Peking cabbage: cultivation
Peking cabbage, in contrast to white cabbage, is much softer and juicier. For salads, Peking cabbage fits perfectly, in addition, it contains twice as much protein as regular cabbage. Cultivation of Pekinese cabbage it should not seem a complicated process, because this vegetable is premature and not too demanding.
Nevertheless, cultivation of Peking cabbage on the balcony is a little questionable process. The fact is that the Peking cabbage is verypainfully reacts to temperature. Its growth is considered favorable at a temperature of +15 - +20 ° C. Do not allow heat and dehydration, otherwise the culture will die. Remember that Peking cabbage loves high humidity.
You must cultivate Peking cabbageprepare in the fall, refueling the land with humus. In the beginning of April, the ash should be applied to the bed. The best neighbor of Peking cabbage is a cucumber. In addition, it is recommended to plant cabbage on the garden where cucumbers grew earlier. This is the most favorable soil.
Cultivation of Peking cabbage should have clear limitations in temperature, about which we have already mentioned above, and in the markuparea for planting. Thus, the distance between rows should be 40-45 cm. In each hole we put 2-3 seeds. Given that the Peking cabbage is a sprawling plant, make a distance of 20-30 cm from the hole to the hole. Cabbage should ascend in 4-5 days.
When processing, you need to leave one plant in each well. The general processing is quite familiar: weeding, watering, loosening of row spacing, feeding. For top dressing it is good to use the infusion of nettle. To do this, you need to collect young nettles without roots, fill it with water, insist a day or two and after a lot of watering add one glass to the feeding.
Cultivation of Peking cabbage through seedlings givesearly harvest. For this, it is necessary to sow seeds in seedlings in early March, and after 20-25 days to transfer to open ground. But keep in mind that you will have to provide the right temperature and humidity.
In the northern regions Peking cabbage is planted from June 15 to July 20. The deadline is August 10. In the southern regions, the Peking cabbage starts flowering in May.
So-called "Fruit" of the Peking cabbage is formed in different species in different ways. In leaf varieties, head is called a rosette. The product outlet is formed after 40-50 days, after germination. In semi-nomadic and cabbage varieties, cabbage is formed after 60-80 days.
In this way, cultivation of Peking cabbage does not have any exotic requirements. You can easily grow in your own kitchen gardenthis vegetable, having received to the table a product rich in vitamins and therapeutic dietary properties. Peking cabbage is good for heart and stomach ulcers. Given these qualities, as well as high demand in the market, you can bravely engage in the cultivation of Peking cabbage.
