How to feed cabbage with yeast in the open field and is it possible

Cabbage is a very tasty and healthy vegetable that many people eat fresh or use it to create various salad dishes. It is not so easy to grow it, as this plant needs regular fertilization. There are various ways to fertilize this vegetable, but cabbage is often fed with yeast.

Before using yeast as a fertilizer, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the peculiarities of using a yeast fertilizer for cabbage.

Yeast benefits

Some inexperienced vegetable growers question whether yeast can be used to fertilize plants. They can be used for feeding:

• garden or indoor flowers;
• ornamental shrubs;
• garden or horticultural crops.

The only exception is onions with garlic and potatoes. It is better to feed such vegetables with other fertilizers.

They include fungi, with the help of which the rate of decomposition of organic compounds increases several times. This protects young bushes from various pests and has a positive effect on the microflora of the soil. They also include a large number of proteins that are involved in the development and growth of cabbage. Therefore, many growers add yeast to the soil if the plant does not have enough light for normal development.

Before feeding, the yeast must be dissolved in water. When yeast combines with liquid, compounds appear that significantly strengthen the cabbage root system. They are also responsible for the transfer of vitamins necessary for the development of seedlings.

The main advantage of the product is that it is very stable. It is washed out from the surface of the leaves for a rather long time even with heavy precipitation. He also copes with temperature changes without problems.

Its enemy can be considered aggressive bacteria that can slow down the development of yeast fungi.

Key recommendations

Before watering the bushes with yeast feeding, you need to familiarize yourself with the basic recommendations that will help you do everything right:

1. It is necessary to feed the cabbage with a solution of yeast only if the soil is well warmed up. In low temperature conditions, the fungus will grow too slowly, and such feeding will not bring the desired results.
2. You should not use yeast fertilizers too often. They should be used as top dressing only for the treatment of diseased bushes or during transplanting seedlings into the ground.
3. It is recommended to use other fertilizers together with yeast so that feeding is as effective as possible.

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Making yeast mixtures

To feed cabbage with yeast, you need to familiarize yourself with how to properly prepare a fertilizer solution. There are two main ways to create blends.

Dry yeast

To prepare top dressing, mix 150 grams of product and 80 grams of sugar in 10 liters of water. The solution is thoroughly mixed and infused for at least three hours. After that, the prepared sourdough is poured into a large container and filled with another 20 liters of water. Then the mixture is infused for two more days and it can be used to fertilize the cabbage.

Raw yeast

This cooking method is slightly different from the previous one. In this case, you will have to dissolve a kilogram of product in 5 liters of heated water. Then the liquid should be fermented for 5-7 hours, after which it will need to be poured with 10 liters of cold water. The prepared solution is mixed and placed in the cellar for further storage.

Using other supplements with yeast

Quite often, by feeding cabbage with yeast in the open field, it is not possible to achieve the desired result. Therefore, it is necessary to use other fertilizers along with this product.

Ash

Some growers use wood ash together with yeast solutions. It is ideal for fertilizing neutral or acidic soils. It contains not only phosphorus with potassium, but also such useful trace elements as zinc, sulfur, magnesium and potassium. All this is necessary for cabbage bushes for normal growth.

Also, wood ash is used to spray bushes from all kinds of pests. This procedure should be carried out in the morning, when there is still dew on the plant. If it is not possible to spray the bushes in the morning, then before using the ash, each bush will have to be sprinkled with plain water.

To prepare the mixture, add 300-400 grams of ash to hot boiled water. After that, the container with the solution is placed on the gas stove and brought to a boil. Then the broth is infused, filtered with gauze and mixed with 10 liters of cold water. You can add a little soap to the mixture if desired.

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Boric acid

Boron plays a rather important role in the formation of cabbage bushes. It is because of this that it is often used together with yeast for plant nutrition. With the help of boric acid, you can speed up the metabolic process, stabilize the formation of nitrogen and increase the amount of chlorophyll.

It is quite easy to create a feeding solution. To do this, you need to mix 0.1 grams of the drug with a liter of water. If boric acid is to be used immediately after yeast, then the concentration of the mixture will have to be reduced. To create a mixture, you need to stir 5 grams of the substance with 10 liters of water.

This feeding is carried out three times during the growth of the crop. For the first time, the acid is used during the appearance of the buds.

Potato peel

Some growers add potato skins to the soil before using yeast. To do this, small holes about 10 cm deep are dug near each bush. A glass of potato peel is added to each of them. Then everything is covered with a thin layer of earth, on top of which the peel is again poured out. After that, the dug hole is completely buried with earth.

Spoiled jam

Sometimes vegetable growers use a recipe with spoiled jam for feeding with yeast. This fertilization will make the cabbage heads stronger and help the leaves develop more actively. To prepare the mixture, add water with pressed yeast and jam to any ten-liter container. When using dry product, three sachets will suffice.

The mixture in the container is brought to a boil, mixed and infused for a week and a half.Then a glass of the mixture is added to a bucket of water and mixed. After that, the liquid can be used to spray cabbage bushes. The procedure should be carried out every week on sunny days.

Conclusion

To grow healthy cabbage with large heads of cabbage, it is necessary to regularly feed the bushes. Before using yeast supplements, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with how to prepare and use them. It is also recommended to read in advance the reviews of vegetable growers who annually use yeast for fertilization.