Despite the excellent taste and health benefits of cabbage, not everyone grows it in their gardens and summer cottages, as cabbage seedlings are quite picky and capricious.
However, there are tips that will help you grow it quickly and easily at home without spending much time and effort, as well as with minimal financial costs.
Maximum attention to the choice of variety
It is very important to pay special attention to the choice of the cabbage variety that will be grown, since it will determine how carefully and regularly you will need to carry out certain care actions, feed the plants, treat them, and so on.
It is best to devote the greatest amount of time to studying the different varieties of cabbage in order to choose the least picky and capricious ones that will give a decent harvest, than to buy the first ones you come across and then suffer for a long time while growing seedlings, and as a result get a minimal amount of harvest. To study the topic, you can use both special reference books and simply read the descriptions on the back of the packages.
Preparing the soil for sowing seeds
If the soil condition is excellent, there will be practically no need to add additional fertilizers, top dressings or any nutritional supplements, while the seeds will grow quickly and well, producing strong shoots.
Of course, you can buy a special mixture in the store, but it will be much worse than what a person can make at home on their own. In addition to better quality, you can save money, since the soil will cost pennies.
So, to prepare it, you will need to take 1 kg of humus or soil well fertilized with it, then add about 100 g of ash to it and mix everything well.
If desired, you can add some artificial fertilizers, but this is not necessary, since the soil with humus contains a huge amount of nutrients, and ash saturates it with microelements that are necessary for the germination of the seed, and also prevents the occurrence of various diseases of the root system. Well-fertilized soil will also help reduce the risk of diseases on the leaves and shoots.
Rules for caring for seedlings after sowing
Since cabbage is quite picky and requires special care, it will be necessary to select the optimal conditions for seed germination, as well as for the plant to grow no less actively in the future and give a good harvest. Thus, the most important factor in care will be watering, since cabbage mostly consists of water.
There should be a sufficient amount of moisture not only during the cultivation of seedlings, but also when caring for plants after their transplantation into open ground. The better and more abundant the watering, the larger and juicier the cabbage heads will be. It is worth noting that such a vegetable can be constantly watered only after planting in open ground, so that excess moisture does not accumulate and does not harm the condition of the root system.
It is also very important to observe the temperature regime - if it is too cold, the plant will simply stop developing and die, and the same will happen if it is too hot. The optimal temperature for growing cabbage is 25 degrees.
Anyone can follow these simple rules of care, and the process of growing cabbage will be as simple and accessible as possible.
