Cultivation of cabbage on personal plot not really delivers efforts to gardeners much. But sometimes on it violet leaves appear. What it is connected also with what to do in that case with cabbage?
Leaves on cabbage become violet on several basic reasons. All of them are consequence of the wrong care for plants or bad environmental conditions.
The reasons for which leaves of cabbage become violet and their decisions
1. Very cold temperature on the street
This problem becomes current when ambient temperature falls lower than-5 degrees. As a rule, it happens or in the spring after landing of seedling to the open ground, or late fall before the harvesting. Leaves of cabbage freeze slightly and get violet shade.
What should I do: It is strong you should not worry about it. With warming approach they will become normal green color.
2. Cabbage lacks nutrients
Emergence of violet leaves can be signal that to plants phosphorus suffices. At absence in the soil of this microelement the leaves gain such color.
What should I do: It is necessary to carry out fertilizing of cabbage, the fertilizers containing phosphorus. For this purpose it is possible to use monophosphate of potassium or double superphosphate. Any of these fertilizers is taken by 50 g and part in water bucket. Then carry out watering of cabbage at the roots, spending on 10 l for 1 sq.m.
3. On cabbage "the black leg" has appeared
Violet leaves on plants become harbingers of this dangerous disease of cabbage. It can be shown both on seedling, and on adult plants. At the same time cabbage begins to decay with root system, and already then it is shown also on leaves.
What should I do: Appearance of this disease can be connected with density of landings. Therefore it is necessary to thin out and remove excess plants. It is also necessary to prorykhlit well the soil under cabbage. It is done regularly after each watering. Then the soil is powdered with the dry earth.
At strong defeat of heads of cabbage this disease carry out their processing by potassium permanganate solution. For its preparation 1 g of substance dissolve in 150 ml of water and insist about 12 hours. Further carry out watering of cabbage at the roots, spending 1 l for plant. Use of special chemical medicines, for example Fundazola is also possible. It is applied according to the instruction, having taken measures of personal protection.
4. Change of cabbage on the new place
Violet leaves can appear if to replace seedling to the open ground or to dive from one capacity in another. When changing conditions of cultivation the similar process can be also observed. In that case you should not take any actions, over time everything will get better.