Cabbage is an unusually healthy and tasty vegetable. This statement is correct for all its species - colored, white, broccoli, etc. Most summer residents grow it in their gardens.
In this case, it is very important to follow some rules that will allow you to get a good harvest. Dressing cabbage is one of the main activities carried out without fail and more than once a season. How to properly fertilize this vegetable, what means to use?
The first feeding is done 14 days after the seedlings are transferred to the ground. In any case, you should not delay this for more than three weeks. Cabbage of medium and late ripening varieties does not absorb mineral fertilizers too well. Therefore, for the first feeding, manure is mainly used. Best of all, if it will be liquid, and fermented. Early cabbage can be fed with complex organic and mineral fertilizers. The latter can be used for late varieties, but only if it is not possible to use manure. In this case, take 40 g of superphosphate and potassium products, as well as 35 g of urea.
Secondary feeding of cabbage is done no later than three weeks later, when leaves begin to actively develop on the plant. It is also best to use organics. The third feeding is carried out after another two weeks. This should be done only if the plants do not develop well. In this case, manure is not recommended. This is precisely the period when the use of minerals is considered the most preferable. Do not fertilize cabbage during the development of heads of cabbage with nitrogen fertilizing. The best solution would be to add a mixture of superphosphate and
potassium sulfate in a 2: 1 ratio. The fact is that the use of nitrogen and manure can lead to a decrease in the keeping quality of heads of cabbage.
Fertilizing cabbage with organic slurry is done carefully under the root. In this case, the mullein is bred in a proportion of 1: 5, and
chicken droppings - 1:10. You can not fertilize cabbage with sheep manure. The mineral product is also diluted with water. About one and a half liters of any fertilizer should fall on one plant. In some cases, it is allowed to apply top dressing in a dry form. At the same time, granules are poured into grooves made in the aisles and sprinkled with soil. Before this, the bed must be watered.
Cauliflower is fed some time after planting with ammonium molybdate (half a gram per liter). In this case, it is better to use the spraying method. Thus, you can improve the quality of the crop and its quantity. Do not feed cauliflower during the period of head ovary. For their formation, she needs a lot more nutrients than white. Therefore, organics for cauliflower in the early stages of development will also be very useful.
Topping cabbage on time using the necessary fertilizers will guarantee a good harvest of heads of cabbage and heads with excellent taste, which will be well stored and will become a real storehouse of vitamins in the winter.