Description of broccoli Fortuna
Broccoli is a healthy product that contains many vitamins and minerals. The protein vegetable is boiled, stewed and fried. Fortuna broccoli cabbage is a popular variety for gardeners: it is easy to plant, and the culture itself is unpretentious to care for.
Description of broccoli Fortuna
Characteristics of the variety
Fortuna broccoli is a dietary product. It is well absorbed by the body and helps to restore metabolic processes.
Fortuna is a mid-season cabbage and is a delicacy for planting in open ground. The average ripening period for cabbage is 85 to 100 days (depending on weather conditions, watering and soil fertilization).
Description of the cabbage head:
- raised rosette of dark green leaves;
- round head;
- average density;
- the weight of one head of cabbage is 300-500 g.
With proper care, lateral heads appear, which quickly grow.
Benefits of the variety
A culture of any type and ripening period needs special care: it is a system of proper irrigation, fertilization, loosening of the soil and the introduction of additional mineral fertilizers.
Advantages of the variety:
- the content of calcium, magnesium, vitamins A and C, which can strengthen human immunity and improve the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract;
- frost resistance and resistance to sudden changes in temperature;
- disembarkation at the end of May, at the end of summer they harvest the entire crop.
Fresh produce grown in the garden strengthens the immune system and helps to improve the digestive system.
The variety is resistant to diseases, does not need additional care or transplanting from a greenhouse to an open ground.
How best to organize the landing
Cultivation of a crop is the basis of a harvest. Cultivation of broccoli is carried out in 2 ways: through seedlings and by the non-seedling method. The seeds are planted in several stages.
Growing broccoli in early spring is carried out as follows:
- The first sowing is planned for May, if the soil has not yet warmed up in April. Re-sowing is carried out after 2 weeks. It is best to plan the first planting in April, then by the summer all planting material will be planted.
- Seedlings are planted in open ground after 50-60 days. By this time, she has time to grow and get stronger. It is important to develop the root system: then the broccoli will quickly sprout and start growing outdoors.
- If the seedlings are not planted by the end of May, and it is already warm outside, the change is planted immediately in the garden. Before planting, dig a hole and check the condition of the soil: you can measure the temperature by eye or with a thermometer. Warmed soil is an important condition for the proper growth of cabbage.
Planting is recommended to be carried out in fertilized soil. Mineral complexes and manure (with compost) are introduced. The better the soil composition, the easier it is to grow broccoli, especially when planted from seed to open soil.
The first planting in April is carried out at home. Fertilized soil and a secluded warm place with constant lighting (at least 12 hours a day) are suitable for seeds.You don't need to have a large greenhouse to start broccoli seedlings.
Care rules
Good care increases yields
Productivity directly depends on proper care:
As soon as the first leaves are formed, the first feeding is carried out. This is nutrition, thanks to which the plant will be able to start up rapidly. For the first feeding, mineral complexes are used: they allow you to nourish all the leaves and rhizome of broccoli.
Loosening the soil provides the plant with moisture: the water will not stagnate, and the root part of the bush breathes. Loosening is especially important during the broccoli flowering period. Regular watering is needed constantly, from the first week of transplanting seedlings into open ground.
Growing recommendations
Cabbage Fortuna gets along well on any soil. Additional feeding of the plant saves from wilting and allows you to strengthen the root system: the more nutrition, the more harvest. Sandy soil is well fertilized with manure and nitrogen substances. It is useful to plant seedlings after one-year crops: it is better not to plant broccoli after root crops.
The average distance between seedlings should be at least 20 cm. This is the optimal distance for rapid growth of the head of cabbage and lateral heads. Fortune gets along well in areas without shade. It is better not to plant the crop in lowlands where water stagnates.
Before planting, the seeds are soaked as a preventive measure. If the head of cabbage is sick, it is better to remove it so as not to lose the entire crop.
Conclusion
The Fortuna variety is unpretentious, planted in open ground and quickly takes root in any soil.
After planting, broccoli needs care. For growing seedlings, Fortuna creates suitable conditions: they organize watering, fertilization, additional feeding.