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Cabbage is one of the most common vegetables. In Russia (and among all Slavs) this plant takes pride of place on the table. Cabbage is a storehouse of vitamins, minerals and trace elements. At the same time, the calorie content of the product is absolutely negligible, so it is rightfully considered dietary. It is possible to prepare a huge number of incredibly tasty and healthy dishes from cabbage. The topic of today’s material is “Slava” cabbage, the specifics of the variety and the features of cultivation.
Description of the variety
“Slava” is a white cabbage that belongs to the mid-season category. The variety has 2 varieties: Gribovskaya and 1305. The description of the white cabbage variety “Slava” is as follows. The vegetable has wonderful taste. This variety is especially good for fermentation. The fork has a round shape, slightly flattened at the top. The diameter of the fork is approximately 25 cm, weight – 2.0-4.4 kg. The flesh is light in color, the upper leaves are light green.
The positive characteristics of the variety are as follows:
- the “Slava” variety is unpretentious in care (despite all the cabbage’s “love” for water, the variety tolerates a lack of moisture quite well);
- plant resistance to low temperatures;
- excellent taste fresh, fermented and after heat treatment;
- high yield rates (up to 12 kg of cabbage are harvested from 1 square meter);
- short growing season (only 110 days from planting to technical ripeness and formation of an adult plant);
- the vegetable tolerates transportation well;
- attractive appearance.
The cabbage variety “Slava” is not without some disadvantages:
- plant susceptibility to cabbage clubroot;
- poor keeping quality (heads of cabbage are stored until January);
- improper watering (frequent, with a small amount of water) leads to cracking of the heads of cabbage.
Growing
Most often, Slava cabbage is grown in seedlings. When purchasing seeds, pay attention to whether pre-sowing treatment has been carried out. This information is indicated on the seed packet. If not, then you need to prepare the seeds yourself before sowing the cabbage. The essence of the preparation is to keep the seeds for half a day in a nutrient solution (water - 1 liter, potassium humate - 1 g). After this, the seeds are washed and hardened during the day at a temperature of 1-2 degrees. Now they can be sown. Growing seedlings is done using this method.
Seeds of the “Slava” variety intended for seedlings are sown in a greenhouse or directly on a bed under polyethylene. Sowing time is April. The best temperature for planting seeds varies between 13 and 17 degrees. Seeds are planted in one and a half centimeter furrows, maintaining an interval between rows of 70 mm. After the formation of the first leaf, the seedlings are thinned so that the distance between the two plants is 5 cm. The soil should not be allowed to dry out. As the soil dries, the seedlings need to be watered. For normal development, one sprout needs an area of 25-26 m2.
For one “square” of site you will need the following composition:
- superphosphate – 5 g;
- ammonium nitrate – 4 g;
- potassium chloride – 2 g.
The dry mixture is evenly distributed between the rows, and then the plants are watered abundantly. After 7 days, the same feeding of cabbage seedlings follows.
Plants that grow up to 15 cm with 5-6 leaves can be planted in open soil. 2-3 hours before planting the seedlings, water the bed. Choose a well-lit area for the garden bed. Planting is carried out according to the 60 x 60 cm pattern.
Closer to autumn, the bed intended for “Slava” cabbage needs to be fertilized with humus or manure. Per square meter of land there are 10 liters of liquid organic matter and two cups of ash. The variety grows well in slightly acidic soils.
In the southern regions, it is practiced to grow Slava cabbage by directly sowing the plants in the soil (sow the cabbage to a depth of 2 cm). The first thinning is carried out after the appearance of the third leaf. With the appearance of the 6th leaf, another thinning is done so that the distance between adjacent shoots is 0.6 m.
Care
It is necessary to ensure that spring frosts do not harm the plants. If the weather forecast indicates the possibility of frost, you need to water the plants, since wet soil retains heat well. It is useful to cover the plants with polyethylene, but so that the film does not touch the seedlings.
“Slava 1305” cabbage needs to be watered infrequently, but abundantly, at the rate of 20 liters of water per square meter of plot. The number of waterings is no more than 8 during the entire growing season. If you water more frequently, the forks will crack. Two weeks before harvesting cabbage watering is stopped.
After watering, the Slava cabbage is hilled up. By doing this you achieve several goals: you weed out weeds, improve the oxygen supply to the roots.
Diseases, pests and their control
The information provided will allow you to successfully combat various diseases and pests of the Slava cabbage variety. The general principle of plant treatment is this: it is easier to prevent any disease than to save already diseased plants.
Cabbage clubroot
This is a fungal disease. Thickenings form on the roots of cabbage (photo). In advanced cases, the root system rots. Plants develop poorly or even die. Prevention of cabbage clubroot is as follows:
- careful removal of weeds, as they are often carriers of infection;
- cleaning the area after the harvest is harvested. Plant remains should not be left. They are removed and burned;
- before sowing – adding lime to the soil (0.5 kg/m2);
- treating the soil several weeks before planting with a formaldehyde solution (0.25 liters of formaldehyde per 10 liter bucket of water);
- compliance with crop rotation. It is unacceptable to grow cabbage in the same place as in the previous year.
If diseased plants are found on the site, they must be destroyed.
Blackleg
Like cabbage clubroot, this disease is fungal in nature. The root part of the plant's stem turns black and thins (photo). As a result, the plant dies. Prevention of blackleg is as follows:
- do not allow plants to thicken or water too much;
- Before planting seedlings in the ground, spill it with a solution of potassium permanganate 1.5 g/5 l of water per 1 “square”.
If diseased plants are discovered, they should be dug up and destroyed immediately.Helps prevent the spread of infection Trichodermin (100 g of the drug per 5 liters of water) or Previkur (1.5 g/1 liter of water).
Downy mildew
The disease manifests itself as yellow spots on plant leaves. A whitish coating appears on the bottom of cabbage leaves. Keeping the seeds in warm (50 degrees) water for half an hour before planting helps prevent the disease. The following remedies also help fight the disease:
- spraying cabbage with a solution of copper sulfate;
- pollination of plants with crushed sulfur three times during the growing season.
If signs of downy mildew appear, infected plants should be removed.
Cabbage aphid
The leaves of plants affected by aphids become colorless and curl.
Parsley and dill are attractive to ladybugs, whose larvae quickly deal with the pest.
Cabbage moth
Insect larvae eat cabbage inside and out. Prevention is timely weeding of the crop, as well as the use of covering materials for plants (spunbond, lutrasil), which protect well from insect pests.
Harvesting
The white cabbage “Slava 1305” is harvested towards the end of July. Medium-sized cabbages without cracks or other visible defects are suitable for storage. The optimal storage temperature is 0 degrees, with a humidity of about 90%. Slava cabbage is stored hanging, in wooden boxes, or wrapped in paper (not newspaper!) or under a layer of sand.
