The best varieties of Beijing cabbage: description, cultivation and diseases with photos

In our climatic zone, the cultivation of such a vegetable as Chinese cabbage Glass has become popular. This vegetable came to us from Beijing, where it is popular as an appetizer for main courses. Salad vegetable attracts special attention due to its characteristics. Beijing contains vitamins such as A, C, E, K, B, beta-carotene. Trace elements necessary for the he althy functioning of the body, such as magnesium, potassium, calcium, iron, sodium, phosphorus, zinc, manganese, copper, selenium. Some fats, vegetable proteins and carbohydrates.

This is a kind of salad, eaten raw, stewed, boiled, baked. It is best to eat it fresh. This preserves all vitamins and minerals.

Many gardeners are wondering what Beijing cabbage to choose for growing in their area? Now we will review the best varieties of this he althy vegetable that have already been planted, and they are produced by breeders for central Russia.

Chinese cabbage varieties

1. Russian size - hybrids with high yield, grows under any conditions. Head ripening time varies from 75 days or more. The head of cabbage is oblong, outside the leaves are bright green in color, inside are yellow-white creamy shriveled leaves. The size of cabbage reaches 4 kilograms. The variety is resistant to temperature extremes, resistant to diseases. Contains a large amount of useful substances. This is the largest type of "Peking" that does not require additional care. With its name, the variety speaks of the large size of the fruit.
2. Cha cha is an early ripe variety, seeds planted for seedlings are ready for harvest in 45-50 days. On average, a mature head of f1 Cha weighs 3 kilograms, suitable for cultivation in central Russia. Good quality seeds are produced by Beyo.
3. Beijing cabbage Bilko f1 is a hybrid of medium ripeness, the period from planting on the ridge to harvest lasts 65 days, a ripe head of cabbage weighs up to 15 kilograms, the shelf life of this variety is about 2 months. Sweet taste, yellow leaves. Cabbage Bilko f1 is resistant to the formation of arrowheads, as well as most popular diseases.
4. Ritchie Cabbage - when ripe it reaches a size of 2.5 kilograms, grown for direct consumption. Richie f1 has resistance to popular diseases such as slimy bacteriosis. Seeds are produced by Bejo.
5. Nika is a late variety of Beijing cabbage, suitable for growing in household plots, the shelf life of this variety is no more than 3 months. The mass reaches 3 kilograms, up to 12 kilograms of Nika cabbage crop are harvested from 1 square meter. The leaves are green, in the context they are yellow. Resistant to such unpleasant phenomena as cruciferous keel, coloring. Nika is used fresh and pickled.
6. Yuki cabbage f1 is an early ripe variety, gardeners plant this cabbage under a film for a quick harvest. Has high disease resistance.
7. Hydra is a mid-season variety, 60 days pass from planting to ripening, the leaves are dark green, shriveled. Lush open head. This type of "Peking" is not suitable for storage, it is eaten immediately after harvesting. Seeds also sells Bejo.
8. Chinese cabbage Manoko f1 - an early ripe hybrid variety of Beijing. It has a small head size - up to 1 kilogram, Monaco is resistant to popular diseases. The leaves are painted in light green color, they are not destroyed during transportation.
9. A glass is a mid-season variety, 70 days pass from planting to harvest, a head of medium size, about 2 kilograms. The color of the leaves is yellow-green. Vegetable demanding care and favorable conditions.
10. Beijing broad-leaved - early varieties of cabbage, has no resistance to keel, the vegetation period is 50 days. Not suitable for long term storage.
11. Gorki f1 description is almost the same as the Nika variety, but the fruits are slightly smaller, 2.5 kilograms, the cabbage is well stored and suitable for pickling. Produced by the agricultural company Beyo.
12. Vesnyanka - an early maturing variety, the growing season lasts 35 days, leafy, suitable for direct consumption in the form of salads. The species is not inclined to shoot.
13. Asten - the mass of the vegetable reaches 1.5 kilograms, has a round shape with dark green lettuce leaves.

These best varieties of Chinese cabbage have excellent taste. Seeds are supplied to Russia by various manufacturing companies, one of them has proven itself on the positive side thanks to high-quality seeds - this is the Bejo company from Holland.

Colorfulness - what is it and how to fight

When daylight is long, Chinese cabbage tends to form arrows, to prevent this trouble, gardeners use the following methods of struggle.

The right choice of seeds is the main way to fix the problem. With a long daylight hours, such flower-resistant Chinese cabbage varieties as Champion, Monaco, Miraco, Custar, Gilton, Optico are suitable.

The second way to fight is self-control. So, in fertilized soil, while maintaining a distance between plants of 30-40 centimeters, if the seedlings were hardened off, the roots are damaged, then flowering will occur.

You should choose a plot for seedlings in a sunny, but not windy place, the ground for seedlings is fertilized with nitrogen and potassium. Compost fertilizer is applied to the soil before planting.

How to grow cabbage in your backyard

In our climate, Beijing cabbage is grown, like ordinary cabbage, in two ways - seedlings and seeds. Consider how to grow Chinese cabbage in our lane.

Preparation of seedlings for further cultivation on the ridge is as follows. Cabbage seeds are planted in prepared soil 1 centimeter at a distance of 2 centimeters in containers with peat. Water abundantly with warm water for 3 days.

When the seeds germinate, the containers are placed in a lighted place and after 25 days the seedlings are placed in the main place of growth. Observe the distance between seedlings of 35-40 centimeters. There should be a distance of 50 centimeters between rows. The earth is compacted after planting. When planting, it is necessary to carefully handle the roots, breaks will lead to the shooting of the vegetable.

Sowing seeds is carried out as follows. Landing in the ground is carried out in warm, sunny weather. Pits for planting are made at a distance of 40 by 50 centimeters. The grains are planted to a length of 2 centimeters and covered with a film for germination.

After germination, the film is removed and the care of the seedlings consists in loosening and hilling the soil around the plants, watering and fertilizing.

The characteristics of the vegetable allow you to harvest 2 times per season, with the first planting in May, the second in July.

Harvesting

To prepare salads, the top leaves are torn off and eaten, vegetables are cut off for storage along with the stalk, lifting all the tops up. Different varieties of “Peking” are stored differently - for example, varieties in which the leaves do not close are eaten directly, during storage the leaves will wither and the head of cabbage will dry out. A head of cabbage covered with leaves is stored until December - February. The late-ripening variety Nika is perfectly stored in winter, and is also suitable for harvesting.

Due to the fact that the vegetation period of the vegetable is 2 months, you can choose the time of planting and harvesting.

Beijing early cabbage is used immediately after harvesting for food, but medium and late varieties can be stored, fermented and prepared from them for the winter.

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