It is possible to grow up cabbage by seedling method. Before sowing the seeds process warm water (45-50 °C) to exclude appearance of diseases in the future.
Then it is necessary to lower seeds in cold water. Then cabbage is retted napoldnya in nutritious mix (on 1 liter of water add 1 tsp to nitrophoska, or nitro-ammofoski). For hardening the seedlings remove to the cold place for one day, for example, in the fridge. Such procedure increases the speed of germination of cabbage and increases her resistance to frosts. Now seeds are ready to crops. Early grades of cabbage can be sowed on seedling from the middle of March. For mid-season grades the crops are carried out from the middle of April.
Previously pave the way for sowing of cabbage. Under seedling it is possible to take the normal garden earth mixed with the rotted-through manure in proportion 1:1 in which it is necessary to bring peat compost, sand, or peat.
Seedling for sword-play is grown up within two weeks. After emergence of the first leaflet the seedlings are transplanted in separate pots on depth to cotyledonous leaves. Cabbage is quite whimsical to structure and amount of nutrients in the soil. To grow up cabbage, it is better to choose loamy soils with the high level of organic matters, neutral or subacidic, with good indicator of deduction of water. In the spring to the place of planting of saplings of cabbage it is possible to put mineral and organic fertilizers. Will be suitable for organic fertilizers: the rotted-through manure or manure and peat compost (on 1 sq.m from 3 to 4 kg); among mineral: wood ashes with superphosphate (1 page of l. and 1 cup of wood ashes on 1 sq.m). After fertilizing the soil should be dug over and to level well rake. Then the prepared place for jumping of cabbage and also seedling it is necessary to humidify and start landing. Early grades of cabbage should be landed to the open ground not earlier than April 25 till May 05. The distance between ranks has to make from 40 to 45 cm, and between cabbage from 20 to 25 cm. It is better to put later grades, since May tenth till June first. Landing of cabbage needs to be carried out to cloudy weather, and at strongly hot – in the second half of day. During planting of cabbage the saplings need to be deepened to the first real leaflets. In order that seedling has quickly taken root, within week it is sprayed with water from watering can. For fertilizing and protection against attack of wreckers (plant louse, snails, slugs) the earth and plants should be processed ashes in proportion: 1 sq.m on 1 St.