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What is the best way to feed cabbage for good head formation?
27.02.2023 03:00
Updated: 14.04.2023 08:17
Weak bushes and poor growth of cabbage are the main reasons for the lack of nutrients. By paying attention to the leaves, you can understand what exactly is missing.
Brown spots indicate a lack of potassium. Dry and flabby leaves indicate a lack of phosphorus.
Pale appearance of cabbage and inability to form heads are symptoms of lack of nitrogen fertilizers. Timely fertilizing will help improve the health of cabbage and get a good harvest.
Fertilizers are:
• chemical origin;
• bioecological;
• folk.
The advantage of natural fertilizer is its safe and healing effect on the plant, good and high-quality result.
Iodine
It prevents the development of diseases and repels harmful insects. Thanks to it, cabbage forms strong and large heads. The iodine solution should be applied under the bush and processed on the leaf.
Recipe: dissolve 1/2 teaspoon of iodine in 10 liters of water and water the plant at the root, and for foliar treatment, dilute 50 drops of iodine in 10 liters of water. You need to feed the cabbage in the evening, and before that, water the beds generously.
Yeast
This is a safe and very effective fertilizer to make the heads of cabbage dense and large. Live yeast increases the amount of chemical and mineral elements in the soil. This allows the cabbage to accumulate and absorb nutrients, quickly gain a lot of weight and become much stronger.
Recommendation: dilute three packs of dry yeast in a bucket of water heated to 17.. 20 °C. To make the solution start to ferment quickly, add 4 tablespoons of sugar. Leave for intensive fermentation for 2-3 hours in a warm place. Feed the plants only under the bush, using one liter of solution per stem. When adding this healing solution, the soil should be moistened.
Chalk
This product deacidifies the soil, after which the cabbage grows well, forming dense and large heads. Fill one third of the barrel with chopped greens, fill to the brim with water and leave to infuse for 4-5 days. Add a glass of this infusion to the prepared chalk solution.
Chalk is also needed for autumn and spring fertilizing. Add a glass of crushed chalk to a ten-liter bucket of clean water, dissolve ammonium nitrate and urea in it, 1-2 grams of each. The norm is 1 liter of solution under the root. Cabbage bushes absorb nitrogen fertilizers well and begin to grow quickly. Fertilizer should be applied in the morning or in the evening, before that, water generously.
Wood ash
It is a popular fertilizer rich in potassium, calcium, phosphorus, iron, boron and sodium. Most nutrients are obtained from birch ash. To obtain a solution, mix a glass of ash in 10 liters of water and leave for 15 minutes to settle the mixture. Treat the plants after watering, 1 liter of solution per bush in the evening. Ash is also sprinkled under the bushes of plants to combat snails, slugs and fleas. Systematic use of ash can cause a bitter taste in cabbage. 3 treatments per season are enough.
Potassium humate
This product deoxidizes the soil. It is sold ready for use. The dosage is indicated by the manufacturer on the packaging, so this product must be used strictly according to the instructions. Each plant requires 500 ml of this product. Potassium humate is used to feed the plant, which is done 3 times. 14 days after planting the seedlings in the garden bed, then 28 days later, and then another 14 days later. Cabbage is fed at dawn or sunset, after watering. When there are prolonged rains, cabbage is not fed, because the water will wash away everything from the soil.
