Summer residents and gardeners love late varietieswhite cabbage. They are well kept, do not require complex care, ideal for fermentation. Cabbage "Moscow later" was bred in the All-Union Research Institute of Selection using the method of family and individual selection from the Moscow variety "Pyshkinskaya". Zoned variety in 1943.
This crop belongs to late-ripening varieties.It has a high yield, excellent presentation and a pleasant taste. It is these characteristics that made this variety a priority for gardeners in the Moscow Region and central Russia.
This variety is acid resistant, unpretentious to the soil and care. The plant has many advantages that make it popular for growing in garden plots.
Данный сорт имеет крупную листовую розетку.Its size reaches 110 cm. Rounded or oval-shaped leaves, wrinkled, gray-green. Have a weak wax coating. The edges of the leaves are smooth, slightly wavy, with long petioles. Veins rough and rare. Heads are very dense, large, juicy, flat-rounded or rounded. Their average weight is from 4 to 6 kilograms, but often reaches 15 kilograms.
In the context of cabbage "Moscow late" is painted in yellow-white color. The inner stump is of medium or short length, the outer one is high (about 30 cm).
The yield of the variety is more than ten.kilograms per square meter, or about nine hundred centners per hectare. Cabbage "Moscow late" - moisture-loving plant. Especially it needs abundant watering in early autumn.
It is characterized by resistance to pests and the defeat of the keel, cracking of heads.
Advantages of the variety
disadvantages
According to vegetable growers, the main disadvantage of the varietyis a high external stump, due to which large cob fall on its side. To avoid this, it is necessary to spud high cabbage or use supports.
Cabbage "Moscow late" grow twoways - from seedlings or sowing seeds into the ground. Today, one of the most popular late-ripening varieties is the Moscow Late cabbage. The characteristic of a grade allows to sow it since April tenth. The term of growing seedlings on average is about 35 days. In addition, this variety can be planted in the ground on the ridge (under the film coating) in the last decade of April.
Перед посевом семена капусты необходимо to prepare. The quality of the crop depends on it. Dry seeds should be placed in hot (+50 ° C) water for a quarter of an hour, then cold for one minute. After that, they must be immersed in a solution of trace elements for twelve hours. Then they are washed under running water and placed in a refrigerator for a day. After all the manipulations, the seeds are dried so that they do not stick to the hands, and are planted.
Growing seedlings "Moscow late" cabbage, you should fulfill the following requirements:
Cabbage "Moscow late" prefersopen areas with well-fertilized, fertile soil, slightly acidic or neutral. The distance between plants when planting should be at least 60 cm, and the row spacing should be at least 70 cm.
Care for cabbage of this variety is standard.It involves regular abundant watering and a single (per season) application of complex fertilizers. Good, quality seedlings are strong, have a strong root system and at least six leaves.
Seedlings are planted in open ground about a month and a half after sowing seeds.
Cabbage "Moscow late" loves moisture, butEspecially abundant watering she needed in dry periods. Watering is carried out in the evening, at the root. Before full ripening of the fruits they are reduced, so that the cabbages do not crack from excessive moisture.
The first time seedlings are fed after twentyone day after landing. The following are twelve and twenty-four days, respectively. It is recommended to use diluted bird droppings or slurry. The plant responds well to mulching with compost or humus.
Particular attention should be paid to weed control.by plants. Cabbage ridges must be regularly cleaned of them, and after rains and watering, shallow cultivation will be required, as well as the hilling of this vegetable crop.
Often during the growing season the plant is affectedcruciferous flea beetles, cabbage scoop, whitefish, cabbage fly, slugs, etc. The cruciferous flea infects young plants and shoots, cabbage fly, whiteberry and scoop are dangerous for adult plants. To protect against pests and diseases, modern insectofungicides are used. Many gardeners prefer to use time-tested folk methods, including dolomite flour, wood ash, infusions and decoctions of tomato tops, wormwood, onions, garlic.
According to experienced growers, this is one of the bestLate ripening varieties of white cabbage. That it is ideal for fermentation. In addition, gardeners believe that the Moscow Late cabbage variety is excellently stored for a long time (during the winter period), and the excellent taste and remarkable quality of these dense heads get only positive reviews and the highest ratings.
