Planted cabbage? What should I do to avoid clubroot

Hello, caring growers!

Kila cabbage - unpleasant phenomenon in the garden. It's a shame to lose because of her plants, which have invested time and energy, and lose yield. And unattractive prospect is quite real: the disease progresses and multiplies rapidly.

In this article you will learn preventive measures against clubroot in the garden. Timely care will help grow healthier cabbage. If you have your own methods of dealing with clubroot - please write in the comments below the article.

A little history: When I was little, my friend and I went to play in the house of her grandmother. She "tried" to engage in all sorts of mysterious things. All corners of her house were covered with tufts of wormwood and a thick book lying on the table. Of course we opened it. Bookmark lying on the "How to send down a neighbor Keel cabbage." )))

What is the cabbage hernia

Qila - plant disease of cruciferous. To catch them can not only all kinds of cabbage (for example, Chinese and savoy), but also their immediate family: turnips, canola and others.

A characteristic feature of clubroot - form a seal on the root system. They ripen fungus spores Plasmodiophora brassicae. So that the appearance of clubroot in the garden is not to blame the evil eye neighbor, and an ideal environment for the development of fungal infections. From this chance and we will fight, using scientific and folk remedies.

signs of clubroot

The first symptom - lethargy leaves. You water the plants, and they lose tugor, and then did start to turn yellow. Then of head growth is stopped, in spite of the good care. If you dig a plant, then the roots will be visible thickening. Unfortunately, this is not going to do anything.

How to prevent clubroot

So you do not have to destroy infected cabbage, can help 6 simple tips:

• Much has been said about the efficiency crop rotation. But plant cabbages each time in new places in the garden for 7 years (and many fungus spores live in the ground) is problematic. Particularly in small portion. Therefore it is possible to relocate only in the case when the hernia has been seen. By the way, clever Solanaceae (tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, and good old-fashioned, etc..) Shorten the fungus lives in the soil for up to 3-4 years.
• Weeding. Dense thickets of wet grass - a fertile environment for all kinds of fungi and bacteria.
• Regularly fertilize cabbage - the healthier the plant, the higher the immunity. Do not neglect mullein solution (it is also a good nitrogen fertilization), or yeast. Such organic forms its microflora, which can not find a place to pathogenic fungi.

• Timely remove infected plants and conduct special processing remaining. As the first hint of relief Keel use special antifungals. For example, "fundazol" for instructions. Fungicides help from other fungal diseases of plants, such as blackleg.
• Kila likes acidic soil. Therefore, prevention will calcification. 2-3 times per season make lime, dolomite flour or ash. Another embodiment - irrigate every 3 weeks cabbage seedbed solution dolomite flour 1 cup of water to the bucket 10 liter.
• If the hernia attacked almost grown head, spud cabbage. So the additional roots are formed, which will help "ripen". However, for long term storage of such a crop is unlikely to fit.

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