Dates of planting cabbage in 2019
Cabbage is one of the favorite vegetables for many people, thanks to the variety of its types - cauliflower, kohlrabi, Peking cabbage, etc. With it, you can prepare wonderful dishes, it contains different vitamins. You need to know when to plant cabbage in 2019 in order to get not only a large, but also a high-quality harvest.
Dates of planting cabbage in 2019
Lunar calendar
A good yield depends not only on the soil and care measures, but also on the days of planting. Many people choose planting dates based on the lunar calendar. In the full moon phase, it is recommended to carry out pest and disease control, as well as weeding. On the waning moon, fertilizing and watering are done, on the growing moon - loosening the soil and planting crops.
Auspicious days for planting cabbage for seedlings in 2019 include:
- February - from 8 to 11, 16, 17 and 26;
- March - from 10 to 13, 18, 19, 24 and 25;
- April - from 9 to 12, 17, 18, 23 and 24;
- May - from 9 to 13, 17, 18, 23 and 24;
- June - from 7 to 10, from 14 to 16, 21 and 22.
There are fewer bad days in 2019:
- February - 5, 12, 18, 19 and 27;
- March - 6 and 14, 21 and 22;
- April - 4 and 5, 13, 19 and 20;
- May - 5 and 19; 20 and 27;
- June - 3 and 11, 18 and 26.
Signs
There are several signs associated with cabbage:
- you can not sow it on Wednesday and Friday;
- on Thursday, seedlings are not planted in the ground;
- if spring comes early, cruciferous plants are planted in Lent (about the fourth week);
- in late spring, sowing is carried out at the end of Holy Week;
- daffodils blossomed, willow buds appeared - it's time to plant cabbage;
- almond tree blooms - you can sow seeds;
- the irises have blossomed - it's time to plant the Brussels variety.
Depending on the variety
When choosing a variety, you need to decide for what purposes the culture will be used: if for fresh consumption, early species are suitable, for quick pickling - medium ripening times, and for harvesting and pickling for the winter period - late species.
Plants should be between 30 and 50 days old at the time of planting. It depends on both the species and the variety. The plant is ready when it has 4-6 true leaves.
The growing season of cabbage is:
- early varieties - from 75 to 120 days, sowing of seeds occurs before March 28;
- medium - from 120 to 130 days, can be sown from the end of March to the end of April;
- late - from 130 to 180, the seed is laid in the ground in April.
The white-headed one is planted early on seedlings: the plant is cold-resistant and can withstand frosts from minus 3 to minus 5 ° C. The same applies to other species such as kohlrabi, red cabbage, savoy, broccoli and Brussels sprouts.
The colored variety is a more thermophilic crop, therefore, the time for planting the seed must be postponed by 2 weeks. The growing season for the Beijing culture is short, so sowing should be carried out even later.
The seed bags contain the date of planting and the approximate harvest time. Usually this period falls on the last decade of March or the first decade of April.
From the moment of sowing to the emergence of shoots, it can take up to 10 days, and from the formation of the first leaves to transplanting into the ground - from 35 to 50 days. It is necessary to plant seeds 40-60 days before the plant is transplanted.
Depending on the region
We plant seedlings in warm ground
Depending on the region, the timing of sowing seeds varies. In the southern part of the country, sowing can be started already from mid-February; the crop will need to be transplanted into the beds at the beginning of the second month of spring.
In the Moscow region, this procedure occurs at the beginning of March and continues until the beginning of the next month, and the plant will fall into the ground from mid-April to early May.
In the Leningrad Region, a week is added to the dates near Moscow. Seeds fall into the ground by the second decade of March, and planting occurs in late April or early May.
In both Siberia and the Urals, the seed is laid in the soil in the second decade of March, and the transplant is performed at the end of the next month and until the beginning of May.
Seedling growing rules
The crop yield depends on the quality of the seed. The ideal option would be to prepare the soil in the fall, but you can do this in the spring: for this they take one part of humus and sod land, a little ash. The latter will serve as an antiseptic and protect the cabbage from the black leg.
Before sowing, the seeds must be treated with a weak solution of potassium permanganate, and then soaked in melt or rain water for 19 hours (the water must be changed every 4 hours).
Julia Minyaeva proposes a way of fast stratification. For this, a coconut substrate is poured into a small container, it is well watered with water and the seeds are laid out for germination. Then the container is placed in the refrigerator for 20 minutes, taken out and sprayed with warm water.
After that, you need to cover the material with a lid and leave it in a sunny place for pecking. Next, the seeds are laid out in containers with nutrient soil.
Soil preparation and sowing
In the soil prepared for planting, make grooves, the distance between which should be 4 cm. It is better to plant the seeds at a depth of 1 cm at a distance of 2 cm from each other. Then sprinkle them with soil and spray with water.
After planting, it is better to cover the contents with foil and leave in a bright place at a temperature of 20 ° C. Moisten the soil constantly, preventing it from drying out. Before the appearance of the first leaves, the air temperature should be 18-20 ° C, after a week - 8-10 ° C, then again raise the temperature to 17 ° C during the day, 10 ° C at night.
Care
A pick will help strengthen the root system. It is better to initially sow seeds in separate containers, so that in the future it will be more convenient to transplant seedlings, this helps to less injure the seedlings. The first feeding is performed 7-9 days after the pick, 2 weeks later - the second. The third - a couple of days before landing in open ground.
Although the culture is moisture-loving, neither waterlogging nor drying out of the soil should be allowed. The plant is afraid of drafts, so ventilate the room with care. It is also better not to use cold water.
If you overdo it with watering and the culture was affected by either a black leg or root rot, you need to take care of saving the plants. With a black leg, it is necessary to sprinkle the seedlings with ash and loosen the soil a little.
"Trichodermin" and "Rizoplan" are used both for root rot and for black leg. Environmentally friendly preparations create protection around the plant against pathogens, affect the saturation of the culture with iron. The cruciferous flea is afraid of treatment with "Intavir".
Dates for transplanting into open ground and greenhouse
The older the culture, the worse it takes root in the ground. Early varieties are planted in the beds from the end of April to the first decade of May. Late varieties are placed in open ground from late May to early June. Consider the landing region and air temperature. Auspicious days for transplanting cabbage seedlings in 2019 include:
- April - from 6 to 9, from 15 to 17, from 24 to 26;
- May - from 8 to 10, 15, 18, from 21 to 23 and 30;
- June - from 4 to 6, 13, from 27 to 29;
- July - 2.3 from 8 to 10, from 29 to 31.
Seedlings can be planted in the greenhouse as early as March 29.
Cabbage is a popular but picky plant. The yield of the crop depends on the literacy of the approach to its cultivation.