Cabbage - one of the most demanding vegetable crops that require autumn preparation of beds with their loosening and fertilizing. Strong sprouts grow assuming that all growth requirements, which makes this kind of chemical and mechanical soil composition, climatic parameters, as well as provide proper care, providing for measures to protect against pests and infections.
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cabbage requirements for growing conditions
On the open ground is acceptable to plant sprouting planting material to 60 days of age. Before planting, the seeds need to be decontaminated by a half-hour soaking in a solution of potassium permanganate and enrich microelements, their withstand at least 20 hours. in a special solution.
Cabbage prefers loamy soil with a neutral acidity, generously podkormlennye organic. The highest efficiency among the cabbage fertilizer has humus or compost based on grass, diluted in a ratio of 1: 5 nettle extract. The recommended dose is 10 buckets / 1 m².
During the period of vegetative culture need a dressing appears 6-7 times since 15-21 days after planting the plants in open ground and continuing until cabbage head every 2 weeks.
Before the seedlings get stronger, on hot days its harbor nonwoven (agrovoloknom), stretched between the arcs or plastic bottles with cut necks. In this coating leaves unacceptable touch surface. Protect from sudden frost may old newspapers folded in a forage caps, mulch. Evening watering in a significant decrease in temperature required to make with extreme caution, sprinkling the soil beds with warm water, trying to keep the seedling leaves dry.
If protective measures were not carried out in the morning you need to water the plants with cold water and set up a shadow over them.
Cabbage is very demanding to moisture, especially during the ripening of heads. The need for humidification is experiencing only basal part of the plant, the leaves of excess moisture is not needed. In the absence of precipitation watering frequency should be every 2-3 days.
Protection from pests and disease-causing bacteria
Pest attack on the beds of cabbage can be avoided by planting between rows of sharp-smelling plants: coriander, dill, garlic, mint, basil, borage, as well as by carrying out certain specific events:
- Caterpillars whiteflies must be destroyed manually, and then be treated with onion extract or ash solution culture leaves (2 tbsp. Ash on a bucket of water in which is dissolved 1 tbsp. l. Economic (tar) soap).
- From crucifer flea beetles help trap in the form of flags, the surface of which is lubricated castor oil, and weekly pollination with a mixture of equal amounts of ash and Pushenko.
- Cabbage fly, too, can not stand the ash and lime, which can be sprinkled with the surface of the soil around the shoots.
- Slugs destroys soil dusting mustard powder and watering an aqueous infusion of bitter pepper (125 ml / 10 l of water), made from 500 grams of dried pods infused for 2 days in 5 l water.
Many pests susceptible to spraying the composition, the proportions of which components at 3 liters of water are as follows: 25 ml of valerian and 1 tbsp. l. liquid soap. 3-4 weeks before cutting Vilkov very effective means of treatment of 30 ml of liquid ammonia, mixed in a bucket of water with 1 tbsp. l. liquid soap.
Furthermore invasions cabbage pests overcome infectious agents:
- clubroot;
- blackleg,
- Fusarium,
- white rot.
Prevent infection clubroot may liming Pushenko beds in a dose of 300 g / m² 1.
Development of blackleg not allow timely watering the concentrated solution of manganese and dusting of ash.
In lesions Fusarium are sprayed with copper sulfate (5 g / 10 l of water).
Prevent the appearance of white rot can disinfection of seeds, timely transplanting, frost protection and compliance optimal humidification mode.
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