Why cabbage heads crack in the garden: not all summer residents know
If you notice that some part of the cabbage crop is starting to crack right in the garden, you should not ignore this moment.
If you don't change anything, you can easily lose the vegetable harvest.
Therefore, it is worth understanding what you did wrong in the process of caring for the crop, advises landscape designer and scientist agronomist Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti".
What is the reason for this "behavior" of cabbage?
First of all, the reaction of the vegetable itself indicates that the basic rules of watering were violated. First, the gardener does not water the cabbage for a long period of time, and then tries to "water" the crop.
As a result, the cabbage receives significantly more moisture than required. In this case, cracks are inevitable. Therefore, it is extremely important to be systematic in watering.
You can also encounter such an event not due to the fault of the summer resident. For example, active rains began. In this case, to neutralize the problem, the cabbage needs to be covered. This will reduce the amount of incoming moisture.
