Many gardeners put on their favorite parts of many cabbage.However, not all at the end of the season brought to rejoice a good harvest.The most common reason is that not all amateur gardeners know how to water the cabbage.
need for this crop in the water depends on its age.In the formation of the fetus watering cabbage should be more intense than in the capacity of hardwood supply.It should not be planted in the lowlands it can happen glut of soil moisture that will harm cabbage, slow down its growth, there may be a variety of illnesses, and eventually the plant will die.After exposure of the roots of this culture more than eight hours in a very wet soil, they gradually begin to die.Excessive moisture before the harvest can result in cracking of heads, so a month before full maturity watered late varieties of cabbage should be discontinued.There are three methods of irrigation that every summer visitor can use on the site.Which one is right for you, take your pick.
considered the most common irrigation cabbage on a specially made furrow, but it has its drawbacks.It should not be used on sandy lands.Immediately after planting, this method of watering is better not to use, as the young and the weak roots of the plant will not reach to the water, so at this time it is better to pour the water in the root zone.
Watering cabbage irrigation can be used in any terrain and in any soil.The disadvantages of this method include the cost of electricity and the formation of a dense crust on the soil surface.On small plots of land can use the installation pulsating type.Among them under pressure with a hose supplied with water.Now there are models of these systems, which can adjust the radius capture water jet.
new and improved method of drip irrigation is considered, more drip irrigation.For each plant, water is supplied through the hoses.Its quantity is regulated by means of special devices - droppers.This method is extremely effective:
- possible to use it on all soils and reliefs;
- water moves point - Aisle remain dry, which allows for a variety of work;
- water flows only where it is needed.
there this method and the one drawback - the high cost of such a facility.
often begins gardeners ask the question: "How often to water the cabbage?"If the weather is hot and dry, it is recommended to water not less than eight days.If the soil contains a lot of sand, it needs more frequent watering.You will be able to determine that the plant is not enough moisture in the weak growth of green mass.This same feature can indicate a lack of nutrients.If cabbage leaves become pale, then it is not enough nitrogen.If the leaves and stalks appeared purple, not enough phosphorus, dry spots on the leaves and dry edging say a lack of potassium.To fertilize cabbage once all the nutrients you need to pour it with a weak solution of manure with superphosphate.
