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Menzania cabbage is a high-yielding vegetable from Dutch breeders. The hybrid, unpretentious to growing conditions, deserves one of the places of honor among Russian varieties. Cabbage has minimal requirements for agricultural technology and high resistance to frost and drought, which is so lacking in other varieties.
Description of cabbage Menzania
Among the main characteristics of the Menzania variety, the following are distinguished:
Options | Description |
Ripening period | Medium (110-130 days) |
Technical ripeness | 105 days after disembarkation of seedlings |
Plant height | 30-40 cm |
Cabbage leaves | Have weak corrugation, almost flat, with thin veins |
Head density | Medium dense |
The form | Rounded, with flattened sides |
Outer leaf color | Gray-green with a waxy bloom |
Head of cabbage color in section | White, occasionally light green |
Fruit weight | 2-5 kg |
The size of the stump | Small, with firm inner flesh |
Cabbage flavor | Sweet, with a slight bitterness |
Application | Used for fresh cooking and canning |
The main disadvantage of the Menzania F1 variety is its short shelf life - 2 months. The reason is the low density of the head of cabbage. If the cabbage is provided with darkness, coolness, dryness, it will be possible to preserve the fruits for up to six months.
Advantages and disadvantages
Gardeners love hybrid because of its many advantages. The main ones are:
- Cabbage has a high taste, according to the scale it was assigned 4.5 out of 5 points. The taste is sweet with a slight bitterness that quickly passes after harvest.
- Universal purpose. Hybrid Menzania is used fresh and for fermentation. When stored for a long time, sauerkraut remains crispy and retains its beneficial properties.
- High yield rates: 48 tons per hectare. The weight of one head of cabbage varies from 2 to 4 kg. Less often, but it is possible to get vegetables weighing 8 kg.
- Hybrid Menzania is resistant to a number of specific diseases, frost and mild drought.
- At high humidity, the heads of cabbage do not crack.
- The presence of thin veins is appreciated by professional chefs.
Although the Menzania hybrid has more positive aspects, there are still disadvantages. The disadvantage is its low storage capacity, which adversely affects its transportability.
The arid regions are not involved in the cultivation of Menzania, as it will not be possible to achieve high yields without regular watering.
White cabbage yield Menzania F1
Cabbage harvest directly depends on growing conditions. From 1 hectare harvested from 40 to 48 tons, and 90% are heads of cabbage, which are of commercial importance. When compared with other varieties, these figures are an order of magnitude higher. So, for example, if compared with the Podarok cabbage variety, Menzania gives 8 tons more.
Planting and caring for Menzania cabbage
The Menzania hybrid is grown in seedlings. To prepare seedlings, seeds are disinfected in a solution of potassium permanganate (at the rate of 2 g per 5 l of water). Specially prepared soil is poured into small seedling boxes, consisting of garden soil and humus, taken in equal quantities.
Seeds are sown at a distance of 2 cm and watered thoroughly.4 cm is left between the grooves. Containers with cabbage seeds are covered with black film or placed in a dark place. The temperature of the content of future seedlings should be about 25 ° C.
After emergence, the box is placed in a warm and well-lit room. When the seedlings of the Menzania hybrid have reached the desired size and 4 true leaves have formed on it, they begin to plant in open ground.
Landing in open ground
Seedlings are transplanted in early April, when the spring frosts have passed. In different regions, the dates may be shifted to a later time, but it is necessary to plant before mid-May.
The best precursors for Menzania cabbage are legumes, pumpkin or nightshade vegetables. This fact must be taken into account when placing a cabbage patch.
In some regions where the warm season allows the plant to fully mature, Menzania cabbage is grown in a seedless way.
Water Menzania at least once a week
Watering and loosening
Pour warm water over the cabbage under the root. Young bushes are irrigated daily in the morning or evening hours, when there is no bright sun. As it grows, watering is reduced to once a week, but when the forks are tied, they are watered twice. Moisturizing is stopped one week before collection.
Each time after watering, the soil in the holes is loosened to a depth of 2 cm. Damage to the root system leads to a decrease in the growth of Menzania cabbage. Such actions make it possible to activate the circulation of oxygen in the soil. To minimize the oppression of young shoots, weeds are removed as they emerge.
Top dressing
Fertilization for the hybrid is carried out 4 times during the growing season:
- Two weeks after planting in open ground, Menzania cabbage is fed with minerals. The solution is prepared in 10 liters of water. Take 30 g of nitrate, 30 g of superphosphate, 20 g of potassium. For each plant, ½ cup is poured under the root, then the soil is loosened.
- After 7 days, the feeding procedure is repeated, but the amount of minerals is doubled.
- At the time of the yellowing of the foliage, Menzania cabbage is watered with organic matter: 0.5 kg of humus and 0.1 kg of peat are diluted in a bucket of water.
- Complex mineral fertilizers are applied 2-3 weeks before harvesting. Potassium (7 g), superphosphate (7 g) and urea (5 g) are diluted in a bucket of water. 1 liter is poured under each bush.
Diseases and pests
Immediately after planting the seedlings of the hybrid in open ground, it is attacked by a black flea and aphid. For the fight use "Oksikhom".
With a massive defeat of the Menzania hybrid by aphids and flea beetles, industrial insecticides are used. Processing is carried out at the beginning of the season so that the poison does not accumulate in the leaves. In addition to special preparations, it perfectly destroys pests, a folk remedy made from wood ash, laundry soap and water.
Caterpillars can appear on cabbage, which massively destroy the crop in a matter of days. To eliminate them, an infusion of tomato tops is effective, which is prepared during the day at the rate of 2 kg of tomato foliage per bucket of water. Spray over heads of cabbage.
Breeders claim that Menzania cabbage is resistant to diseases, but powdery mildew develops if agricultural technology is violated.
When sick bushes are identified, they are completely pulled out and destroyed, and the planting is treated with a 1% solution of Bordeaux liquid or a solution of copper sulfate. From store-bought fungicides use "Tiram" or "Planriz".
Cabbage is regularly examined for pests and diseases in order to process it with special means on time.
Application
The use of the Menzania hybrid is universal. The vegetable is used for preparing first courses, stewing, and frying.Eaten fresh, added to salads. The leafy pulp has no bitterness, it is juicy, crunchy and very healthy. In addition, Menzania is excellent in fermented, pickled and salted form.
Conclusion
Menzania cabbage is a mid-late hybrid. He has absorbed all the advantages that belong to this variety. Menzania is unpretentious to growing, resistant to diseases, cracking, all the advantages are rightfully appreciated. If the cabbage is provided with the best growing conditions, then the yield can be increased to 50 tons per hectare.
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