Growing cabbage outdoors: tips for gardeners

Growing cabbage in the open field is a rather laborious process, but your efforts will be justified, because it is not for nothing that this extremely useful vegetable is called the third bread. It has a very high nutritional value, contains abundant minerals and vitamins, and is simply an irreplaceable food product. There are a huge number of types of this vegetable: broccoli, kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, red cabbage, savoy cabbage - and that's not all. But the most common of them is, of course, the familiar white cabbage. Let's consider the process of its cultivation in more detail.

Growing cabbage outdoors begins with the preparation of seedlings. Seeds should be tested for germination before germination. To do this, wrap them up in a damp cloth and leave for several days (at this time, the cloth must be moistened). Those seeds that have sprouted need to be processed in hot water to make them more resistant to diseases. In mid-March, they can be sown in small boxes or cups filled with turf, peat and sand taken in equal amounts.

Seedlings can be transferred to open ground already at the end of April (this applies to early varieties, and late varieties can be planted until early June). Before planting, the land should be well fed with mineral fertilizers (organic fertilizers can also be added, but this should be done in the fall). In order for young plants to take root faster, in the first week they need to be sprayed with water several times a day, and also slightly shaded for several days, otherwise too bright sunlight can harm the cabbage - burn its leaves.