let the liquid drain onto a towel.
Once the cabbage is dry, it will turn white again.
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