Cabbage Kolobok: Features of Care

Cabbage white-head Kolobok differs rich, without bitterness, taste. The late-ripening variety reaches technical ripeness after emergence on the 144th-150th day. Productivity of the variety up to 10 kg / m ² . Dense rounded green heads, white inside, weighing up to 5 kg. The rose socket with 16-20 dense dark green leaves with a wax coating has a height of up to 20 cm, reaches a diameter of 55 cm. The variety is light (6-7 months) and is recommended for long-term storage.

Landing rules

Terms of planting

In the open ground cabbage Kolobok planted on May 10-20. On the sprouts - March 10-20. In the ground under the film - in April.

Soil preparation

Cabbage Kolobok does not tolerate a pH below 5.5, otherwise the growth and development of the plant slows down. Therefore, under cabbage, the soil should be prepared better from autumn, laying in it substances that correct the acid-base balance. Calcareous fertilizers are introduced into the soil in an amount of 3.5 kg / m ² . Liming is carried out with the help of chalk, slaked lime, ash, calcareous flour, etc. In the spring, when soil is thawed, organic fertilizers are introduced. And before landing in each hole to make:

• Superphosphate - 2 tbsp. L .;
• Wood ash - 2 cups;
• Urea - 1 tsp.

Methods of cultivation

Cabbage Kolobok forms large heads, so it is planted according to the scheme of 70 x 50 cm. The terms of planting depend on the growing method. There are two of them: seedling and uncut.

Bezrossadny method

The advantage of this method is that the shoots grow strong and hardened. Disadvantage: half or a third of the total number of seeds for further cultivation is suitable. Many gardeners note that with this method of cultivation of cabbage Kolobok the description of the variety stands fully - the heads grow dense and strong, weighing 4-5 kg and ripen earlier for 2 weeks.

• Prepare the site for planting seeds, make pitches with a distance between them 70 cm. In the hole, sow 2-3 seeds, zaglubit 1 cm. Cover with a film or glass. Water as the soil dries.
• When seedlings reach 10-15 cm, leave the strongest, the rest - remove.

Seedbed method

Cabbage Kolobok (the description of the variety says this) - the variety is late-ripening, so the seed is sown for seedling 50 days before planting in the open ground. For planting seeds, prepare a soil mixture: 7 parts of peat, 2 parts of humus, 1 part of turf, 1 part of mullein. Planting in this soil accelerates the shoots and maturity of the heads for 2 weeks.

• Seeds before sowing lower in a hot (+50 ° C) water for 20 minutes, then lower the minutes by 2 in cold water. Lightly dry and plant, dipping 1 cm into the ground. After planting the crops are watered. You can use a spray gun to not wash the soil. In the future, water as the soil dries. The air temperature is from +6 ° C to +12 ° C. A week later the seedlings can be placed in a room with a temperature of at least +20 ° C.
• After the appearance of a pair of real leaves, a picking session is to be made, the distance between the seedlings is 6 cm. After a week, the containers with seedlings can be taken to the greenhouse and fed with manure (1 tbsp / 1 l of water). The air in the greenhouse is +14 ... + 18 ° C. Ventilation is necessary. Water for irrigation should be slightly warmer than air.
• Good seedlings have 5-6 strong leaves. Holes along the bed should be spread with a distance of 60 cm, pour about 1 liter of water into the hole and plant the seedlings, covering the ground with the bottom sheet. In the early days, seedlings need to be shaded.

Seed dressing

• After diving cabbage (after 10 days), seedlings need to be fed, for 10 liters of water: ammonium nitrate - 10 g, superphosphate - 20 g, potassium sulphate - 10 g.
• A week before landing in the soil, 10 liters of water: superphosphate - 25 grams, potassium sulfate - 30 g. You can add copper sulphate and manganese to the solution, for 0.2 liter of water per liter of water. After applying the fertilizer, rinse the leaves with clean water .

Features of care

Variety of cabbage Kolobok in care is unpretentious. It is enough to follow simple rules of watering and feeding.

Watering

The irrigation norm averages 10 l / 1 m ² . The regime of irrigation is regulated in accordance with natural precipitation and weather. Excessive waterlogging can lead to illness. But Kolobok cabbage painfully responds to a lack of moisture, and it is very important that the soil is always moistened.

Watering young shrubs to produce directly into the root zone, for irrigation of adult plants, special furrows are recommended. Formed head, according to the advice of experienced gardeners, you can water from above, with such watering pests and larvae will be washed off.

Watering should be stopped 2 weeks before cutting off the head.

Loosening and hilling

In order to avoid fungal diseases, it is recommended to loosen the soil after watering and to busch the bushes. Uplifting improves the access of oxygen to the root system, which strengthens it and promotes a good harvest. After 20 days it is recommended to perform the first hilling (after planting), then spend hilling once every 10 days.

Top dressing

During the maturing of cabbage Kolobok is fertilized 4 times.

Cabbage Kolobok: description of diseases and control measures

Numerous comments of gardeners are full of the most flattering reviews. Many grow this variety for several years, and they have never failed to bring Kolobok cabbage. Characteristics of the variety completely corresponds to the declared qualities: the heads are tight and dense, almost the same size. Very resistant to disease variety. Lying is simply unique - in the basement of the head are kept until the very spring.

The maximum weight of the head was 9.5 kg. Excellent taste, without bitterness. The variety justifies its name, its heads are round, and really similar to the bun. Perfectly suited for borscht, and for salads, and salting. Cabbage turns crispy. Surprisingly, even in spring, after long storage, cabbage in salads does not lose taste.