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- Chinese cabbage - exotic vegetables in the home garden
- The right moment
- Proper location
- A little care
- A rich harvest
- Tips & Tricks
Chinese cabbage - exotic vegetables in the home garden
Everybody knows Chinese cabbage, mostly from Asian cuisine. However, growing Chinese cabbage in your own garden is not as common in this country as planting lettuce, tomatoes or herbs. The cultivation of Chinese cabbage is not difficult.
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Chinese cabbage is planted at the end of July, at the latest in early August, as an afterculture for early potatoes, early peas or strawberries.
One pulls the seedlings from seeds or buys them in preference.
Some commercially available varieties:
It is important that the cabbage not too early (he shoots otherwise in the flower) and not too late (the head can not develop otherwise) to replant.
Proper location
Chinese cabbage prefers wind-protected sunny or partially shaded location. Since he is a star collector, the previous digging of the bed with compost or manure is recommended. For a beneficial coexistence in the bed provide bush beans, peas, lettuce, spinach and carrots.
A little care
The rapid development of cabbage requires regular fertilizer application (about every 10-14 days). More important is the sufficient moisture retention of the soil to counteract the infestation of earth fleas that can damage the Chinese cabbage.
Against the cabbage white, which likes to lay its eggs on the underside of the young cabbages, regular control of the leaves and the spanning of bird protection nets over the plants helps.
The plants, which are suffering from cabbage hernia, wither and wither away. Here only helps a complete removal of the affected plants.
A rich harvest
Chinese cabbage can be left on the bed for a long time because it tolerates light frost. Once solid heads have formed, harvest from October to November in frost-free weather. Take the cabbage with its roots from the ground and beat it in the cellar in damp sand, where it holds into January. He stays fresh and crisp in the fridge for a few weeks.
Tips & Tricks
If you are planting Chinese cabbage in the garden, be aware that you have to leave the cabbage beds for 2 to 3 years before you can order them again with cabbage. If you are satisfied with 5-10 plants, then no crop rotation plan is necessary.