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Old doesn't mean bad. How many new varieties and hybrids of cabbage have been bred, and the Podarok variety still grows in gardens and farms. Such durability deserves respect, but not only. She speaks of the high consumer qualities of the Podarok cabbage. Its seeds are inexpensive, and the result is excellent.
Cabbage is a vegetable that is consumed almost daily. It is delicious fresh, pickled and pickled. You can cook a lot of dishes from it. This is due not only to the excellent taste of the vegetable, but also to its undoubted benefits for the human body.
The benefits of white cabbage
With a low calorie content - only 27 kcal per 100 g of product, this vegetable is rich in various vitamins, the most significant of which are vitamins C and K. This vegetable has a rich mineral composition: 20 macro and microelements, including potassium and calcium, which are so necessary for a person. iodine, selenium, zinc, molybdenum and cobalt. It contains a lot of dietary fiber that regulates the digestion process. It also contains carbohydrates (on average about 4%), thanks to which cabbage lends itself well to fermentation.
Very good for pickling cabbage varieties A gift described below.
Description and characteristics of the variety
White cabbage variety The gift was included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements back in 1961. It was obtained at the Gribovskaya Experimental Station, later renamed VNIISSOK, the leading breeding center of Russia, founded in 1920. Now it bears the name - Federal Scientific Center for Vegetable Growing. The Podarok variety was created for commercial production, but it also perfectly took root in personal subsidiary plots. Zoned Gift for all regions.
- In terms of ripening, the cabbage Gift belongs to the medium-late varieties and is ready for cutting in 4 or 4.5 months after full sprouting. If it was grown in seedlings, then the crop can be harvested already in late August - early September. The suitability of a head of cabbage for harvesting is easy to determine - if it has reached the size corresponding to the variety and is dense to the touch, it's time to cut the Gift.
- The plant of the Podarok variety is powerful, the rosette of slightly raised, greenish-gray leaves slightly corrugated along the edges can reach up to 1 m in diameter. The upper coverts and rosette leaves have a waxy coating. Cabbage Gift forms a head of cabbage weighing from 3 to 5 kg. It has a rounded slightly flattened shape. At full maturity, the head of cabbage is dense. The length of the outer and inner stumps is average, about 20 cm. In section, the head of the Podarok variety has a greenish-white color.
- When planted according to the scheme 60x60 cm, the yield of white cabbage of the Gift variety from 1 sq. m can reach 9 kg. The marketability of heads is 99%. The use of this variety of cabbage is universal. It can be stored and fermented equally well. Moreover, the shelf life of heads of cabbage in appropriate conditions can be up to 7 months. The best way to store the Gift heads is by hanging them in a cool basement by the stumps, heads down. Care must be taken that the heads of cabbage do not touch.
The sugar content of Podarok cabbage reaches 6, 2%, which makes it possible to obtain a high quality pickled product. - The Gift variety is resistant to the main diseases of cabbage and is not susceptible to cracking.
To get cabbage of the Gift variety as in the photo, you need to take proper care of it.
Conditions for growing cabbage
They consist of several components.
Choosing a landing site
Cabbage of the Podarok variety loves places illuminated by the sun all day long. Even light shading will affect the quality and quantity of the crop. For this plant, choosing the right predecessor is important. If planted after any cruciferous vegetables, it can get sick with keel. The best precursors for the Gift are cucumbers and legumes. After them, the soil is well enriched with nitrogen, which is what this crop needs.
The soil is chosen fertile with a high humus content. It should hold moisture well and have a neutral or slightly alkaline reaction. Acidic soils provoke keel disease. They need to be limed. They prepare beds for cabbage of the Gift variety in the fall, bringing in at least 2 buckets of organic matter per sq. meter. The soil is filled with potassium sulfate and superphosphate, 30 g each for the same area. 30 g of urea and a glass of ash are introduced before planting in the spring.
Growing seedlings
Sow cabbage seeds. Gift for seedlings should be 4-5 weeks before relocation to the ground. Approximately 5 days are set aside to wait for seedlings. Therefore, sowing is carried out approximately 45 days before planting in the ground. The timing in each region depends on the climatic conditions. Prepare the soil by mixing universal store soil, sand and sod soil in a 1: 1: 1 ratio. For 1 kg of soil, add art. a spoonful of ash.
Cabbage seeds Gift are kept in water heated to 50 degrees for about 20 minutes, be sure to rinse under the tap for 5 minutes. This is necessary so that the Podarok cabbage does not get sick with phomosis. Next, the seeds are soaked in a growth stimulator. You can use Epin, Zircon, Humate. Melt water will do as well. The seeds should swell for about 18 hours.
There are two ways of sowing cabbage seeds: with a pick or in separate containers. The first method is better - the root system of such plants is more developed. Sow to a depth of 1 cm, a row from a row - 4 cm, between the seeds there should be at least 2 cm.
Seedling care
The most illuminated place is chosen for the container with seedlings. If there is not enough light, additional illumination of the cabbage seedlings Gift with special lamps is organized.
The seedlings develop best at a temperature of 18 degrees, the newly emerged seedlings are kept at 12 degrees for about a week. Water in moderation. Excessive watering causes a dangerous disease - black leg. It will no longer be possible to save cabbage seedlings.
When a real leaf appears, the seedlings dive, pinching the central root, the sprouts are buried to the cotyledons. After picking, the seedlings are shaded from the sun's rays.
Top dressing of seedlings is carried out when 2 true leaves appear, combining it with watering. You can carry out foliar dressing by sprinkling the leaves with a fertilizer solution with microelements. Consumption - ½ st. spoons for 5 liters of water. Before planting cabbage seedlings, feeding is repeated.
The seedlings must be hardened: 1-2 weeks before planting, they take it out into the street, gradually increasing the residence time.
Disembarkation and further care
Cabbage is a cold-resistant crop. Its seedlings can be planted as early as late April or early May. Prepared holes are well watered with water so that dirt forms. The seedlings are deepened to the bottom leaf. Sprinkle dry soil around the hole to retain moisture. At first, the sprouts are covered with a non-woven covering material of low density, so that it takes root faster.
Some gardeners do not remove it until harvest. It allows water and air to pass through, so watering and feeding is carried out directly through it. Under such a shelter, the Gift cabbage grows faster and is inaccessible to pests.
As the culture grows, it is necessary to carry out two hilling with necessarily moist soil and three top dressing at a frequency of a month. At the first stage, plants need more nitrogen.The second top dressing is a complete complex fertilizer with microelements. In the latter, the amount of nitrogen should be reduced and the dose of potassium increased.
Watering is an important condition for obtaining full-bodied heads of cabbage. People say that this culture drinks a barrel of water during its growth. The soil around the plants should be constantly moist, so watering is carried out regularly, well soaking the root layer. Waters either in the morning or in the evening.
Before freezing, the heads of the Gift must be cut off. If they are intended for fermentation, a little frost will not harm them, but will only make them sweeter. Heads of cabbage intended for storage must not be frozen.
Plant a cabbage Gift. It gives an excellent harvest, will be stored for a long time, you can make a tasty and healthy fermentation from it.
