Cabbage seedling is very exacting to structure of the soil, lighting and temperature. For successful cultivation it is possible to use ready soils or to mix them independently, attentively regulating ratio of nutrients.
The best soil for cabbage seedling
The simplest and safe way – to buy substrate for seedling in shop. Opinions of gardeners differ – some consider that any soil with pH from 5.5 to 6.5 will approach. Others are sure that whimsical cabbage needs special conditions. Among the various mixes provided on sale it is necessary to look for options with acidity to 7.0. In category of universal soil they meet very seldom. There is a solution – suitable mix can be made independently.
The simplest decision is to spill the bought universal soil the calcic saltpeter reducing acidity. Such measure is required also at change of seedling on the constant place in garden. Processing by saltpeter is relevant for regions with the sour or subacidic soil in the Perm, Sverdlovsk, Kostroma regions. The procedure is useful not only to different types of cabbage, but also to other cultures, for example, of table beet or garden radish.
How to improve the soil: councils of gardeners
Experienced gardeners note – among species of cabbage sheet types are most undemanding. The champion on unpretentiousness – the Beijing or Chinese cabbage. White, color, kohlrabi or broccoli much kaprizny and soil which is suitable for family fellows for these types can be unacceptable.
If it is decided to use the garden earth, it is necessary to check its acidity. At the pH 5.5 level it is recommended to fill boxes with soil since fall, to pour generous portion of lime or dolomite powder, it is good to mix. During the winter there will be gradual neutralization of soil, by the beginning of spring it can be used for cultivation of seedling.
Some gardeners add lime to soil just before landing. This way you should not act – additive will not manage to neutralize soil, besides the excess of lime can provoke typical cabbage illness – to kil. At this disease on roots of young plants there are outgrowths interfering normal development. As a result seedling lags in development far behind and even perishes.
That cabbage has better taken root, it is planted in hotbed or the greenhouse. Gardeners recommend to allocate the site for seedling from which the grown-up copies can be moved on beds. Hothouse cultivation will save gentle sprouts from temperature differences, will reduce the probability of diseases. Very important point – protection of young plants against insects of wreckers, for example, the larvae of rape listoyed striking all cruciferae family.
In the conditions of the apartment cabbage seedling will badly grow even at ideally picked up soil. Young plants need stable, not too high temperature, bright illumination and high level of humidity. The hotbed with illumination is capable to provide suitable microclimate. It is better to grow up early grades of cabbage in the shelter, late-ripening it is possible to land in soil when saplings enough get stronger.