Broccoli – kind of cauliflower. This plant is quite well known to gardeners. This culture will be to the taste to fans of cabbage. She has well taken root in midland of our country. This cabbage is unpretentious, cultivation it does not bring special trouble. Broccoli favourably differs from cauliflower on the content of vitamins and microelements. On availability of amino acids in it it is equated to beef, and there is so much lysine how many in protein of egg. Protein which is in broccoli is capable to reduce cholesterol level in blood.
Instruction
1. Broccoli can be grown up seedling and seeds. It is better to pave the way since fall: to introduce organic fertilizers, lime and to dig over. On seedling the cabbage is sowed in the middle of March in mix from the earth, sand, peat and humus in equal quantities. In 40-45 days at emergence of 5-6 leaflets seedling can be planted to the open ground.
2. Between ranks 50-60 cm, between plants – 40-45 cm there are enough. It is desirable to bring in holes on half of glass of wood ashes. Important when planting plants that the soil around bush has been condensed. In the friable earth they badly take root. The strengthened young plants can transfer frosts to -10 °C.
3. At cultivation by seeds the scheme of landing remains same, as well as at seedling way. If seeds were sowed by rows, then then it will be necessary to thin out shoots.
4. Broccoli well grows at regular watering. Weedings and fertilizing are necessary. Fertilizing usually makes in two weeks after landing of seedling and also after abundant rains. The soil around plant is loosened and hilled.
5. This species of cabbage is rather resistant to many diseases and wreckers. That in the summer to protect plant from cabbage white butterflies, it is possible to cover it with leaky lutrasil.
6. At broccoli the set of heads inflorescences grows. It is important to cut off them in time not to lose presentation and original taste. Unlike cauliflower it is possible to reap the harvest with broccoli long time.
7. In food use heads of buds and young stalks of plant. For maintaining useful properties it is better to steam or blanch them within 5-7 min.