Broccoli belongs to the varieties of cauliflower. For cooking use the head and side branches. The taste resembles the vegetable asparagus is the same useful. To get a good harvest this crop, it is necessary to adhere to certain rules when planting and caring for plants.
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To head fastened quickly, planted seedlings in a greenhouse or a warm room. For this purpose, use small cups or wooden boxes. Sown seedlings culture can be as early as the first decade of March. In open ground the seeds are planted 10-20 April.
Seedlings will be ready for planting in the garden and a half months after the first shoots. To eat fresh cabbage all summer, you can sow a vegetable every 3 weeks. By the use of the head fit through 45-50 days after transplanting in the open ground.
Starting from the end of April can be grown cabbage seedlings in open ground. During this period, there is no risk of night frosts and daytime temperature rises to a sufficiently high levels. To protect the young plants from the cold, you can use a covering material. Gardeners often use agropolotno or plastic wrap. Cabbage, which once was planted on the street, better tolerate transplanting to a permanent place, weather fluctuations and pest attack.
For permanent culture begin to be planted in late May or early June. In the formation of the beds is necessary to observe the distance between the plants. Otherwise there is a risk that the head is not easily established. Gardeners optimum values consider the distance between plants 35-45 cm and 0.5 m between rows.
Wells for planting should be shallow. On their bottom should put a handful of crushed charcoal or ash. These substances can be replaced with humus or compost. From above stack sprouts and sprinkle the ground. Land should be up to the bottom row of leaves, but not be higher.
After planting beds and copious irrigation is desirable to hide mulch. This layer will protect the soil from drying and strong weed growth.
Care culture is different from care for cauliflower. Plantings need regular watering and fertilizing three times a day. Fertilizers are applied for the first time, when after transplanting passed 1.5-2 weeks. For this purpose, better use of cow dung. The second top dressing is performed in two weeks after the first. The latter procedure is necessary to the formation of heads.
As use vegetable fertilizer urea, potassium-phosphate substances and humus. Means allows to increase productivity on the basis of boric acid and nitrophosphate. For its preparation in 10 liters of water take 2 grams of acid and 30 g of mineral fertilizer. The resulting composition is poured at the root crops.
If irrigation is insufficient, and the soil poor in organic matter, the head will not develop, and the plant itself will go to color.
Moisturize soil cabbage is most needed when transplanting into the garden and during heads growth. During these periods, watering is required abundant. In the first case, it will allow young sprouts quickly take root, and the second - to get rich harvest with large heads.
Cabbage matures quickly, it becomes edible literally for 2-3 days. During this time, should have time to remove the crop to plant is not bloomed. Cut off all the heads at once, because in hot weather, they quickly covered with small yellow flowers.
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