Why did broccoli cabbage bloom

A head of broccoli sprouts grows with many heads. Broccoli blooms after ripening. If the broccoli cabbage bloomed, the gardener made a mistake in leaving or did the wrong harvesting work in the garden.

Content
  1. When the cabbage blooms
  2. Importance of agricultural machinery
  3. Incorrect harvest mode
  4. The first signs of flowering
  5. Incorrect storage
  6. Short-term storage
  7. Storage in the refrigerator
  8. Conclusion

Причины цветения брокколи

Causes of flowering broccoli

When the cabbage blooms

Immediately after planting seedlings in the open ground, they organize the care and top dressing of the soil around the head. TO it is unpretentious and can withstand extreme temperatures, the vegetable rarely gets sick Broccoli went color in the following cases:

  • when the flowering of the vegetable began on the garden;
  • when the broccoli immediately bloomed in the place for it storage.

In the first case, the gardener did not have time to harvest, and in the second, the technology of storing vegetables in the house was disrupted. If broccoli went into bloom, it should not be eaten or stored – blooming is a sign of spoiled cabbage.

Importance of agricultural technology

Broccoli sprouts are preceded by flowering: cabbage is planted seedlings. Before the first shoots, seedlings are stored in a greenhouse, and after that they are planted in open ground.For the normal ripening of a vegetable that can be eaten, the right conditions are created: watering is carried out 4 times a month after fertilizing the soil. Fertilizing the soil depends on its composition. The soil also affects the ripening period of the vegetable, as well as flowering. timely cutting of ripened heads of cabbage. If you miss the point, broccoli will certainly bloom.

Its color grows rapidly and covers the whole head of cabbage in a few days. Flowering vegetables lose their tender juicy core, become tough and tasteless. Broccoli is grown because of vitamins and micronutrients: if you overexpose the head of cabbage on the open ground, it spoils and does not cook well – such a dish will not bring any benefit.> Overexposed vegetable is gradually changing-this is the first sign by which it can be judged that cabbage is not suitable for consumption. In normal condition, cabbage is compressed into dense buds of dark green color. On the head there should be no spots, signs of rot or dry heads.

Be sure to monitor the condition of the head: its appearance determines the time of harvest. Immediately before the flowering head of cabbage, departing from the main stem, its processes begin to turn yellow. First, uneven yellow-brown spots appear. For several days, the head of cabbage is covered with a characteristic color, which is difficult to get rid of.

If the cabbage is covered in color, it is too late to collect it. The crop is cut and used for household needs (livestock feeding). Prudent housewives give the cabbage a heat treatment, but it is no longer possible to get all the useful substances from cabbage. A product that has bloomed rarely causes negative reactions, but it is not recommended to eat it.

Improper storage

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If stored improperly, the cabbage will blossom

A healthy harvest for sale or storage at home can also bloom. Cabbage is stored in 2 ways:

  • for a short time – for 2-3 days;
  • for a long time – a few weeks.

If you managed to grow a healthy vegetable without flowering, it is stored properly. Even recently, a healthy head is able to become covered with yellow flowers in a few days. In this case, the product loses all its useful properties.

Short-term storage

To prevent yellow flowers from appearing on a fresh head, cabbage head is stored as fresh greens. Cabbage for this storage method is cut without separation into separate parts: the head of cabbage remains intact and without cuts. To store it, a container of water is prepared where a section of the stem is placed.

If the cabbage is overexposed in water, it will be covered with yellow flowers. This happens the next day, when the vegetable gets moisture.If the cabbage has gone color, it is impossible to cook it. If you freeze cabbage, collected in its normal form, after freezing it does not go into bloom. This is one of the most reliable ways to prevent the cabbage from blooming.

Storage in the refrigerator

Without preparation in the refrigerator during normal operation, the vegetable will quickly deteriorate. Signs that the cabbage is not suitable for consumption: the changed color of the head and flowering, covering most of the head. To prevent the appearance of inflorescences, it is necessary to properly prepare a place in the refrigerator.

A wet squeezed napkin is placed on the bottom of the vegetable storage tray (it should be clean and larger than a cabbage). A head of cabbage is placed in a bag that cannot be closed, and then left on a napkin. Before you put the cabbage head in the refrigerator, it must not be washed or trimmed. If inflorescences have already appeared, this method of storage is not suitable. It is important to observe the neighborhood in the refrigerator: apples or bananas should not be placed nearby. Shelf life of cabbage without inflorescence in this form is no more than 2 weeks.

Conclusion

Broccoli is a product that can be cooked. It retains useful properties and is unpretentious in leaving. In normal condition, no inflorescences should appear on the head. If the head starts to bloom, the crop is completely spoiled. High humidity leads to the formation of yellow flowers on a head of cabbage.You cannot save such a product.

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Anna Evans

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