White cabbage is, of course, a more popular vegetable in summer cottages, but advanced gardeners are increasingly paying attention to Chinese cabbage.
The crispy vegetable is confidently winning the love of summer residents, who have already acquired their favorite recipes.
Difficulties in growing
But not all gardeners manage to grow this vegetable. Often, summer residents face a problem: the capricious plant goes into bolting and you have to forget about juicy crunchy heads of cabbage.
There are quite a few reasons, but there is one main one. It's all about crop rotation.
After which you can't plant
Chinese cabbage goes into bloom and does not form a head if a vegetable from the cruciferous family grew in the garden before it. For example, the plant cannot be planted after:
- watercress;
- arugula;
- radish;
- broccoli.
Experienced gardeners advise planting Chinese cabbage after onions, tomatoes or cucumbers.
Calcium deficiency
Due to the deficiency of the macroelement, cabbage does not form dense heads. The plant simply does not have the strength for this. Therefore, the vegetable is fed with calcium nitrate at least once per season.
After 2 weeks from the emergence of shoots, the plants are watered with a solution of 30 g per 10 l of water. You can feed the cabbage 2-3 days after thinning.
