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Repeated sowing of kohlrabi can be carried out in the second half of the summer. Let's remember what features of this unusual cabbage should be known in order for it to delight us with the harvest of original cabbage stumps
Features of kohlrabi
There are many different unusual representatives in the large cabbage family. And kohlrabi is just one of these original cultures. Contrary to the more common in our garden tradition, this cabbage is not grown in order to get leaves, but in order to grow an interesting type of stem crop. And since this vegetable has very valuable characteristics in the middle lane - cold resistance and early maturity, not to mention high nutritional qualities, this may be of great interest to gardeners who cultivate their plots in cold regions and short summers.
Another valuable property is resistance to heat and drought. Nevertheless, among the intricacies of care is regular, moderate watering. The fact is that the stem grower must constantly increase in size. If you break the regime and let it stop growing, it will begin to crack.
Sowing turnip cabbage and planting seedlings
Kohlrabi can be grown both by sowing in open ground and through seedlings. For sowing seedlings, an open nursery is used. Sowing is carried out by the nesting method, 3-4 seeds per hole.
When the senses grow up, some of them can be transplanted to another place for growing. The bed is first watered, and then those that develop more slowly and worse are removed from the soil. They are also able to give a crop, but somewhat later than their stronger fellow tribesmen.
The seedlings are transferred to a permanent place when they have 5-6 leaves. This is an unpretentious plant, it grows on any type of soil. If your garden plot has poor soils, this can be corrected by adding humus. But it is better not to use fresh manure. You can also fill the garden with such fertilizers:
• ammonium nitrate;
• potassium sulfate;
• superphosphate.
Seedlings are planted at different distances depending on the characteristics of the variety. Holes for the early ones can be made at a distance of about 20 cm, for row spacings 60-70 cm are left. Mid-season and late ones need more space - from 25 to 30 cm in a row.
Caring for beds with kohlrabi
Kohlrabi care consists in loosening and watering. The roots of cabbage, when properly planted, are at the very surface. They can be lightly sprinkled with earth. But it is worth saving gardeners from the temptation to start hilling. From this, roots can begin to form on the stem, and it will noticeably coarse.
Watering also needs to be taken very carefully. The plant will not die from drought, but the taste characteristics will still be lost from this: the stem fruit becomes woody. Therefore, you need to adhere to the following scheme:
• at the initial stage of development for 1 sq. M. beds consume 10 liters of water;
• as the cabbage grows, this volume is increased to 60 liters.
You cannot visit kohlrabi only once a week. Standing on dry rations, with a single abundant watering, this is fraught with cracking of the stumps. It is better to water a little, but do it more often.
Loosening is started after a week and a half after planting seedlings in the beds. The next time this procedure is carried out after the gardener notices the presence of a soil crust.
You can feed the kohlrabi. To do this, apply:
• ammonium nitrate;
• potassium sulfate.
This is done twice a season, they use 0, 5 tables. spoons per 1 sq.
Harvest
Overexposing the vegetable in the beds is not worth it. You should familiarize yourself with the characteristics of the variety and start harvesting when it reaches its optimal size. Kohlrabi can grow even more, but from this it loses its taste: it coarsens, stiffens, and essential oils give a sharp taste and not everyone has a pleasant smell.
Kohlrabi is pulled from the beds by the root. The leaves are cut, leaving a stalk about 2 cm long. Although kohlrabi is grown to obtain a "turnip", the leaves are also used for food.
You can store the crop in the cellar, sprinkled with sand. Early varieties are best eaten first, they will retain their presentation for about 2 months after harvest. And the later ones are able to lie three times longer.
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