Not everyone knows that the sprouts can be sown before winter. But, this case is very simple and very Urozhayne! Sam cabbage planting method in the winter of old as gardening itself, respectively - is tested and verified by many generations.
Sowing cabbage in the fall, you will notice and get a number of impressive benefits:
- Early and abundant harvest. It has long been known that cabbage planted before winter ripens a month earlier cabbage planted in the spring. And also, it grows strong and resistant to various diseases.
- Save time. Planting cabbage for the winter saves you time and energy for other important spring garden hassle.
- Exemption from unnecessary trouble. Autumn crop of cabbage in the open ground saves you from time-consuming and lengthy process of cultivation of cabbage seedlings.
How and when to sow cabbage autumn
Soil preparation for planting cabbage before winter
In September or October, you need to prepare a place for planting cabbage podzimnego:
- Dig the ground.
- Remove weed roots.
- Make a flower bed.
- Add to the soil compost (humus) and ash.
When the bed is ready, you can forget about it before the onset of cold weather-resistant. At this time, you can do choice of seeds for sowing.
Choosing cabbage varieties for sowing podzimnego
Podzimnego for planting cabbage need to use any sort, except with the early stages of ripening.
Cabbage early varieties begins to break the eggshell and grow actively, even at the lowest temperatures. And frosts that occur in the early spring can damage seedlings. Therefore, to use podzimnego planting cabbage varieties of medium and late ripening.
Podzimny planting cabbage
Waiting for stable night frosts, you can start sowing seeds. Optimum planting day temperature - 0C, soil temperature - no more than + 3C.
cabbage seeds sown dry. No grooves do not need to do this. Can simply scatter the seeds on a bed and to close up their rakes.
Podzimny planting cabbage watering is not necessary. Once it's done, the beds must be protected by any "warm blanket" made of straw, hay or lapnika. When the first heavy snow fall, it is possible to distribute on a bed with crops.
In spring shoots begin to sprout even in the snow. So the main thing is not to miss and shoot during a snow shelter. When the seeds germinate, and hatch, a bed will need to hide any nonwoven material. This reliably protects the seedlings from the return spring frosts.
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