How to grow broccoli cabbage in the garden

How to grow broccoli in the garden? The question is very relevant. Many complain that they have failed to grow this unpretentious culture on their own for several years in a row. The cabbage blossoms, and only! And where are the heads of seeds promised by the manufacturer up to 1200 g? After all, the bag is written.

 How to grow broccoli in the garden

And here lies the whole secret. The weight indicated on the pack is the total weight of the entire crop per plant. On one bush can ripen at the same time up to 7 heads of the second stream. The weight of each is about 200 g. Simple arithmetic. Agree, few people want to buy seeds, on a bag which will indicate the true weight of each head separately.

Another secret is why flowers grow, not broccoli forks. Anyone who has ever seen such a cabbage, probably saw that it was unblown buds.And some already have single yellow flowers. This is especially noticeable on fresh heads in a supermarket or store. Here lies the trick. Absolutely all gardeners in the appearance of forks broccoli are in no hurry to cut them. They think that the inflorescences will still grow like cauliflower. That is, about a month.

But, the broccoli crop must be cut off on the second, maximum on the third day after the appearance of the forks. Because on the fourth day you will have a very unpleasant surprise. Namely - magnificently flowering cabbage. This is a misconception that prevents you from getting a good harvest of this fairly simple crop care.

It is better to remove the main head on the third day, and leave the plant itself on the garden bed. With proper care in the near future from the lateral sinuses appear inflorescences of the second order. As a rule, they are from 3 to 7 pieces. With the harvest of this harvest, too, do not delay. Because it blooms as fast. If the weather in your region allows, you can get a third harvest. Of course, it will be quite small, but the forks for tenderness and the content of useful substances are not inferior to inflorescences of the first and second collection.

Now that you know the two main secrets of growing broccoli in the garden, we can make out the agricultural techniques.

Seed preparation

There are recommendations to calibrate the seed balls before sowing. Well, there is some truth in these words. The same planting material will give even friendly shoots. Sprouts will not overtake each other and fight for food and sunlight. But, this method is applicable only when you have a large amount of planting material in stock.

Modern hybrid broccoli seeds are not sold by handfuls. In the best case in the pack will be 20 stuff. No doubt, the harvest from them will be many times better than from seedlings of an unknown producer. But to calibrate, and so a tiny handful is not at all necessary.

If you want, you can sow large and small seeds in different dishes. But the preparation should be the same:

  1. Look at the seeds. Colored - so do not need to soak. On production, they have already been treated with special preparations. Gray brown? So boldly soaked.
  2. Make 200 ml of hot (not higher than + 46 ° C) maroon potassium chloride solution, then pour planting material with it.After 18-20 minutes, the solution is drained. Seeds should not be washed.
  3. For 100 g of warm water add 1 drop of epine or zircon. These adaptogens at times strengthen their own vitality seeds.
  4. Planting material is filled with the obtained liquid and left for 6-7 hours. Then throw the seeds on a strainer. By the way, some water can be used for watering indoor flowers, they will like it.

All prepress finished. You can sow broccoli.

Sowing on seedlings

By the time of landing in open ground broccoli seedlings should be at least 29 days from germination. By the way, they appear literally at 4-5 days after sowing. Therefore, to choose where to sow, it is necessary based on the climate of your region.

 Sowing broccoli seedlings

That is, more northern areas will plant broccoli in plates on the windowsill, the average breadth of residence allows you to sow in a greenhouse or greenhouse, and the southern regions can safely attach seeds in open ground under a temporary shelter with a nonwoven material or a thick film.

An important feature of broccoli is that it is absolutely not afraid of frost down to -6 ° C. And it is at any age.This is what is calculated when choosing the time of sowing and subsequent planting.

The process itself is quite simple. Seeds are buried in the soil no more than 2 cm. It is important to leave a decent distance between them, because broccoli do not dive. And landing in open ground occurs when the plants have 2 pairs of true leaves.

It is very convenient to make wells for sowing with the reverse side of a cardboard cell from under the eggs. Depth and distance are ideal. Simply put the cell on the surface of the soil and gently press it. It turns out the same pits, which pour a little clean water and put one seed. Above all this good sprinkled with loose wet earth. Then cover with foil.

When the first shoots appear, you can immediately begin to slowly harden the plants. They are well tolerated by airing and slightly cool air. Just do not overdo it! Black leg loves broccoli.

In order to avoid such a nuisance, it is necessary to disinfect the earth. For example, when planting a house in a bowl, keep the soil in the freezer for at least 3 days. Or heat in the oven for half an hour at a temperature of + 100-105 ° С.

When planting in a greenhouse or open ground under the film, the soil must first be shed very hot (+ 85-90 ° C) with a strong solution of potassium permanganate. Broccoli can be sown after 12 hours after processing.

Council Disinfect the soil in advance. At least a week before sowing. Then spill it with phytosporin solution (half a spoon for 3 liters of pure water). This will colonize the soil with beneficial microorganisms. Cabbage just like this attitude.

Landing in the ground

A bed for broccoli is better to cook in the fall. In the spring it may not be enough time, and there is a lot of work there anyway. When podzimnii digging make well-rotted manure or oily matured compost. It will take a fairly large amount, as the cabbage loves to eat. In the fall, any mineral complex fertilizer with a high content of phosphorus, potassium and nitrogen is applied.

 Broccoli landing in the ground

Naturally, weed bed. In the spring, as soon as the snow melts, you need to land the ground. And a week before the landing, add mineral fertilizer containing molybdenum. Broccoli, like all types of cabbage, breathes unevenly to this element.She is directly bursting with health and is growing very actively in the presence of this comrade.

The very process of planting cabbage is simple to ugliness. Make the holes an improvised tool. At the bottom of each throw a tablespoon of ash, mix well. Then, 700-900 ml of water are poured, and a plant is planted directly into the resulting slush. Strongly deep is not necessary. It will be enough to prikopat cabbage to the first true leaves. At the same time it is very important that there is no growing point underground.

Now you can sprinkle the hole around the broccoli with peat or dry loose soil. If the weather is very hot, then the first days cabbage should be shaved with a light cloth or thin non-woven material. Then it will be possible to remove the shelter when it becomes clear that the seedlings have taken root and have gone to growth.

By the way, during planting, carefully examine the root system of cabbage. It should be powerful and fibrous. If you see a skinny rod appear, you can not plant such a sprout. It is unlikely that it will turn out to be something worthwhile.

They also pay attention to possible thickening at the base of the stem or on the roots. As a rule, these bumps are the first sign of a keel.Such a seedling must be taken out of the limit of the site and burned. And the soil from seedlings will have to be thrown away. Kiel spores can be in the ground for up to 15 years.

Broccoli care

It is very easy to care for this cabbage. It does not require special conditions of detention. Regular weeding, loosening the soil - this is all according to standard rules.

Watering is carried out as needed. How to determine this measure? Very simple. Dry topsoil to a depth of 4.5-5 cm? So it's time to give broccoli a drink. At the same time, watering should be abundant. Better once a week to soak the earth to a depth of 17-19 cm, than every day to scour from the watering can on top.

By the way, broccoli is very indulgent of some lack of moisture during growth. But this does not mean that it can do without water at all. But during the growth of forks the plants need to be watered very abundantly and often. It's good that this is for a short time, otherwise you won't get enough water.

But fertilize broccoli will have to constantly. Especially if you wondered about getting three streams of inflorescences per season. After all, plants need to take power from somewhere. Own supply of food is not infinite, you will not be full of water. Will have to use top dressing.

Depending on your capabilities and preferences, you can use both organic green fertilizer and mineral fertilizer. They are made about once every 9-11 days, strictly the next day after the next watering. Be sure to follow this! Otherwise, when applying fertilizer to the dried up land, you can get a strong burn of the root system.

Then the crops have to forget. Broccoli will intensively increase the burned small feeding roots, instead of inflorescences. Therefore, strictly follow the dosage and method of application.

Council The use of molybdenum and phosphorus-potassium fertilizers within reasonable limits is a guarantee of the future excellent yield of elastic and dense heads.

Saving Broccoli

Not only people love to feast on delicate green buds. In natural conditions, some insects are also not against eating young leaves and forks of broccoli.

 Broccoli pests

Cruciflo flea. Not really favored adult plants, but young ones are attacking quite often. Periodic dressing with a mixture of ash, tobacco dust and black pepper helps.

If there is a little planting, then you can simply not remove the covering material until the harvest.By the way, such a measure will save cabbage from many lovers.

Slugs Also great hunters to young plants. To cope with them is simple. Rows sprinkled with coarse ash, dry, coarse sand or crushed eggshell. No matter how seductively enticing young broccoli shovels, slugs do not wish to crease a delicate tum.

If the landing area is large, then you can sprinkle it around the perimeter. At the same time, the width of the strip must be at least 30 cm. But then, you know, there are also brave souls among slugs.

Butterflies and caterpillars. By itself, broccoli does not have a distinct flavor. But the butterflies do not ignore the plants. Spit leaves is still cabbage. Therefore, insects are scared away like this:

  • Stick in the beds a few pegs or sticks.
  • Shreds of white fabric are tied to the tops.
  • Or cover all planting thin non-woven material.

If you miss the years, then soon wait for the appearance of caterpillars. To cope with them a white rag will not work. By the way, joint landing with marigolds also help poorly. But the infusion of stems, leaves or decoction of flowers works very well against caterpillars.

They really do not like the tart flavor.They quickly leave broccoli alone.

Bear and wire. These eternal enemies of all gardeners do not disdain the root system of cabbage. One sentence and you can not tell about all the methods of dealing with them. Look on the net, there are some decent tips that really work for 100%.

Broccoli disease

In the Russian climate there are no specific diseases that prefer broccoli. But, there is one misfortune that adores all kinds of cruciferous plants. And especially - cabbage. This is all known Kila.

Cure it is impossible. Affected plants should be urgently taken out of the site and burned. But to prevent its occurrence is quite capable of everyone:

  1. This is strict adherence to crop rotation. That is, it is impossible to plant crucifers one after another on one bed. And on the same place can be returned no earlier than 4 years.
  2. Tracking soil acidity and regular liming.

For the deoxidation of the soil, you can use fluff lime, dolomite flour or ordinary chalk. Agree, prevention is much easier than the sad burial of affected plants.

Some tips

  1. At air temperatures above + 22 ° C broccoli blooms faster. Do not overlook the harvest! And be sure to moisten the air around the landings. Heaving will prevent the formation of dense heads. Normal light sprinkling solves the problem.
  2. A decoction of leaves and stems of tomato copes well with most pests of broccoli. It turns out environmentally clean and without chemistry. Just do not overdo it! In high concentrations, such a liquid is poisonous.
  3. Nitrogen fertilizers are used only in the first 2 weeks after planting in open ground. This is necessary to increase the normal volume of green mass. After this point, do not add urea, otherwise the appearance of inflorescences is late, and they themselves will be loose and watery.

How to grow broccoli in the garden? It is not difficult at all. Simple care and a minimum of attention - that's all that requires this plant. But in return, you get a whole sea of ​​vitamins and nutrients.

Video: how to plant broccoli

(No rating yet)
We advise you to read
  •  Celery Root

    Celery Root - When to Clean and How to Store?

  •  Stalked celery

    Celery celery - when to clean and how to store?

  •  How to treat garlic before planting before winter

    How to treat garlic before planting before winter

  • How to prepare a bed for garlic

  • When to collect the fruits of the Japanese quince?

  •  How to feed strawberries in autumn

    The better to feed strawberries in autumn

  • How to plant garlic in the fall

  •  How to use peat seedlings

    How to use peat seedlings

  • ...



leave a comment

To send

 avatar

No comments yet! We are working to fix it!

No comments yet! We are working to fix it!

Diseases

Appearance

Pests