Vegetables

Everyone who has been cultivating horticultural crops for a long time on their site knows that a good result depends on the use of high-quality planting material. This also applies to cabbage - one of the most demanded vegetables in our dachas and vegetable gardens. Of course, cabbage seedlings can be easily purchased in specialized stores in any assortment. But experienced gardeners do not always trust the novelties of agricultural technology, knowing about the difficulties in growing seedlings. If you want to be confident in the quality of the planting material, then you need to know how to properly grow cabbage seedlings, which will yield a harvest of strong, healthy plants.

Cabbage belongs to the cruciferous family and has about 100 varieties. Interest in cabbage as an ornamental plant was first noted in Japan at the end of the last century. A common vegetable used to feed livestock has captured the attention of breeders with its vibrant colors. Varieties were created with green marginal and white, pink, purple leaves in the center of the rosette. Unusual forms appeared in the form of a rose, funny combs or delicate lace with corrugated, curly, dissected leaves. Spectacular ornamental cabbage is now widely used not only in landscape design to decorate flower gardens, alpine hills, but also in floristry to create original vegetable bouquets.

White cabbage is a common and favorite vegetable in our country. This culture can often be found in personal plots, as the plant is unpretentious, frost-resistant, with a powerful root system, although it loves humid air and long daylight hours. Early, medium and late varieties are distinguished by early maturity. We offer you to get acquainted with the varieties of early white cabbage and the peculiarities of its cultivation in various climatic zones of Russia.

Tomatoes are one of the most favorite vegetable crops. It is grown through seedlings. To get strong, well-developed plants and a large harvest of "golden apples" (as the word tomato is translated from Italian), you should know about the meaning and rules of picking seedlings.

Polycarbonate greenhouses are not just a tribute to fashion: they really made a small revolution in gardening. They are reliable, durable, but when using them, one must also remember that an almost sealed structure requires systematic ventilation. Nevertheless, in the cultivation of many vegetables and, in particular, cucumbers in unfavorable climatic conditions, these greenhouses provide invaluable assistance.