Why Cabbage Heads Crack and How to Prevent This. Note for Gardeners
The result of strong and whole heads of cabbage depends on your proper care.
To save cabbage from cracking, it is worth knowing the reason.
Reasons
Incorrect watering. There may be too much watering, or the opposite.
Under normal conditions, cabbage should be watered once every 7 days.
1 m2 requires 10 liters of water. In hot weather, water twice, in the morning and in the evening. You can install drip irrigation.
Frequent temperature fluctuations. This may include frequent rains followed by high temperatures.
If it rains often, the cabbage should be covered with film. Early varieties are well watered at the beginning of summer, and late varieties at the end.
Incorrect harvesting time. If you harvested the cabbage at the wrong time, it will start to overripen and crack.
Timely harvesting is especially important for early varieties. Early varieties can be harvested at the end of June, mid-season varieties in August, and late varieties in September.
The cobs that have cracked should be used to make salads and other dishes. They should be eaten quickly because they will not keep.
