Description of broccoli cabbage Tonus
Growing cabbage Broccoli Tonus is a simple process. The variety gives its first harvest within 2 months after planting, grows well in cold weather, is undemanding to care for and contains many useful vitamins.
Description of broccoli cabbage Tonus
Characteristic
Cabbage Broccoli Tonus looks like a cauliflower, because they have common genetic roots. This vegetable is loved not for the leaves, but for the inflorescences that grow on the stems. The color of the inflorescences is dark green. If it began to acquire a yellow color, flowers bloomed in it, after which the vegetable became unusable. The branches of the vegetable grow up to 60-90 cm in height.
According to the description, it is profitable to grow Broccoli Tonus, because it gives 2-3 harvests per season. Ripening takes place from summer to extreme cold. The first crop is harvested 2-3 months after planting. The vegetable has an excellent taste, a large number of dishes are prepared from it.
Beneficial features
The variety Broccoli Tonus is good for the human body. It is recommended to be included in the diet every day.
- The vegetable has a choleretic effect, prevents bile stagnation and normalizes the digestive process, helps the intestines work properly and has a slight laxative effect.
- Potassium and magnesium help the work of the heart and blood vessels, restore the rhythm and improve the general condition of a person. The vegetable prevents heart attacks and strokes.
- The product is useful for gout, as well as for people who are on a diet.
Cabbage puree Broccoli Tonus is ideal for the first feeding of an infant.
Growing
For an early harvest, seeds of the Tonus variety are planted on seedlings in early or mid-March. If the gardener wants to eat fresh vegetables in winter, the seeds should be sown in May or June. Planting seeds is carried out when the night frosts have completely passed.
Soil preparation
The soil before planting broccoli of the Tonus variety is prepared:
- choose a site with slightly alkaline or neutral soil;
- choose the land where potatoes, carrots, legumes used to grow;
- at the time of the last digging of the soil, compost and mineral fertilizers are added in a proportion of 5 kg per 1 sq. m;
- add lime or nitrogen to the soil, provided that it is acidic.
The landing site is sunny.
Planting seedlings
When growing Broccoli Tonus, a number of rules are followed:
- when the seeds are planted for seedlings, they are waiting for the first shoots: when 3-4 leaves appear, seedlings grown from seeds are transplanted;
- when planting, they adhere to a distance of 45-50 cm between the bush, and between the rows - 35-40 cm each: this planting plan is the most optimal for the correct growth and development of the culture, the light will fall on the plant evenly;
- during planting, 5-7 g of mineral fertilizers are placed in each pit.;
- seedlings are planted in the ground and sprinkled with earth, pressing a little on it;
- at the end they are well watered: in the first weeks of growth, the bushes are often watered so that the ground is always moist; it accelerates growth and promotes development.
Care
Air temperature is important for plants
Growing and care in the open field is almost the same for all vegetables.Mandatory care conditions include fertilizing, watering and loosening the soil. It is important to control the air temperature, which should be between 15-25 ° C.
Watering
The frequency of watering after planting is once every 6-7 days. When the air temperature reaches 25 ° C or more, watering is carried out every 2-3 days.
Water is poured under the root, and spraying is carried out for the foliage. This should be done in the evening.
Top dressing
You need to feed the plant strictly according to the rules.
- For the first time, fertilizers begin to be applied 2 weeks after planting. To do this, make a solution based on a mullein in a proportion of 1 tbsp. 10 liters of water. If the soil is neutral, put 1 tsp in the solution. urea. This gives the yield.
- The next time, fertilizer is applied after 2-3 weeks with a solution of nitrate: 1 bucket of water for 2-3 tbsp. l. substances.
- With the onset of August, the amount of nitrogen fertilizers is reduced. Potassium phosphate fertilizers are applied in autumn. Top dressing is carried out 3 times. Add 40 g of phosphate fertilizers and 20 g of ammonium nitrate to a bucket of water. Also put 10 g of potassium sulfate in the solution.
- When the crop is harvested, for the winter, fertilizing for the side branches is repeated from 10 g of saltpeter, 20 g of phosphate, 30 g of potassium per 10 liters of water. Before wintering, ash is brought under the bush in the proportion of 1 tbsp. for 1 sq. m.
Diseases and pests
The Tonus broccoli cabbage is susceptible to a number of pests:
- aphids - the foliage is treated with soapy water;
- fly larvae are destroyed with Ambush;
- fleas - processing with infusion of tansy and celandine;
- whitefish and scoop - the chemical "Foksim" or "Ambusha";
- slugs and snails - tobacco and ground pepper, which are poured between the rows.
Diseases affecting the culture:
- Blackleg. To prevent, the plant is treated with a weak solution of potassium permanganate.
- Bel. It affects the stem and pedicel, looks like dark spots. For treatment, a diseased bush is completely cut out so that the disease does not attack healthy plantings. The rest of the vegetables are processed with copper sulfate.
- Powdery mildew. Formed on foliage in the form of a white bloom. For treatment and prevention, ash treatment is carried out. The procedure is repeated 3 times every week.
- White rot. It appears due to acidic soils. For prevention, nitrogen fertilizers are applied to the ground. The plant is treated with copper preparations.
- Mosaic. The diseased bush is removed and discarded, the rest are sprayed with industrial chemicals.
Conclusion
Cabbage Broccoli of the Tonus variety grows under the most unfavorable conditions and produces a harvest several times a year. The growing process is simple, so every gardener can handle it.