Characteristics of cabbage Lord
The Lord type of broccoli is a Dutch variety that is very popular in Russia due to its characteristics. The vegetable contains a lot of vitamins, substances useful for promoting health.
Broccoli varieties bred in Holland adapt well to different climatic conditions. For example, the Fiesta f1 variety is a wonderful type of cabbage, similar to the described Lord variety.
The ripening period of vegetable crops is early ripening. The central inflorescence can be cut off 60-65 days after emergence. After removing the main head of broccoli, side shoots grow (up to 10 pieces) with an average head weight of 150-200 g, which can be grown until late autumn. The yield of broccoli of the described type is 5-5.5 kg per 1 square meter of planting.
Bushes and inflorescences
Broccoli bushes of the Lord variety are formed in the form of small plants, reaching a height of 50 cm, with a strong stem, small, corrugated leaves and rounded heads of cabbage. The inflorescences are compact and easily separated from the head. Their surface is lumpy, dense in consistency, and colored dark green. The average weight of a whole head of cabbage is 1-1.5 kg. The leaves on the bush do not completely cover the head of cabbage.
Broccoli for Siberia
The Siberian climate is quite harsh - the short, cool summer is not conducive to growing many vegetable crops in open ground. But in most Siberian regions you can still grow an excellent crop of broccoli if you choose the right varieties. The most popular varieties of broccoli, zoned for cultivation in Siberia, are described below.
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Broccoli "Curly"
Cabbage, bred by Russian breeders, with late ripening of inflorescences. Side fruits are not formed. Round-flat heads of cabbage weigh 0.65 kg.
Broccoli "Lazarus"
An early ripening variety, the inflorescences ripen in 68-69 days.
Broccoli variety "Linda"
The ripening period of heads of cabbage is about 95-98 days. The central inflorescence weighs 0.35 kg; after cutting it, several lateral ones grow, weighing 60 g.
"Comanche"
The variety is resistant to temporary cold spells; the heads of cabbage ripen in 3 months.
Small inflorescences (weighing about 0.3 kg) can be transported over long distances and stored for a long time.
"Tone"
A versatile, popular broccoli variety that can be grown in almost any location.
The Tonus variety is also excellent for growing in Siberia.
Pros and cons of the variety
The Lord cabbage variety has a large number of advantages compared to the disadvantages.
Description of the advantages
- Abundant harvest independent of weather conditions.
- Growing the variety is possible in any climate.
- Resistant to cold and frost down to – 7 degrees.
- Excellent commercial quality.
- Use for any cooking purpose.
- Disease resistance.
- Great taste.
- Long shelf life.
- Good transportability.
Minuses
Among the disadvantages of the Lord variety, the following characteristics should be highlighted:
- High need for regular, abundant watering.
- Low resistance to pest attacks.
- It can produce barren flowers if planted too early in a permanent place of growth.
How to choose a variety for open ground - varieties
Broccoli can be either a varietal or a hybrid. The former can boast a great taste, but have a longer ripening period. But their seeds are suitable for further propagation of the crop.
Hybrid species are distinguished by the characteristic F1 sign on the packaging. These varieties of broccoli are good because they are resistant to pests and are also very productive. Hybrids ripen earlier and can be stored for a long time without loss of commercial quality and nutritional properties. However, the taste of hybrid cabbage is somewhat worse than varietal cabbage.
In both hybrid and varietal broccoli, the choice should be based on two criteria: ripening time and yield. Thus, the earliest hybrid varieties ripen 50 days after planting, and late varietal cabbage sometimes has to wait 140 days. Therefore, if you live in a cold climate with short summers, then late varieties are not suitable for growing - they simply will not have time to ripen.
Choose early and mid-season broccoli for cold areas, but any variety is suitable for the south.
As for yield, different varieties of broccoli can produce from 1 to 7 kilograms of vegetables per square meter. When choosing a variety, pay attention to this point.
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In addition to the main criteria listed above, when choosing, it is also important to pay attention to agricultural cultivation techniques, cabbage resistance to weather conditions, pests, diseases, and care features.
When purchasing a new variety, take into account the fact that sometimes different manufacturers indicate different ripening times for the same variety. Check with the seller or on thematic websites for this important information.
Features of cultivation
Broccoli of the Lord variety is grown using the seedling method, followed by planting the seedlings in the garden. It is allowed to sow seeds directly into open ground.
Preparing seedlings
Description of soil preparation for sowing seedlings.
Seed material of the Lord variety is sown for seedlings from late March to mid-April. For sowing, use a specially prepared soil mixture of the following composition:
- 4 parts of land from the area where cabbage is planned to be planted;
- 1 part high-quality humus or compost;
- 1 part fertile, crumbly peat;
- 1 part river sand;
- 1 cup of wood ash per 10 liters. soil mixtures.
The resulting mixture of earth is well shed with a strong solution of potassium permanganate.
Seed preparation
Lord cabbage seeds, which have a protective shell, do not require preliminary preparation. It is recommended to disinfect seed material collected independently by soaking it in a solution of potassium permanganate for 15 minutes and then rinsing it with warm water.
Sowing seeds for seedlings
For sowing seedlings, use various plastic containers with a wall height of 8-10 cm, or peat pots.
The containers are filled with prepared soil. Then the soil is moistened, grooves 1-1.5 cm deep are drawn on the surface and seeds of the Lord variety are placed in them at intervals of 4-6 cm. Next, the seed material is sprinkled with soil. Boxes with seedlings are covered with plastic wrap and left indoors at an ambient temperature of +18-20 degrees. Shoots appear 6-7 days after sowing.
After sprouts appear on the surface of the soil, containers with Lord-type broccoli seedlings are transferred to a well-lit room with an air temperature of approximately +12-15 degrees. Young plants require lighting 12 hours a day.
Moisturizing the seedlings should be done as the soil dries out, with warm water and at the root.
Diving seedlings, feeding them
If the seedlings are planted too densely, it is necessary to thin them out, removing excess shoots. The seedlings of the Lord cabbage variety harvested during thinning are planted in separate cups, buried down to the cotyledons.
Fertilizing broccoli seedlings is carried out twice during the growing period. The first feeding of young plants is carried out a week after thinning and picking. Mineral fertilizers are used. Description of the feeding mixture:
- potassium sulfate 5-7 g;
- superphosphate 5-8 g;
- urea (weak solution);
- warm water 5 l.
The next fertilizing with complex mineral fertilizers is applied 2 weeks after the first. 30-50 days after emergence, seedlings of the Lord variety are ready for planting in open ground.
Site preparation
Broccoli variety Lord loves fertile soil and areas well lit by the sun with light partial shade.
The soil is prepared in the autumn by carrying out the following agrotechnical measures:
- remove weeds from the site;
- dig well (on the bayonet of a shovel);
- apply organic and mineral fertilizers;
- re-dig the soil.
The following fertilizers are used per 1 square meter:
- rotted manure 4-5 kg;
- superphosphate 35 g;
- potassium salt 25 g.
If the soil is highly acidic, dry lime or dolomite flour is used. In the spring, before planting Lord cabbage, the soil is dug up again, beds are formed, leveled with a rake, and the soil is disinfected with a hot solution of copper sulfate.
Transplanting
Before planting Lord cabbage seedlings, you should dig holes on the surface of the prepared bed and moisten them. Plants of this type must be planted according to the standard pattern, maintaining a distance of 50 cm between rows and holes.
The seedlings are carefully removed from the containers, trying not to damage the root system, and placed in the holes. Next, sprinkle with soil, compacting it around the stem. Each cabbage seedling is watered generously and covered with a cut plastic bottle. Remove the bottles from young broccoli bushes after 1-2 weeks, when the seedlings take root well and adapt to the new location.
Landing
The crop is grown in summer and autumn rotations.
Sowing begins in the 2nd-3rd decade of March. The timing of planting seedlings continues until mid-April. It is allowed to use the ordinary method - planting seeds directly on the site.
The planting density per 1 m2 is 4-5 plants, in field conditions they adhere to the scheme of 38 thousand in summer, 33 thousand in autumn.
The seedlings are transplanted into prepared holes, into which a handful of compost and peat are added. Seedlings are deepened to the 1st leaf.
Description of care measures
Caring for Lord broccoli consists of the following simple steps:
- Regular watering.
- Hilling.
- Feeding plants with fertilizers.
Watering
Lord cabbage loves moisture very much, so watering the crop should be regular. It is recommended to apply 7-10 liters to each broccoli bush. water weekly. In addition, cabbage likes to bathe, so during hot periods it is advisable to sprinkle the plants by watering them over the leaves. Watering is carried out in the evening, with warm water.
Loosening and hilling
The next day after rain or watering, a hard earthen crust forms on the soil, which must be loosened. This crust prevents the penetration of oxygen to the root system of Lord broccoli plants.
It is necessary to hill up the cabbage bushes, since this activity will protect the plantings from pests and provide the roots with additional moisture.
Hilling is carried out only with wet soil, raking it under the cabbage bushes.
Description of feeding activities
Plants of the Lord variety require additional nutrition, which is produced by applying fertilizing. In total, broccoli is fed 2-3 times during the season. The first fertilizing is applied 2 weeks after planting the cabbage in the garden. Use an infusion of nettle or mullein (1:10).
The next addition of nutrients is applied 2 weeks after the first feeding, using mineral fertilizers containing phosphorus, potassium, and nitrogen. It is recommended to feed the plants again after cutting the main head from the heads of cabbage. Complex mineral supplements are used.
Diseases and parasites
The Lord broccoli variety has high immunity to various diseases, however, plant resistance to pest damage is low. A description of some diseases and pests is given below.
Blackleg
This disease can only affect cabbage seedlings of the Lord variety at the cotyledon leaf stage. The disease appears due to a pathogen - a pathogen found in contaminated soil. When seedlings are moistened abundantly, the root collar of the seedlings turns black and rots. Young shoots die, there is no treatment for the disease.
For prevention, it is recommended to disinfect the soil with potassium permanganate, or calcine the soil in the oven at a temperature of 100 degrees for 2-3 hours.
Cabbage fly
A dangerous insect that attacks only planted seedlings and slightly grown broccoli plants of the Lord cabbage variety. The body size of the fly is about 6 mm, the color is gray-white. The eggs of the parasite overwinter in the soil, and in the spring they hatch into larvae. The pest bites into the heads, stems and roots of cabbage, spoiling the appearance, quality and taste of cabbage.
To combat insect pests, the method of treating bushes with a mixture of the following composition is used:
- wood ash 100 g;
- tobacco dust 100 g;
- ground chili pepper 5 g.
After treating the plants, loosen the soil every 2 days.
Slugs
The pest attacks the upper part of Lord cabbage, leaving an oily residue on the leaves and inflorescences. Slugs also damage the root system of cabbage bushes.
To combat the parasite, use a mixture of ash (3 cups) and ground chili pepper (2 tbsp), scattering it over the bushes. After treatment with this mixture, the soil is immediately loosened. Among the chemical preparations, the drug Metaldehyde, the granules of which are laid out on the garden bed, helps in the fight against slugs.
Harvesting and storage
The central head of the broccoli Lord cabbage inflorescence can be cut off as early as 60 days after emergence. Next, the lateral heads of the second order grow, so the harvest stretches over several waves and continues until late autumn.
Cabbage stays fresh for up to 2 weeks after harvest. For winter storage, it is recommended to freeze the inflorescences in bags or trays, after blanching them in boiling water for 1 minute.
Advantages and disadvantages
The taste and benefits of Lord F1 broccoli are preserved even after freezing. The inflorescences are separated from the head almost effortlessly.
Broccoli Lord F1 can be planted both in open ground and in a greenhouse, the dimensions of the plant allow this
Pros:
- the ability to adapt to very different and not always favorable climatic conditions, to withstand negative external influences;
- tolerance of negative temperatures both at an early stage of development and during the ripening of the heads;
- yields that are little dependent on the vagaries of the weather during the season;
- good keeping quality and transportability;
- immunity against certain diseases, generally high resistance to pathogens;
- large size and external presentation of the heads;
- outstanding taste;
- versatility of crop purpose.
Minuses:
- increased interest from many typical crop pests;
- the need for regular feeding during the season (otherwise the development of rosettes and heads will slow down);
- requirement for good lighting.
