To reap rich crop of cabbage - that is not all. Cabbage needs still to be able to be kept in the winter. To eat own fresh cabbage all winter, it is necessary to follow some rules. Collecting heads of cabbage which are intended for long storage is made at the end of October. And it is better to remove the heads of cabbage intended for salting the middle of October. You should not hurry with harvesting. Cabbage is capable to transfer frosts easily.
Instruction
1. On the cut-off heads of cabbage leave big poker. Also it is not necessary to delete leaves, adjacent to head of cabbage. In storage time they will protect head of cabbage from fungal diseases and potential mechanical damages. Skin at these leaves rough also has wax raid. At once heads of cabbage do not need to be removed storage. At first they need to be dried, having left in the fresh air under canopy for several days. Only after drying the cabbage is removed on storage.
2. Ideal air temperature in storage - 0 degrees. At such air temperature the optimum moisture content indoors has to make from 90 to 95 percent. In case temperature is higher than zero, the humidity has to be within eighty percent.
3. It is possible to store heads of cabbage on wooden racks, and it is possible to suspend them. The second option is much more preferable. In this case cabbage heads of cabbage will not have contact with rack, and it will increase chances of their full safety. To suspend heads of cabbage, it is necessary to arrange under ceiling of cellar metal tubes for which cabbage by means of cord becomes attached.
4. In storage time it is necessary to make check of the stored harvest periodically. In case of detection of the decayed heads of cabbage, they should be removed. At the increased humidity the top leaves will rot, they need to be deleted in time. If temperature condition is observed correctly, the top leaves will dry up, forming protective crust. For prevention of distribution of decay the heads of cabbage can be pollinated chalk.