What are the common problems with planting cabbage in early spring?
Cabbage in early spring has quite a few problems, and the problems brought by environmental factors at this stage are relatively serious, because the weather is relatively changeable. When planting cabbage, many people have suffered losses from the problems below. Here is a summary of some of the more common problems for everyone. If you want to improve your planting returns, why not take a look!
1. Temperature causes slow growth
Many people find that their cabbage at this stage grows noticeably slower than at other times. In all respects there is no difference from previous plantings, yet the cabbage just does not grow well. In fact, this may be caused by temperature. Everyone knows that the temperature in early spring is not very stable, but cabbage needs relatively stable temperatures during growth. When the temperature is high, it grows a bit faster, and when it is low, it grows a bit slower. With early spring being high at times and low at others, the growth of cabbage changes, fast at one moment and slow at the next, and it needs time to adapt. This leads to a gap between the growth of cabbage and that at other times.
2. High death rate after emergence
The problem of a low survival rate after emergence is also relatively common. After planting, most of the seeds germinate, but once they emerge they begin to die in large numbers. This situation is generally caused by the environment as well. As mentioned earlier, the temperature in early spring is unstable, and cabbage seedlings themselves are relatively fragile. With the external environment changing frequently, the seedlings cannot endure such changes and eventually die. The reason the seeds can germinate is that the soil acts as a barrier, giving the seeds a relatively safe space. Once they emerge, they are directly exposed to the outside. This is also one of the reasons for the high mortality rate of cabbage after emergence.
3. Excessive water accumulation
There is relatively more rainfall in this season, and many farmlands need to prepare for spring plowing. Various places begin to store water to nourish the fields, and when there is too much, it is drained out. Many vegetable plots are also relatively close to farmland, and in the end this leads to excessive water accumulation in the vegetable plots. Everyone surely knows the harm of excessive water accumulation. In addition, since it is not long after the beginning of spring, many people have not yet had time to improve their drainage channels, which further worsens the water accumulation. Therefore, before planting cabbage, everyone should first make preparations against water, and after planting, make preparations for drainage. Otherwise, these cabbages may have been planted in vain.
4. Severe rot
The problem of cabbage rot is also relatively common in this season. One is water rot and the other is caused by soft rot disease. The former is caused by excessive rainfall, while the latter is because latent diseases slowly revive at this time and attack the cabbage. Insects are still not very common at this time, so it is enough to focus on prevention for these two situations. Soft rot disease develops very quickly when there is a lot of water, so everyone must pay close attention to whether such a situation appears in the vegetable plots.
The above are the common problems when planting cabbage in early spring. In this relatively changeable stage, everyone needs to put more care into management when planting so that the harvest will be good.