What fertilizer should be applied to cabbage so that the heads of cabbage are beautiful and large?
Cabbage contains a large number of microelements, vitamins and other useful substances.
For a good harvest, the day before, or better yet, in the fall, you need to fertilize the soil.
To do this, rotted humus, wood ash and other organic fertilizers are added to it.
In spring it needs nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers.
- Nitrogen is applied when the green mass begins to grow intensively and the plant’s root system is formed.
- Phosphorus is added to speed up the metabolic process and photosynthesis.
- Potassium to stimulate cold endurance, increase the speed of movement of cell juices and osmotic pressure.
But along with industrial fertilizers, there are equally effective folk ones.
Wood ash is added to the soil before planting cabbage seedlings. If the soil is too acidic, ash will reduce its acidity well. Wood ash contains a lot of potassium, which is essential for cabbage.
Instead of nitrogen fertilizers, you can add cow manure, bird droppings and infusions of herbs. This simple and affordable fertilizer will be able to provide the cabbage with the necessary minerals and other substances and accelerate the formation of larger heads.
Cabbage is also fed with a solution of baker's yeast. Fungi from yeast produce vitamins and nitrogen, which, in turn, increase the growth of the root system and the biosynthesis of phytohormones. Take 10 grams of dry yeast, mix with 2 tablespoons of sugar, add 10 liters of warm water and put in a warm place for 2 hours. Then dissolve 1 liter of infusion in 5 liters of water. Before use, dilute the solution with water 1:10 and water the cabbage bushes at the root.
To prevent cabbage heads from cracking, treat them with baking soda - 20 grams per 10 liters of water. Use the prepared solution for foliar treatment of cabbage.
Ammonia contains nitrogen, which repels harmful insects and helps the plant grow. Add 3 tablespoons of ammonia to 10 liters of water.
Cabbage responds well to a simple and useful fertilizer. Put chopped fresh nettles, eggshells, banana peels and potato peels in a container. Fill it with water and let it sit for a few days. You can feed cabbage with this infusion all summer long.
