Basic steps for growing cabbage: soil preparation and digging holes, sowing methods, seedling management, cultivating and cultivating soil.
1. Prepare the soil and dig holes
Before planting cabbage, you need to choose flat, loose and breathable soil with good drainage, then level the soil, water it to keep it moist, and also Use a shovel to dig small holes at certain intervals in the soil. Note that the depth of the holes is seven to ten centimeters.
2. Sowing method
Spread cabbage seeds evenly on the soil, cover with a layer of fine soil, and lightly compact the soil with your hands to ensure that the plants will not lodging, and then water Keep the soil moist and pay attention to leaving a distance of 20 centimeters between rows and 15 centimeters between plants during sowing.
3. Seedling management
When the cabbage seedlings grow two to three true leaves, perform the first thinning, and remove the weak and overly dense seedlings to ensure the coriander seedlings. The spacing between rows should be more than one centimeter. Note that a thin nitrogen fertilizer solution should be applied to the plants once the thinning is completed.
4. Cultivating and cultivating the soil
In the process of maintaining cabbage, it is necessary to cultivate and weed two to three times in the early stage of plant growth. Especially after a long period of rain turns sunny, cultivating and preparing the land must be carried out in a timely manner. , to promote the growth of the root system. In addition, during the middle and later stages of the growth of cabbage, nitrogen-based fertilizers are regularly applied.
The growth process of cabbage
From sowing to harvesting, cabbage needs to go through four stages: germination stage, seedling stage, rosette stage and balling stage.
1. Germination period: It takes about 3-4 days for cabbage to germinate from seeds to seedlings. If the germination process is carried out in advance, the germination time will be shorter.
2. Seedling stage: Chinese cabbage grows from true leaves to the formation of the first leaf ring, and then the second leaf ring will grow over a period of time. It takes about 12-15 days for early-maturing varieties, and about 12-15 days for late-maturing varieties. It takes 17-18 days.
3. Rosette stage: The cabbage seedlings form a rosette from a group to two leaf rings. This period takes about 20-21 days for early-maturing varieties and about 27-28 days for late-maturing varieties.
4. Heading stage: The terminal leaves of cabbage will form leaf balls after growing for a period of time. Early-maturing varieties take about 25-30 days, and late-maturing varieties take about 50 days.