What high-quality varieties of napa cabbage are there? Understanding them in one article
Our country's cabbage yield is enormous every year, and the cabbage produced in the northern regions accounts for the largest share. Although the price of cabbage is not expensive, market demand has always been relatively stable. If you want to grow napa cabbage, you can first take a look at which cabbage varieties are better.
1. Yuyi Yulinglong
An excellent newly bred baby napa cabbage variety. Early maturing; under suitable climatic conditions it is harvested about 50 days after planting. The outer leaves are emerald green and the appearance is beautiful; the inner leaves are tender yellow and the taste is excellent. When harvested at the right time, the net vegetable rate is high, and each head weighs about 300-500 grams, making it suitable for packaging and transport. This variety has relatively good disease resistance, can be planted in both spring and autumn, and is tolerant to bolting. It is suitable for protected cultivation in early spring, open-field cultivation in spring and autumn, and overwintering cultivation in Northeast China, Northwest China, or high-altitude and high-latitude regions.
2. Yuyi Yingchun
An early-maturing, high-quality spring cabbage with relatively strong cold tolerance and tolerance to bolting. It is harvested 60 days after planting, is a closed-head type, and each head weighs 3-4 kg. It is shell-shaped, with tender green outer leaves and creamy yellow inner leaves, and has good quality. It is suitable for spring greenhouse cultivation in North China and northern regions. It can be sown in summer in cool regions or high-altitude areas. It is also suitable for cultivation as autumn cabbage in the Huang-Huai region.
3. Early-maturing types
Qiulu 55, a first-generation hybrid of heading cabbage bred by the Tianjin Vegetable Research Institute, with a growth period of about 55 days. Qiulu 60, a first-generation hybrid of heading cabbage bred by the Tianjin Vegetable Research Institute, with a growth period of 60-65 days. Jinbai 56, an early-maturing first-generation hybrid of napa cabbage bred by the Tianjin Vegetable Research Institute, with a growth period of 50-60 days.
4. Zhebai No. 6
This variety has a compact plant type, with leaves 30 cm long and 16 cm wide; the leaf color is light green, and the leaf surface is smooth and hairless; the texture is glutinous, the flavor is good, and the quality is excellent; it is resistant to soft rot and downy mildew, and highly resistant to black spot disease; it has strong cold tolerance, relatively good bolting tolerance, and is relatively tolerant to heat and moisture; it has vigorous growth and fast growth speed. Generally, it can be harvested successively 30 days after sowing, 25-30 days in high-temperature seasons, and 40-60 days in winter and spring. For spring cultivation, appropriate topdressing should be applied during the "cold tail and warm head" period to promote growth and inhibit bolting.
5. Flower-heart napa cabbage
It is formed from the semi-heading variety when the terminal leaves clasp together more strongly. The top of the leaf head curls outward, forming a white or pale yellow "flower heart." The plant is relatively short and small, with relatively strong heat tolerance, and generally has early maturity, with a growth period of 60-80 days. It is mostly distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, where it is called "yellow sprout cabbage."
6. Loose-leaf napa cabbage
It is the primitive type of napa cabbage. The leaves spread out, the terminal bud is not well developed, and no leaf head is formed. It has relatively strong cold or heat tolerance, and the product is the middle-grown leaves. The growth period is 50-60 days for spring sowing and 35-40 days for summer sowing. It is the main variety of leafy vegetables in Dali City during the off-season in spring and summer.
Overall, napa cabbage is a native vegetable of our country and also the vegetable type that occupies the primary position in the daily lives of our country's residents. Its types are diverse and its varieties are abundant. According to variety, it can be divided into three categories: white-stem cabbage, green-stem cabbage, and green-white-stem cabbage. According to different growth periods, it is divided into spring napa cabbage, summer napa cabbage, and autumn napa cabbage, that is, three categories: early, middle, and late maturing.
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