Cauliflower - not quite ordinary gardenculture This is the rare case when not fruits, roots or even leaves are eaten, but unopened buds. They are fried, pickled, salted or consumed as one of the ingredients of winter vegetable salads.
Is it easy to grow a plant like colorcabbage? Growing and caring for this crop implies observance of certain rules: timely planting, temperature control, proper watering, and periodic fertilization. Cauliflower is a light-loving, heat-loving and moisture-loving plant, but with the right agricultural technology you can get an excellent harvest.
However, the following are often observed on the bedsthe phenomenon is not tied cauliflower, that is, the inflorescences are not formed, which are used in food. Or unopened buds appear, but they do not unite in a dense and dense inflorescence, but look loose and rare.
So, let's try to answer the question why notcauliflower tied. After all, if there is no ovary, there will be no harvest. At the same time, cauliflower is several times larger than the cabbage in protein, vitamin C and mineral salts, so this will be a very significant loss for our diet.
The first reason why color is not tiedcabbage is the wrong choice of variety. Certain hybrids and some zoned varieties are too sensitive to even insignificant fluctuations in temperature and humidity, and under stress conditions do not form the ovary.
Another reason why color is not tied.cabbage - this is an error when choosing the time of sowing. Despite the fact that this plant is quite thermophilic, ovaries are formed at a temperature not higher than + 18 ° C. Lower temperatures lead to slow development, but the inflorescences are larger. Therefore, seeds and seedlings need to be planted so that the formation of buds occurred before extreme heat (early varieties) or after it (late varieties).
Another typical reason why nottied cauliflower, is an irregular watering. This culture is moisture-loving, and especially a lot of liquid is required during the set-up period of the inflorescences and the formation of the leafy rosette.
Contrary to popular belief, nutritional deficienciessubstances on the bed does not prevent the formation of buds, but the head turns out loose and rare. The same can be observed in case of lack of moisture. But an excess of fertilizer harms much more seriously - green leaves that are not eaten grow, and as a result huge green bushes without heads are formed on the beds. One of the common mistakes when growing cauliflower is breaking off the lower rosette leaves. Although they are not used for food, they serve as a storage of nutrients for inflorescences. Therefore, the head begins to form only after the formation of 7-9 rosette covering leaves.
For a large, dense white inflorescenceafter the formation of the ovaries, it is recommended to slightly shade the head from direct sunlight. To do this, you can use any auxiliary materials, but the easiest way is to slightly break and tilt the upper rosette leaves, or simply tie them over the inflorescences.
