Harvesting is the last operation in the production of cabbage, which is carried out at full technological maturity, but as a process it differs in hybrids and varieties. Delaying harvest by just a few days can cause a problem.
It is important to know that only plants that are doing well are harvested formed i wrapped head. Also, disposal harvesting in just a few days can lead to shooting heads and increase the possibility of emergence diseaseswhich causes mushroom Alternaria (the cause of blueness and soft rot), which leads to softening head (especially in wet weather).
Duration time technological maturity of cabbage also depends on the external temperatures, so in summer that period is shorter, while in autumn it is relatively longer. The heads are cut with a knife, folds to one side. The harvesting knife should be sharp (thus reducing the number of attempts at cutting off the heads), and the stem should be cut straight, with two to four rosette leaves enclosing the head.
Verb immature the head reduces yield and reduces the life of cabbage during storage. Heady cabbage can be picked by hand, semi-mechanized i mechanized.
Picking cabbage – methods and techniques
Manual harvesting is done successively, so they are early ones varieties usually have two to three harvests, and medium early ones i late ones one to two harvests.
For mechanized harvesting cabbage, it is necessary that the surface of the plot be straightyes there is But space between the lines, the real ones lines i even space within the lines. Heads should at the same time yes are maturing and to be similar dimension.
Also, it is important that the hardness of the heads is high and yes height trees should be approximately the same. Mechanized harvesting is most often carried out single phaseby applying single row or double row harvester.
Mechanized it’s harvest time simpler and faster process from manual, but given that it can cause injuries head, used with cabbage for processing rather than for fresh use. The goal of selection is to obtain plants that succeed in the shortest possible time they howl heads, which will enable mechanized harvest.
Tips for winter cabbage production
The process of harvesting code hybrid i released of cabbage is different, so it is code hybrid harvest mainly disposablewhile code released heads ripen unevenlyso it’s harvest time multiple (a technological the maturity of one variety is stretched out for two to three weeks).
Harvesting heads released it starts when the first leaf on the head burst and when there are several similar heads on the plot effect (30-40% the head of that variety is technological mature and with good compaction), so for 10-14 dana a second harvest can be organized, depending on agro-climatskih conditions, in a week or two, and the third.
Cabbage packaging and storage
Cabbage intended keeping is mostly harvested by hand. Peeled heads should not be exposed to the sun, but should be sprayed water (in the form of a spray) to the packaging, so that it does not happen dehydration i overheating. Cabbage is usually packed in cardboard boxes and mesh bags weighing 25-30 kg.
November is the time for vegetable gardeners: This is work in the greenhouse and garden
Correct packaging i keeping is necessary to provide freshness cabbage. It is best stored in a refrigerator with a controlled temperature of 0ºC and relative humidity of 95%. Late varieties of cabbage, futoshka i Serbian crossbreedthey are kept for a long time and well in home conditions and traps.
Traps or jame are very economical way to storage cabbage. Traps are best used immediately before frost. Autumn cabbage can withstand the first autumn frosts well, so it can be maintained as long as the night temperatures are favorable.
Source: Agricultural expert and advisory services
Author: B.Sc. Eng. Ljiljana Vuksanović
Source: www.agromedia.rs
