The one who for the first time will see kohlrabi cabbage will be surprised with its exterior. It is more similar to turnip because it has spherical cabbage stump which goes to food. It is easily possible to receive this unusual vegetable on personal plot. To have early harvest, the kohlrabi is grown up through seedling.
It is required to you
- - seeds;
- - seedling boxes;
- - peat pots;
- - drainage from beaten brick;
- - glass or polyethylene film.
Instruction
1. If you want to receive early harvest, then sow kohlrabi in March, then you will be able to replace in April 30-day seedling to the greenhouse. For the open ground you carry out crops in April.
2. Begin with preparation of substrate under seedling. The kohlrabi is unpretentious to the soil, but nevertheless it is better to prepare mix from two parts of humus and one part of the cespitose earth. On bottom of seedling box put drainage from brick pieces that roots of plants "breathed" better.
3. Level the surface of soil mix, make grooves on depth of 1.5-2 cm and evenly spread out in them seeds. Cover with earth and water, trying not to wash away the earth. Close box glass or polyethylene film and put to the warm place.
4. In 5-7 days the first sprouts will appear. Rearrange box on the lit place and remove glass. Seedling quickly grows, in several days pull out weak plants, thereby make more room for strong, with thick stalk. At emergence of the first present sheet hold sword-play, having replaced on one plant in peat pot.
5. In 30 days seedling of kohlrabi is ready to disembarkation to the constant place to the greenhouse or to the open ground. At change do not bury, enough, that roots were located at the surface. Then the plant will be able to create good stebleplod. Put 30х30 cm according to the scheme.
6. In time water, otherwise leaves will coarsen. But also you should not fill in plants, it will lead to cracking of cabbage. You loosen the earth more often. In time carry out earthing up. Be guided by emergence 7-8 leaves. And when stebleplod 8-10 cm will have diameter, cabbage of kohlrabi can be removed.