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Old doesn’t mean bad. How many new varieties and hybrids of cabbage have been bred, and the Gift variety is still growing in gardens and farms. Such durability deserves respect, but not only. She speaks about the high consumer qualities of cabbage variety Podarok. Its seeds are inexpensive, and the result is excellent.
Cabbage is a vegetable that is consumed almost daily. It is delicious fresh, pickled and pickled. You can cook a lot of dishes from it. This is due not only to the excellent taste of the vegetable, but also to its undoubted benefits for the human body.
Benefits of white cabbage
With a low calorie content – only 27 kcal per 100 g of product, this vegetable is rich in a variety of vitamins, the most significant of which are vitamins C and K. This vegetable has a rich mineral composition: 20 macro and microelements, including potassium, calcium, iodine, selenium, zinc, molybdenum and cobalt. It contains a lot of dietary fiber, which regulates the process of digestion. It also contains carbohydrates (about 4% on average), thanks to which cabbage lends itself well to sauerkraut.
Cabbage of the Gift variety is very good for salting, the description of which is presented below.
Description and characteristics of the variety
The variety of white cabbage Podarok was included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements back in 1961. It was obtained at the Gribov Experimental Station, later renamed VNIISSOK, the leading breeding center in Our Country, founded in 1920. Now it is called the Federal Scientific Center for Vegetable Growing. Variety Gift was created for commercial production, but it also took root well in personal subsidiary plots. Zoned Gift for all regions.
- In terms of ripening, cabbage Gift belongs to medium-late varieties and is ready for cutting 4 or 4,5 months after full germination. If it was grown in seedlings, then the harvest can be harvested in late August – early September. It is easy to determine the suitability of a head of cabbage for harvesting – if it has reached the size corresponding to the variety and is dense to the touch, it is time to cut the gift.
- The plant of the Gift variety is powerful, the rosette of slightly raised, greenish-gray leaves slightly corrugated along the edges can reach up to 1 m in diameter. The upper covering and rosette leaves have a waxy coating. Cabbage Gift forms a head of cabbage weighing from 3 to 5 kg. It has a rounded slightly flattened shape. In full maturity, the head of cabbage is dense. The length of the outer and inner stumps is average, about 20 cm. In the section, the head of the Gift variety has a greenish-white color.
- When planting according to the scheme 60×60 cm, the yield of white cabbage of the Gift variety from 1 sq. m can reach 9 kg. Marketability of heads of cabbage is 99%. The use of this variety of cabbage is universal. It is equally well stored and fermented. Moreover, the shelf life of heads of cabbage in appropriate conditions can reach 7 months. The best way to store the heads of the Gift is hanging in a cool basement by the stumps, heads down. You need to make sure that the heads do not touch.
The content of sugars in cabbage of the Gift variety reaches 6%, which makes it possible to obtain a high-quality fermented product.
- Variety Gift is resistant to major diseases of cabbage and is not subject to cracking.
To get cabbage varieties Gift as in the photo, you need to properly care for it.
Conditions for growing cabbage
They are made up of several components.
Choosing a landing place
Gift variety cabbage loves places lit by the sun throughout the day. Even weak shading will affect the quality and quantity of the crop. For this plant, choosing the right predecessor is important. Planted after any cruciferous vegetables, it can get sick with clubroot. The best precursors for the Gift are cucumbers and legumes. After them, the soil is well enriched with nitrogen, which is what is needed for this crop.
The soil is chosen fertile with a high content of humus. It should hold moisture well and have a neutral or slightly alkaline reaction. Acidic soils provoke clubroot disease. They need to be notified. Beds are being prepared for cabbage of the Gift variety since autumn, introducing at least 2 buckets of organic matter per square meter. meter. The soil is filled with potassium sulfate and superphosphate, 30 g each for the same area. 30 g of urea and a glass of ash are applied before planting in the spring.
Growing seedlings
You need to sow cabbage seeds A gift for seedlings 4-5 weeks before moving to the ground. Approximately 5 days are allotted for waiting for shoots. Therefore, sowing is carried out approximately 45 days before planting in the ground. Dates in each region depend on climatic conditions. Prepare the soil by mixing universal store soil, sand and soddy soil in a 1: 1: 1 ratio. For 1 kg of soil add Art. a spoonful of ash
Cabbage seeds Gift are kept in water heated to 50 degrees for about 20 minutes, they must be washed under a tap for 5 minutes. This is necessary so that the cabbage Gift does not get sick with phomosis. Next, the seeds are soaked in a growth stimulator. You can use Epin, Zircon, Humat. Melt water will do. Seeds should swell for about 18 hours.
There are two ways to sow cabbage seeds: with a pick or in separate containers. The first method is better – the root system of such plants is more developed. Sow to a depth of 1 cm, row by row – 4 cm, between the seeds there should be at least 2 cm.
Care of seedlings
Choose the most illuminated place for the container with seedlings. If there is not enough light, they organize additional illumination of seedlings of cabbage Gift with special lamps.
Best of all, seedlings develop at a temperature of 18 degrees, the newly emerging seedlings are kept at 12 degrees for about a week. Water moderately. Excessive watering causes a dangerous disease – a black leg. It will not be possible to save seedlings of cabbage.
When a real leaf appears, the seedlings dive, pinching the central root, the sprouts are deepened to the cotyledons. After picking, seedlings are shaded from sunlight.
Feeding seedlings is carried out when 2 true leaves appear, combining it with watering. You can carry out foliar feeding by spraying the leaves with a solution of fertilizer with trace elements. Consumption – ½ tbsp. spoons for 5 liters of water. Before planting cabbage seedlings, top dressing is repeated.
Be sure to harden the seedlings: 1-2 weeks before planting, they take it out into the street, gradually increasing the residence time.
Disembarkation and further care
Cabbage is a cold-resistant crop. Her seedlings can be planted as early as late April or early May. Prepared wells are well watered to form dirt. Deepen the seedlings to the bottom sheet. Dry soil is sprinkled around the hole to retain moisture. At first, the sprouts are covered with a non-woven covering material of low density so that it takes root faster.
Some gardeners do not remove it until harvest. It passes water and air, so watering and fertilizing is carried out directly through it. Under such a shelter, cabbage Gift grows faster and is inaccessible to pests.
As the culture grows, it is necessary to carry out two hillings with necessarily moist soil and three top dressings at intervals of a month. At the first stage, plants need more nitrogen. The second top dressing is a full complex fertilizer with trace elements. In the latter, you should reduce the amount of nitrogen and increase the dose of potassium.
Watering is an important condition for obtaining full-bodied heads of cabbage. People say that during the growth period, this culture drinks a barrel of water. The soil around the plants should be constantly moist, so watering is carried out regularly, well wetting the root layer. Water either in the morning or in the evening.
Before frosts, the heads of the Gift must be cut. If they are intended for fermentation, a slight frost will not harm them, but will only make them sweeter. Heads intended for storage should not be frozen.
Plant cabbage Gift. It gives an excellent harvest, will be stored for a long time, you can make tasty and healthy pickling from it.