Of all existing crops, vegetables occupy the main place in human nutrition. They are eaten raw, added to ready meals, and they are cut into salads. Vegetables are divided into tuber and roots, melons, grains, tomato. Cabbage cultures, which belong to the Cabbage family, are distinguished into a separate subgroup.
These are mainly leafy vegetables, which are highly valued for their nutritional and dietary characteristics. A special place in this family is white cabbage. Through the efforts of breeders a large number of its varieties were bred. The early ripe variety of white cabbage "Dzhetodor f1" enjoys considerable popularity. This article will discuss the principles of growing seedlings of cabbage "Dzhetodor", the basics of its landing on a permanent place, the basic rules for the care of seedlings and the distinctive features of this variety.
Cabbage Description
This white cabbage hybrid is a typical representative of its kind. It is a medium-sized head, composed of tightly rolled fleshy leaves. The head is formed on the stem of medium length (up to 10 cm).
Important! "Jetodor" experiencing a particular need for fertilizing with nitrogen and potash fertilizers. Follow the feeding schedule and be sure to add ammonium nitrate to the mineral composition.
Head
The average weight of the "Getodor" is 1 kg. In the last phase of ripening vegetables can weigh from 0.8 to 1.6 kg. The leaves are smooth, dense, ribbed, with stiff thin veins. The color of the foliage varies from white with light green edges on young leaves to deep green with a smoky coating on mature outdoor leaves. 
Purpose
A crop grown for human consumption. Used both in raw and in finished form (fermentation, quenching, boiling).
Resistance to environmental conditions and diseases
This hybrid is not afraid of any diseases, usually affecting the representatives of the cabbage family. It is resistant to fusarium, thrips, rot, powdery mildew, necrosis and bacteriosis. It tolerates short-term droughts (up to 1 week), an excess of moisture and, due to elastic outer leaves, will survive under hail.
Unfortunately, diseases of cabbage can spoil a lot of harvest. Consider the treatment and prevention of cabbage diseases.
It has a unique lezhkost: after maturation can expect harvest on the ground for up to three weeks. Resistant to cracking during sudden temperature changes. 
Yield
The highest among other varieties of white cabbage. From one hectare of land can be collected from sixty to sixty-five thousand heads of "Dzhetodor".
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Precocity
This is the earliest ripening hybrid of all varieties of white cabbage. It fully ripens on the 45-50 day after disembarkation.
Growing seedlings
The soil for growing seedlings is recommended to be prepared in October-November. Seed preparation for sowing should be done at the beginning of March in order to sow them into the soil in tenth numbers. 
We sow cabbage seeds for seedlings
Acquisition and preparation of seeds
Do not save on sowing material, because it determines the quality of your future harvest. Choose seeds that have been packed no more than eight months ago. Make sure that the packaging is complete, clean, without any signs of wetting. If possible, take seed from certified growers.
To obtain a bountiful harvest, a very important factor is compliance with the main criteria for selecting cabbage seeds.
Usually, cabbage seeds purchased at a store or at a fair have already undergone preplant preparation. This is indicated on the packaging. Such seeds do not need to be stratified to wake sprouts. 
Cabbage seeds "Dzhetodor" If the seeds are not processed, lay them on gauze, roll the gauze into a tube and lower for fifteen minutes in a container of warm water (50 ° C). After this time, remove the gauze and lower it for two minutes into the cold water tank.
Open the gauze, keep the material at room temperature for a day, and then put it in the fridge for another day. Remove stratified seeds from gauze and dry them outdoors.
Important! Before you start working with seeds, read the inscriptions on the package. Many manufacturers pickle seeds before packaging to protect them from fungal and bacterial diseases. With pickled seeds, work exclusively with gloves.
Soil and capacity for seedlings
Soil for cabbage seedlings should be fertile and loose. You can buy ready soil mixture in a special store, or you can cook it yourself. The loose texture of the soil provides peat, so the proportion should be as follows: for ten liters of soil mixture you need to take 7 kg of peat, 2 kg of sod land and 1 kg of river sand. 
For each kilogram of soil mixture, add 1 tsp. mineral fertilizer and mix thoroughly the entire volume with 2 tbsp. l ash. Ash will be a good prevention of black legs on seedlings.
Capacity for sowing should be wide, shallow (with sides no higher than 10 cm) and have holes in the bottom to drain water. Take a tray under the tank into which water with soil particles will flow.
Did you know? There are two versions of the origin of the word "cabbage". According to the Greek version, this name was derived from the word "Kaputum", translated from the Greek meaning "head." The Celtic version also links the name “cabbage” with a peculiar form of a vegetable, although it claims that the Celtic word “cap”, which has a similar meaning, became the basis for the name.
There are professional rastiln for seedlings, but for home use a regular plastic or wooden container. Be sure to stock up the peat cups so that when the seedlings grow, you can swoop them. 
Optimum timing and sowing of seeds
"Dzhetodor" - an early ripe grade. To get seedlings on time, seed sow at the end of March. Pour the soil mixture into a suitable container with a layer of 5-6 cm and lightly tamp it. Cut in the soil grooves centimeter depth with a row spacing of 4 cm and sow in them seeds every centimeter.
Cover the grooves with a primer, pour plenty of warm water over the soil. Seeds during germination need a lot of water.
Did you know? The popularity of cabbage in Russia made this vegetable an important element of folk culture and laid the foundation for interesting traditions. So, before cabbage harvesting began strictly on September 27, the day after the church celebration of the Exaltation of the Cross. Harvesting and related festivities lasted for two weeks and were called skitters. Later the name "skit" migrated into student life and acquired the value of a self-made play.
Care of crops
Cover the container with a thick film and place it in a tray on a warm sunny window-sill. If the weather is cloudy, install two or three fluorescent lamps above the capacity to extend the light day to twelve hours. Keep the temperature within + 18-21 ° C. 
Daily remove the film from the germinator for 5-7 minutes so that the soil is ventilated and saturated with oxygen. With proper care, seedlings will spill on the fourth or fifth day. During the germination period, watering of seedlings is not necessary, otherwise the compacted soil layer will complicate their germination.
As soon as the sprouts germinate, thin them out, leaving 2x2 cm of space for each. Before thinning, moisten the soil with a spray bottle and wait seven to ten minutes. The moistened soil will become more supple, and you will pull out sprouts without risk of damaging the root system of the beneficial seedlings. After thinning lightly tamp the soil and sprinkle it again with water.
Important! Ten to twelve days before harvesting, completely stop watering the beds to prevent cabbage from getting dotted necrosis and powdery mildew.
Watering spend as the soil dries. It should be constantly wet, but not swampy. Maintain a temperature within 20 ° C only during germination. Sprouted seedlings hold the day at seventeen, and at night at ten degrees. This temperature will help harden sprouts and prepare them for landing in the ground. 
Two weeks after sowing, do a picking. Spread the seedlings in separate peat pots. Continue to water them as usual, and ten days after the picking, conduct the first dressing. For one liter of warm water, take four grams of superphosphate, two grams of saltpeter and two grams of potash fertilizer. This amount of feeding is enough for sixty shoots.
Gardeners are advised to learn how to pick a cabbage and why it is needed.
Spend a second feeding fifteen days after the first, doubling the amount of water and fertilizer. Third, the last dressing will be needed for sprouts three days before transplanting into open ground. The recipe is slightly different: add 6 grams of superphosphate and potassium fertilizers to 1 liter of water and add three grams of nitrate.
Hardening seedlings
Hardening will help sprouts develop the root system before planting in the ground and get used to the natural temperature changes. Start quenching twelve days before transplanting. Start with air baths - for the first three days, open a window in the airing room where you have seedlings. 
The next four days, take the seedlings to a balcony or loggia for two or three hours to get used to the sunlight. Starting on the eighth day, reduce watering by half and bring the seedlings to the terrace or balcony so that it grows there. Before transferring the peat cups to the ground, water the seedlings liberally.
Planting seedlings on a permanent place
A sure sign that the seedlings are ready for transplanting is the presence of four or five true leaves on its stem.
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Optimal timing
Since "Dzhetodor" refers to early-ripe cabbage varieties, it should be planted in the ground in the middle or end of April. By this time, the seedlings will reach one month of age, develop a root system sufficient for open soil, and the soil will warm up to + 15-16 ° С. 
Choosing a place on the site
The main thing is that the area set aside for cabbage should be well lit, protected from drafts and have loose fertile soil. If you have not prepared the soil in the fall, then a week before planting, loosen and clear the ground for cabbage beds, contributing to each square meter. m. four kilograms of compost and 250 grams of ash.
Important! The light yellow color of cabbage leaves indicates a lack of nitrogen. To compensate for it, add 5 g of urea (urea) for every 10 liters of water at the next feed.
Sour soil should be neutralized, additionally adding 100 g of chalk powder per square meter. m. The best option - to plant the "Dzhetodor" on the beds, which last year grew beans, onions or alfalfa. Cruciferous plants are bad predecessors for this variety, therefore, if mustard, watercress, asparagus cabbage, horseradish or radish grew on the beds, you need to find another place for the seedlings. 
Landing pattern
So that the plants do not interfere with each other, throw out large leaves and form regular cabbages, the beds should be broken into squares with a side of 40 cm and in their corners to dig out holes 7–10 cm deep.
How to care
Cabbage loves warm water and sunny weather. Provide seedlings with abundant watering, protection from winds and ample sunlight.
We advise you to consider all the details on the care of cabbage after planting in open ground.
Watering
Start abundantly watering the seedlings from the moment they are planted in open ground. Pour 1 liter of water into each well and wait until it is absorbed before digging in the seedlings. This is a very moisture-loving culture, so in cloudy weather, water it once every four days, and during the hot one once every two days, and certainly in the morning. 
Three weeks after the landing, reduce the frequency of watering to once every four days for hot weather and once a week for cloudy. On average, one young plant takes three liters of water for one irrigation, and nine liters per plant in the last phase of the growing season.
Did you know? For the first time, the principles of growing cabbage were set forth in his treatises by Mark Cato, an ancient Roman politician and writer. Treatises were published in the II century before Christ. Inspired by the example of a great figure, in the 1st century BC Pliny and Columella also wrote about cabbage. - Ancient Roman scholars.
Weed removal and soil loosening
Weed cabbage at the same time as loosening. Loosened soil will be easier to give away weeds, and you will not damage the root system of cabbage plants. Loosening after each watering, as soon as the moisture is absorbed into the soil. A loose layer of earth will slow down the evaporation of moisture. Treat the aisle with a rake with frequent teeth; loosen the soil under the plants with a sap to a depth of no more than fifteen centimeters. 
Top dressing
Feed, you gave the seedlings before planting in open ground, enough for about a week and a half. The first sub-feed "Dzhetodor" spend two weeks after planting. In order to prepare organic fertilizer, dissolve 500 g of mullein in ten liters of warm water.
In agricultural technology to produce large and dense cabbages without dressings can not do. Read what to feed the cabbage for the formation of a head of cabbage and what folk remedies are used for feeding.
Under each plant must go at least 0.5 liters of feeding. Add mullein every fifteen days (a total of three times).
Mineral fertilizer is prepared from 30 g of superphosphate, 50 g of ammonium sulfate and 250 g of ash. The resulting mixture should be diluted in 10 liters of warm water. Watering with mineral fertilizer is carried out a week after each organic feeding. 
Mineral fertilizer irrigation
Hilling
When nine or ten leaves appear on a cabbage stem, its stem begins to sway by the wind due to the large area of resistance. This adversely affects the setting of cabbage heads. To give the stalk greater stability, spud it with medium sized sap. Tuck the soil near the stem of the first bud on the trunk.
Important! If the tops completely cover the soil in the aisle, you can not spud the plants. The soil covered with leaves retains moisture well and sufficient looseness to hold the stem.
This procedure promotes the formation of additional roots on the trunk and greater plant resistance. Spud cabbage with moist soil, so hilling should be done on the second day after rain or heavy watering. 
Advantages and disadvantages
Any variety of cabbage has its advantages over other hybrids. “Dzhetodor” is an absolute winner, as he has much more advantages than disadvantages.
Did you know? Nobody knows for sure the country and place of origin of this vegetable. Modern archeologists find traces of growing cabbage both in the excavations of ancient Greek settlements and in the territory belonging to the ancient Iberians (modern Spain). These settlements date from around 2500 BC. er
Merits
- Short ripening time. This is an early ripe variety, which, unlike other varieties of white cabbage, matures in 45-50 days.
- Stickiness. In the last phase of the growing season, cabbage heads can expect to harvest in the garden for up to three weeks without losing their properties.
- Resilience. Plants of this variety are not subject to attacks of fungi and bacteria. They are resistant to fusarium and rot. Low temperature "Getodor" also tolerates.
- Landing density. On one hectare you can land up to sixty-five thousand cabbage heads.
- Simultaneous ripening. All sprouts that are planted form heads at about the same time. This ensures the collection of high-quality crops.
disadvantages
- Taste qualities. “Dzhetodor” is distinguished by a strong internal system, which has a good effect on ripening and dryness, but becomes the cause of excessive rigidity of sheets. This variety is suitable for extinguishing and salting. It is not recommended to use it in salads and soups.
- Fertilizer need. In the absence of a regular top dressing, this hybrid stretches the stems, and the leaves become purple.
"Dzhetodor" is a unique early ripe hybrid of white cabbage. It is resistant to many diseases typical for Cabbage, and tolerates adverse weather conditions. In order to get a rich harvest, you need to prepare seedlings of this variety.Did you know? The decorative properties of cabbage are appreciated in Japan. This amazing eastern country has succeeded in breeding particularly beautiful varieties of cabbage, which are now used in gardening to create flower beds and rabatok. The leaves of such decorative vegetables when ripe form elegant rosettes, painted mostly in white and purple colors. A unique feature of ornamental cabbage is that it most intensely "blooms" at temperatures below +10°WITH.
Start sowing seed in mid-March, carefully care for it and observe the timing of planting in open ground. Since this variety of cabbage is especially unpretentious, you can grow large and beautiful leafy vegetables, making a minimum of effort.
