Growing broccoli in the Moscow region and caring for cabbage

Do you like cabbage? The usual white or red-headed relative of her? Or maybe colored or Beijing, kohlrabi, broccoli, Brussels or Savoy? All this variety of varieties of cabbage can be purchased in supermarkets and markets.

But if you want to guaranteedly get vegetables without “chemistry”, then such a variety of cabbage as broccoli: cultivation and care in the Moscow region is quite real and quite successful even for beginner gardeners and summer residents without much experience growing cabbage and its relatives. Read about broccoli planting dates for seedlings.

Broccoli: useful properties

Nutritionists around the world recommend broccoli to those who are struggling with excess weight or just trying to maintain a stable body weight due to the fact that in this variety of cabbage there is not a large amount of fiber, but there is a protein similar to an animal.

Broccoli is recommended as a valuable dietary product for stomach problems and even peptic ulcer of this organ. There is a substance in broccoli that can kill harmful diseases. It is advised to use this cabbage for problems of the cardiovascular system, in violation of the salt balance (salt deposition), during the recovery period after surgical interventions and long-term illnesses.

Folic acid, choline, riboflavin and methionine are also found in broccoli. A significant amount of potassium, magnesium, copper, chromium, iodine, phosphorus, chromium, vitamins B1 and PP. The unique substance glucoraphanin is able to kill cancer cells, protects the skin from ultraviolet radiation, and helps to eliminate alcohol decay products from the liver.

Note! Fresh juice broccoli reduce warts and cope with some dermatological problems.

Broccoli Growing Conditions

Broccoli: cultivation and care in the suburbs begin with the fact that in the last days of February or early March, broccoli are sown “for seedlings”. In open ground, seeds can be planted no earlier than the end of April or the beginning of May, depending on weather conditions. Seedlings for 4-5 leaves can be planted in the ground at the same time.

Advice! Get varieties zoned for the Moscow region, they are usually not afraid of frosts down to -5-6 degrees. And indeed cabbage - a lady calmly experiencing a slight frost.

The place for growing broccoli should be well lit. The soil is not acidic, loose. For more successful broccoli cultivation, it is good to fertilize the soil before planting with ash, compost and superphosphate according to the instructions for use.

He loves broccoli so that the earth around the root is often loosened and even spud, so that the bed is cleared of weeds. In dry periods, watering and spraying are required. A couple of weeks after planting seedlings in a permanent place, broccoli should be fed with a solution of mullein or urea. After another 2-3 weeks, the next feeding is with saltpeter.

Advice! Get ready-made complex fertilizers for broccoli in specialized retail outlets.

Pests and diseases of broccoli

Among pests, broccoli are the same ones that destroy crops and other cruciferous inhabitants of the garden: a flea, slugs and snails, all kinds of caterpillars, cabbage whites and scoops, onion flies. To reduce the number of such “friends”, you should not grow cabbage in those areas where she or her relatives grew in past years. The best neighbors for broccoli are tomatoes, onions and garlic. And their smells also scare away pests.

Among the diseases of broccoli, there are those that are transmitted by bacteria and fungi. This can be keel and powdery mildew, alternariosis, mosaic of turnip, mucous and vascular bacterioses, linen, dry rot, etc. If you watch the video growing and care of broccoli in the suburbs, you can recognize cabbage sores in a timely manner and begin to fight them in time.

Varieties of broccoli for Moscow region:

Early ripening (35-40 days to maturity)	Tone, Vyarus, Vitamin, Comanche
Early (up to 45 days)	Curly head green sprouting
Mid-season (45-60days)	Dwarf, Arcadia, Atlantic, Genoa, Compact
Late (from 70 days)	Continental, Marathon

Broccoli: growing and leaving in the suburbs will be easy and productive if you use the special literature and the advice of those who already know how to grow this plant.

Note! The main rule for cooking broccoli is an open lid. Otherwise, this cabbage gets a nasty smell.

Broccoli is eaten raw and slightly boiled, boiled, stewed, steamed and fried. If you read the forum for growing broccoli in the suburbs, you will find a lot of simple and tasty recipes for cooking this vegetable. Moreover, all parts of this plant are edible, while it has not yet ripened - leaves, stems, roots, and, of course, the heads.