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Cabbage is one of the most common vegetables. In Our Country (and among all Slavs) this plant takes pride of place on the table. Cabbage is a storehouse of vitamins, minerals and trace elements. At the same time, the calorie content of the product is completely negligible, so it is rightfully considered dietary. From cabbage it is possible to prepare a huge number of unusually tasty and healthy dishes. The topic of today’s material is Slava cabbage, the specificity of the variety and the characteristics of cultivation.
Variety description
“Slava” – white cabbage, belonging to the category of mid-season. The variety has 2 varieties: Gribovskaya and 1305. The description of the Slava white cabbage variety is as follows. The vegetable has a wonderful taste. This variety is especially good for fermentation. The fork has a rounded, slightly flattened top shape. The diameter of the fork is approximately 25 cm, weight – 2,0-4,4 kg. The pulp is light in color, the upper leaves are light green.
The positive characteristics of the variety are as follows:
- the unpretentiousness of the “Glory” variety in care (with all the “love” of cabbage for water, the variety tolerates a lack of moisture well);
- resistance of plants to low temperatures;
- excellent taste fresh, pickled and after heat treatment;
- high yields (up to 1 kg of cabbage are harvested from 12 square meter);
- short growing season (only 110 days from planting to technical maturity and the formation of an adult plant);
- the vegetable tolerates transportation well;
- attractive appearance.
The variety of cabbage “Glory” is not without certain disadvantages:
- susceptibility of the plant to cabbage keel;
- poor keeping quality (heads are stored until January);
- improper watering (frequent, with a small amount of water) leads to cracking of heads.
Cultivation
Most often, Slava cabbage is grown in seedlings. When buying seeds, pay attention to whether pre-sowing treatment has been carried out. This information is indicated on the package with seeds. If not, then you need to prepare the seeds yourself before sowing the cabbage. The essence of the preparation is to keep the seeds for half a day in a nutrient solution (water – 1 l, potassium humate – 1 g). After that, the seeds are washed and hardened during the day at a temperature of 1-2 degrees. Now they can be sown. Seedlings are grown according to this method.
Seeds of the Slava variety intended for seedlings are sown in a greenhouse or directly on a bed under polyethylene. Sowing time is April. The best temperature for planting seeds varies between 13 and 17 degrees. Seeds are planted in one and a half centimeter grooves, maintaining an interval between rows of 70 mm. After the formation of the first leaf, the seedlings are thinned so that the distance between the two plants is 5 cm. The soil should not be allowed to dry out. As the soil dries, the seedlings need to be watered. For normal development, one sprout needs an area of 25-26 m2.
For one “square” of the site you will need the following composition:
- superphosphate – 5 g;
- ammonium nitrate – 4 g;
- potassium chloride – 2 g.
The dry mixture is evenly distributed between the rows, and then the plants are watered abundantly. After 7 days, the same top dressing of cabbage seedlings follows.
Plants reaching up to 15 cm with 5-6 leaves can be planted in open soil. 2-3 hours before planting seedlings, the bed is watered. Choose a well-lit area for the garden. Landing is carried out according to the scheme 60 x 60 cm.
Closer to autumn, a bed intended for Slava cabbage should be fertilized with humus or manure. There are 10 liters of liquid organics and two glasses of ash per square meter of the site. The variety grows well on slightly acidic soils.
In the southern regions, the cultivation of Slava cabbage is practiced by direct sowing of plants in the soil (sown cabbage to a depth of 2 cm). The first thinning is done after the appearance of the third sheet. With the advent of the 6th leaf, another thinning is done so that the distance between adjacent shoots is 0,6 m.
Care
It is necessary to ensure that spring frosts do not harm the plants. If the weather forecast indicates the possibility of frost, you need to water the plants, since wet earth retains heat well. It is useful to cover the plants with polyethylene, but in such a way that the film does not touch the seedlings.
It is necessary to water the Slava 1305 cabbage infrequently, but plentifully, at the rate of 20 liters of water per square meter of land. The number of waterings – no more than 8 for the entire growing season. If you water more often, the forks will crack. Two weeks before harvesting cabbage, watering is stopped.
After watering, Slava cabbage is spudded. By doing this, you achieve several goals: weed out, improve the supply of oxygen to the roots.
Diseases, pests and their control
The information provided will allow you to successfully fight various diseases and pests of the Slava cabbage variety. The general principle of plant treatment is as follows: any disease is easier to prevent than to save already diseased plants.
cabbage keel
This is a fungal disease. Thickenings form on the roots of cabbage (photo). In advanced cases, the root system rots. Plants develop poorly or, in general, die. Prevention of cabbage keel is as follows:
- careful removal of weeds, as they are often carriers of infection;
- cleaning up the site after harvest. Plant remains should not be left behind. They are removed and burned;
- before sowing – the introduction of lime into the soil (0,5 kg / m2);
- soil treatment a few weeks before planting with a formalin solution (0,25 liters of formalin per 10-liter bucket of water);
- compliance with crop rotation. Cabbage is unacceptable to grow in the same place as in the previous year.
If diseased plants are found on the site, they must be destroyed.
Blackleg
Like cabbage keel, this disease is fungal in nature. The basal part of the plant stem turns black and thins (photo). As a result, the plant dies. Prevention of the black leg is as follows:
- avoid thickening of plants, too abundant watering;
- before planting seedlings in the ground – spill it with a solution of potassium permanganate 1,5 g / 5 l of water per 1 “square”.
If diseased plants are found, they must be immediately dug up and destroyed. Helps prevent the spread of infection Trichodermin (5 liters of water 100 g of the drug) or Previkur (1,5 g / 1 liter of water).
Downy Mildew
The disease is manifested by yellow spots on the leaves of plants. A whitish coating appears below the cabbage leaves. Keeping the seeds in warm (50 degrees) water for half an hour helps prevent the disease. Help fight the disease and such means:
- spraying cabbage with a solution of copper sulfate;
- three times during the growing season pollination of plants with crushed sulfur.
When signs of downy mildew appear, infected plants must be removed.
Cabbage aphids
The leaves of plants affected by aphids become colorless and curl up.
Parsley and dill are attractive to ladybugs, whose larvae quickly deal with the pest.
Cabbage moth
Insect larvae eat cabbage inside and out. Prevention is the timely weeding of the culture, as well as the use of covering materials for plants (spunbond, lutrasil), which protect well from insect pests.
Harvesting
Harvest white cabbage “Glory 1305” towards the end of July. Medium-sized heads are suitable for storage, without cracks and other visible defects. The optimum storage temperature is 0 degrees, with a humidity of about 90%. Slava cabbage is stored hanging, in wooden boxes, and also wrapped in paper (not newsprint!) or under a layer of sand.
