In this article the reasons on which quality of storage of cabbage depends are specified. The detailed description of the following is given: cleaning, grade, look etc
Heads of cabbage of lezhky grades of cabbage belokochanny maintain on a root autumn frosts-6
Heads of cabbage of lezhky grades of cabbage belokochanny maintain on a root autumn frosts-6.-7°C. After short stay on a frost (below – 8°S) plants are restored, however lose ability to long fresh storage.
Long influence negative (below-2°S) temperature can lead to formation of punches – heads of cabbage with a dark internal part which decays subsequently. Outside the head of cabbage remains intact. Such phenomenon is more often observed at grades with very dense heads of cabbage. This results from the fact that the internal part of a head of cabbage, especially top kidney (perishes at temperature-0,8.-1,5°C) is most sensitive to negative temperature. Therefore for winter storage production should be cleaned prior to the beginning of frosts.
Cabbage savoysky and krasnokochanny are more cold-resistant, than belokochanny. Very high frost resistance at Brussels sprout which maintains without damage quickly frosts to-10 Pages. In warm winters successfully winters in the soil. The cauliflower negatively reacts to decrease in temperature, its inflorescences are damaged by frosts already at temperature – 2°S.
When cleaning at srednepozdny and late grades of cabbage belokochanny, krasnokochanny and savoysky heads of cabbage cut off, leaving small kocherygu, or dig out with a root. External leaves delete, on heads of cabbage leave 2-3 covering leaves which are carrying out protective function. It is impossible to smooth out cabbage until white – the top leaves are steadier against diseases.
Cabbage color clean selectively, in process of maturing. A head cut off a knife from kocherygy no more than 2 cm is lower than the last leaf. Cleaning of cabbage of broccoli start, when the head is densely close.
Cabbage Bruxelles clean at one time. Select plants in which kochanchik are normally developed on all stalk. A kohlrabi when cleaning pull out with a root, then a knife cut off roots and socket leaves.
Cabbage of kochanny types it is possible to keep the whole plants with roots, having suspended in pairs on crossbeams (poles) or in burtax on trellised floorings roots up for the best airing.
Cabbage color and broccoli it is possible to store short time in refrigerators in polyethylene packing on one or 5-10 pieces without air access. Big parties of heads of cabbage are better for putting in boxes, containers, cellophane bags and to store at temperature 0-1°S and humidity of air of 90-95 %.
In storage Brussels sprout is better for keeping completely whole plant, having powdered root system humidified to a pochvosmesye from hotbeds or hothouses, peat, sand, or having cut off leaves of the socket and a top kidney. At temperature from Odo 1°S and humidity of air of 95 % kochanchik remain till 2 months. At kohlrabi cabbage a lezhkost average and bad. A period of storage 1,5-2 months at temperature near 0°S and humidity of 95 %.
Degree of safety of cabbage depends on a grade. Late grades and hybrids of cabbage belokochanny sortotipa the Langendeyksky winter – domestic grades the Princess, Violanta and many foreign samples are characterized by the high maintenance of a chlorophyll, especially in external leaves, very dense heads of cabbage therefore poorly are surprised a gray mold in storage and six-seven months remain.
High lezhkost also late-ripening grades sortotipa Amager differ: Snow White, Kharkov winter, Ukrainian autumn, Yaroslavna, Face, Lesya, Yana, Olga.
Till spring domestic srednepozdny grades Josephine, Capital, Elenovsky, Tetyanka remain.
(On Ogorodnik magazine materials).