What to do to make broccoli head out?

Broccoli cabbage is healthy and versatile. When growing it, many summer residents are faced with the fact that heads of cabbage are not tied. To get a crop, you should understand the reasons and conduct a series of preventive and therapeutic measures.

Causes

When caring for broccoli, gardeners often observe an unpleasant phenomenon - the plant goes into color, not having time to tie heads. Causes:

• poor soil quality;
• excess fertilizer (especially during the formation of the head of the ovary);
• ambient temperature above 25 degrees;
• lack of sun;
• late harvest;
• lack of food or watering.

The best fertilizer for broccoli is green tea and vermicompost.

Signs and Symptoms

It’s easy to understand that broccoli don’t tie full heads. There are 2 signs:

1. The head was tied, but instead of developing, it began to bloom profusely.
2. The head does not tie at all, cabbage grows in height.

In both cases, the result from growing broccoli is zero. Therefore, at the first signs, it is necessary to change the care and take measures for the treatment of plants.

What to do

If the main head has gone into color, do not rush and immediately remove the plant from the garden. In most cases, after removal of the central head, lateral ovaries begin to form. In this case, it is worth helping the plant and achieving a good harvest.

Folk ways

For the entire growth time of broccoli, it needs to be fed only 3 times. The first time - a week after planting seedlings in the garden, the second time - after 14 days, and the third - during the formation of the head of cabbage.

Cabbage responds positively to irrigation with fermented nettle infusion.

Feeding is also effective with brewer's yeast. This type of fertilizer is applied in the evening to well-warmed and previously moistened with water soil.

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Foliar top dressing for ovaries is prepared on the basis of boric acid. 1 teaspoon of powder is diluted with 1 liter of hot water. When the solution has cooled, add another 9 liters of cold water and spray the resulting composition with plants.

Chemicals

In order for the ovaries to form on time and not bloom, you can use purchased funds. Superphosphate and boron have proven themselves well. These substances can be poured on a teaspoon directly under the root.

For irrigation, a urea solution is also used (2 tablespoons per 10 liters of water).

Prevention

Broccoli requires careful and constant care. Basic rules for growing:

1. Observe the timing of landing. On the seed packaging must be indicated what kind of cabbage belongs to - for summer, autumn or spring planting. The optimum temperature is 15-19 degrees. Therefore, cabbage is planted in such a way that it has time to form before the establishment of hot weather (before the beginning of June) or closer to autumn (in this case, the formation of the head occurs in September). In the northern regions, it is permissible to grow varieties intended for summer planting.
2. The right neighborhood. Broccoli develops well next to cucumbers, peas, dill, beets and carrots. Unwanted neighbors - onions and watercress.
3. In a normal climate, plantings are watered every other day.If the summer is hot, watering is carried out daily in the evening.
4. Every year, the broccoli should be changed.

Advice

Experienced vegetable growers give the following recommendations:

• in September, when the nights are cold, the head of cabbage forms more slowly, but is larger;
• when the head reaches the size of a tennis ball, the leaves must be tied over it;
• planting cabbage must be protected from direct sunlight for the entire period of formation of heads of cabbage;
• it is necessary to cut the head in a timely manner (the average weight of the head for a particular variety is indicated on the seed packaging), usually the crop is harvested when the head of cabbage has reached a size of 10-25 cm, but has not yet bloomed;
• cut the head out with a sharp knife, after the next feeding, new ovaries will form on the sides of the main stem;
• heads cut off early in the morning or late in the evening are stored better and longer.

Reviews

Galina Nikolaevna

I want to share my way of growing broccoli. Three times during the growing season I water the plantings with nettle infusion. Once a week I sprinkle ash on a plant through a sieve and thoroughly loosen the soil. And also annually fertilize the beds with manure. These little tricks help to get a good harvest - broccoli does not grow, and heads of cabbage remain strong and do not bloom ahead of time.

Oleg

Through trial and error, I realized that it’s more convenient for me to use purchased drugs and fertilizers. Just sprinkled the powder on time and no need to mess around with manure, ash and other things. For broccoli I use superphosphate and boron.