The Brussels sprout is one of grades which is popular with gardeners. It is possible to grow up qualitative harvest at the dacha in the open ground if to meet all conditions of landing and care for vegetable culture.
Care for seedling
The Brussels sprout is grown up from seeds. It is better to sow them from the middle of March and prior to the beginning of April. Tanks for landing arrange on the balcony or windowsill from South side of the room. You watch that the place for landing has been well lit and comfortable conditions for cultivation are created. Admissible temperature has to be 15-17 From heat in the afternoon, and night time about 5-7. It is necessary to observe the air humidity mode, level has to be no more than 80%.
When landing seeds maintain distance between them 4-5 cm, depth has to be about 2 cm. The first sprouts of cabbage begin to ascend quickly, we can see it for 5-6 day. That seedling strongly was not extended and did not occupy a lot of space, organize dosvechivaniye.
Leaving during vegetation
Fresh sprouts it is necessary to dive. Jumping of cabbage needs to be carried out to the open ground not earlier than in 1.5-2 months, it approximately in the middle of May. Before it prepare holes, add small spoon of urea, 2 tablespoons of superphosphate and 2 glasses of ashes to everyone.
Care for cabbage saplings demands the correct approach, sprouts need regular and abundant watering. But be not fond, you watch that backs did not rot. You carry out watering by the cool, settled water. For ensuring access of oxygen to roots, regularly loosen the soil. It is necessary to hill plant several times. The cabbage sprouts consisting of two, three leaves need fertilizing. For this purpose use mineral fertilizers or do weeds infusion. It is also possible to use other fertilizers as a part of which there is identical amount of potassium and nitrogen, and the content of phosphorus is twice less than nitrogen. The feature of Brussels sprout is that it can well grow in the subacidic soil.
Diseases and wreckers
Different wreckers, such as white butterfly and mol can strike cabbage sprouts. Stalks of sprouts contain enough mustard oils that does it not susceptible to cabbage fly. For prevention from wreckers and diseases it is necessary to remove weeds in the spring. To destroy insects, use special chemical medicines or powder beds with the tobacco mixed with ashes.
Features of cultivation
Feature of cabbage is the active growth of leaves on trunk. In petiolar bosoms there is forming of small heads of cabbage. Therefore it is necessary to remove leaves from upper part of plant. It is necessary to do it at the beginning of September. Sometimes by this period the heads of cabbage were not formed yet. It can say about bad weather patterns or the wrong care for cabbage. Do not worry, let sprouts continue to develop.
Harvesting and its processing
When leaves at cabbage begin to turn yellow, and heads of cabbage became strong, begin to prepare for harvesting. Cut off plant, lay in package and freeze. This way allows to keep for a long time valuable qualities and taste of cabbage.