There are many rules and recommendations associated with growing cabbage, as they help to grow a high-quality crop that can be stored for a long period of time.
Therefore, it is important to learn some useful tips to ensure that your cabbage grows as it should.
Most often, the lower part of cabbage leaves is removed 14 days before the harvest date, notes Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication BelNovosti, a landscape designer and agronomist. However, some summer residents start doing this much earlier, since they have other goals and objectives.
Why remove the bottom leaves of a vegetable at all?
Harvesting
This is the main purpose of the procedure. If we remove the leaves, then some of the nutrients will "go" directly to the head of cabbage.
It will also become much easier to harvest vegetables from the garden.
Pests
Many summer residents are faced with the problem of slugs, which not only have an excellent appetite, but also do not want to leave the site.
Pests have delicate skin, so in hot weather they find a comfortable place to rest.
Often their choice falls on cabbage, which "hides" them under its lower leaves. If you remove them, the pests will have much fewer places to rest.
Diseases
Often, it is the lower leaves that can accumulate moisture, which over time leads to negative processes. Therefore, removing the lower leaves can be a preventative measure for a number of diseases.
It is also worth noting that this will simplify the watering procedure, since the lower leaves will no longer block access to the roots.
