No cabbage season can be done without cabbage. Summer residents rush to plant this vegetable in time to indulge themselves with food from early varieties with pleasure and stock up late hybrids for the winter.
Next, we will talk about the features of the cultivation of early varieties of the favorite garden crop: from the selection of seeds for planting to harvest.
You will get acquainted with the description and characteristics of cabbage with the names "Kazachok" and "Etma", "Pandion" and "Champ", known for its hybrids "Pushma f1", "Legat f1", as well as many other early varieties of white vegetable.
What does it mean?
The early cabbage variety is characterized by an early sowing period, low yield, small cabbages are not intended for long storage. Depending on the growing season, varieties are divided into early-ripening, mid-ripening and late-ripening crops.
Important! It is in the spring cabbage contains as much vitamin C as in citrus. High content of carotene and choline, which prevent atherosclerosis, strengthen blood vessels.
When to choose seed?
Before purchasing seed, you need to be aware of what result we want to get. The result of sowing cabbage depends on the result. Early cabbage is edible right away, mid-season and late varieties for pickling and storage for the winter.
When choosing the time of planting seeds, be sure to consider the region and climatic factors. Planted seedlings in open ground at a soil temperature of +5.
The middle zone of the Russian Federation grows seedlings from mid-March, the Volga region from mid-March to early April. Ural and Siberian districts sow from mid-April to early May.
Early ripening varieties should be chosen by those who want to feast on tasty and healthy cabbage dishes in the summer. Her loose, juicy and tender heads of cabbage are wonderful in soups, salads, stews and many other dishes.
Description and characteristics
| Sort | definition | Features | When to choose to grow |
| Pandion f1 | This is the name of the earliest superearly variety of white cabbage. The weight of the head does not exceed 1.5 kg. Bred in the Netherlands. | Greenhouse conditions are necessary for high yield. Resistant to cracking, long standing on the vine. | Sow in mid-March, planting seedlings in the ground in late April, the first harvest is ready by mid-June. Vegetation period of 48-53 days. |
| Kevin f1 | Early hybrid with neat round and smooth heads of cabbages. Produced variety in Switzerland. | Resistant to bolting and cracking head. Cold-resistant Important moisture and fertilizing. | Seeds are sown at the end of March, after a month transplanted into open ground. Vegetation 51-53 days. |
| Cyr f1 | A vigorous variety of white cabbage with high yield and excellent taste. Head weight up to 2 kg. Production France. | Resistant to temperature extremes, drought, diseases. The culture is subject to cracking. | Sowing seeds in March. In late April, transplanting into the ground. Vegetation period - 60 days. |
| Orakl f1 | Heads weight up to 1.5 kg. Bred in France. | Recommended for cultivation under the covering material. | Seeds are planted in early April. Vegetation 60 days. |
| Akira f1 | Neat head with small leaves of bright green color. It is characterized by high tolerance to black leg and rot. Production Japan. | Not recommended to plant in open ground, preferably film cover. | Sow seeds on February 15th. In early April in the ground under the film. The ripening period is 48-52 days after transplantation. In early June, the first harvest is ready. |
| Blast f1 | The leaves are light green, white inside the head. Production Russia. | Does not tolerate penumbra. When overripe bursts and loses taste. | Landing in the end of April, cultivation in the greenhouse since the beginning of March. The first harvest is removed at the end of June. |
| Pushma f1 | Heads of rich green. Manufacturer Holland. | Planted in the ground under a temporary shelter. | Vegetation 50 days from the date of planting seedlings. |
| Etma f1 (Etma f1) | Very early. The light green color of the head of cabbage is yellowish in the section, weight is from 0.7 to 1.5 kg. Production Netherlands. | High yield in the greenhouse or under the covering material. Outer and inner stalks are short. | The term for planting seedlings begins in mid-March or early April. Vegetation 45-50 days from landing in the ground |
| Magnus f1 | Heads tight, smooth, green with dark green covering leaves. Production Netherlands. | For growing under temporary film shelters. Resistant to fusarium, you can grow two crops. | Vegetation 60 days from the date of planting seedlings. |
| Express f1 | Ultra Early. Small, round, light green cabbages 0.8-1.2 kg. | The sugar content of 5.5%, sweet taste. Resistant to cracking. Average disease resistance. | Sowing on seedlings in early April. Landing in the ground in May. 60-80 days from germination to harvest. |
| Cossack f1 | The leaves are dark green with a bluish tinge. On a cut white, with a yellowish-cream shade. Thick cabbages, height 15-17 cm, 0.8-1.2 kg. | Weak resistance of heads to cracking. Can be grown in all regions of Russia. Resistant to mucous bacteriosis and black leg, moderately resistant to keel pathogens and vascular bacteriosis. | Sowing on seedlings in early March. Landing in the ground at the end of April floor shelter. Ripening 45-55 days from germination to harvest. |
| Legate f1 | Head of cabbage is dense, compact, sweet. | High stem head, therefore do not rot the lower leaves. Not whimsical to the soil. High disease resistance. | Sowing in March. Harvest 50 days from planting seedlings. |
| Champ f1 | Compact round head with a short stem, weight 1-2 kg. Production Holland. | Heads are formed long before ripening, you can not harvest immediately, as needed. | Sowing on seedlings in mid-March, early April. Landing in the ground from mid-May. In 55-58 days after planting the seedlings ripen. |
Most Popular Names
The basic rule of a good harvest is to choose the right variety of crops corresponding to:
- The actual fly of your region. On this depends the period of ripening culture.
- For what you will use the harvest. For storage, preparations for the winter or fresh consumption.
- The amount of harvest.
It is not subject to storage, it is eaten as soon as possible. The yield of early hybrids is not high. Varieties that have gained popularity among gardeners are:
- June.
- Cossack f1.
- Dietmar early.
- Copenhagen Market.
- Golden hectare.
How to grow white vegetable?
Shops and material prices in Moscow and St. Petersburg
In Moscow, seeds and seedlings can be purchased at the online store of the Russian Sadi nursery. Variety Express 6 pieces in a cassette costs 155 rubles. At the metro stations Vladykino, Maryina Roshcha seedlings June, Start, Kazachok for 20 rubles. a piece. In the Garden Garden Master Center you can buy seeds at 20 rubles. For a bag, seedling Fast and the Furious f1, Nakhalenok f1 40 rubles. a piece.
In St. Petersburg, you can purchase seedlings in the OBI hypermarket a cassette with 6 seedlings 149 rubles. Wide selection in the online store My-shop.ru seeds Kazachok f1 10 rub., Parel f1 38 rub., Rima f1 31 rub. A diverse assortment in the House of Seeds on Komendntsky Avenue, in the store July, on Kronstadt Street, and Garden Market on Bukharestskaya Street.
Conveniently order seeds through online stores, for example the All-Russian "Hoga.ru". So, the seeds of cabbage June cost 10 rubles. for a bag. You can pick up by self, in Moscow, five points of issue, there is a delivery.
When is it best to sow seeds?
When it is necessary to plant a culture to get healthy and strong seedlings? On average, seeds should be planted in mid-March. The first shoots will appear in 10 days, after 50-55 days the seedlings can be planted in the ground. At the same time we take into account the weather conditions.
Choosing a place for growing seedlings
We sow seeds in a tray, having previously moistened the soil well. Until the emergence of shoots, we do not water it, this is a way to prevent black leg disease. After the emergence of shoots we cut through and in a couple of weeks we sit in separate pots.
You can use a gentle way of transplanting - immediately plant the seeds in separate containers.
Soil preparation
To one part of the turfy land with humus add ash at the rate of 10 tablespoons per 10 kg, mix. Ash acts as a source of macronutrients and antiseptic, which prevents the formation of black legs.
Landing in the apartment and open ground
The apartment seedlings are grown on the windowsillpreferably on the southwest or southeast side. In March, it is necessary to increase the light day to 14 hours, for this purpose fluorescent lamps of white color are used.
An important condition will be protection from overheating, coming from the batteries and overcooling during room ventilation. Seeds germinate within 2 days at a temperature of +20.
Lands on the site when the air temperature is more than +17. Pre-planting in the open ground soil is enriched with organic elements: peat or humus. You can not plant cabbage in the area where cruciferous crops were grown. The best place where the forerunners were legumes, potatoes, cucumbers.
Sow seeds in May.
- It is necessary to make holes, and put ashes on the bottom of each.
- Further in several approaches to moisten the soil.
- Deepen into a well of 3 seeds 2 cm. Cover with covering material.
- After germination of seedlings leave the strongest.
Not all regions can afford to sow the seeds immediately on the site. For example, in the Central, North-Western districts, it is better to choose a seedling method.
Temperature conditions
Before the emergence of seedlings the temperature is considered to be +20 degrees as the norm.. Next, the seedlings harden to +8 degrees at night, during the day to +15. This technique strengthens the seedlings, preventing stretching.
Watering
It is carried out as necessary, preferably in the morning or in the evening. Do not allow drying and waterlogging. Optimum water at room temperature from +18 to +23.
Top dressing
Seedlings are fed twice during home cultivation.. The first time in the stage of the 2nd or 3rd leaf, then a week later. 20 grams of ammonium nitrate and superphosphate are mixed with 10 grams of potassium chloride and dissolved in 5 liters of water. You can add trace elements for a gram of boric acid, sulfuric acid manganese and sulfuric acid copper. The same composition is fed before landing in the ground.
Care instructions
Hardened seedlings at a temperature not lower than +11 degrees a week after the pick. The more shoots will receive the light and the earlier to be subjected to moderately low temperatures, the stronger and not overgrown. To prevent rot and blackleg can be further treated with Trichodermine and rhizoplan.
Loosening and hilling important components of care and cultivation of culture. Loosen should be after watering, without touching the root system. For the first time spud cabbage two weeks after landing in the ridge.
Hilling helps to strengthen the thin stem, prevents deformation of the stem, strengthens the roots. This is an excellent prevention of cabbage diseases.
Harvesting
Heads of cabbage are formed in 1-1.5 months after planting seedlings. They ripen at the same time, therefore they harvest the crop several times, cutting off with a sharp knife. Leave the stalk 2 cm.
Cabbage is the most valuable and useful vegetable on your table. Observing simple rules, you can grow your own crop and enjoy a delicious variety of cabbage dishes.
