METHOD FOR OBTAINING OF CABBAGE SEEDS UNDER NORTH CONDITIONS OF AT LEAST 62 DEG LATITUDE Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: method involves growing parent plants from seedlings; digging out obtained plants and storing; cutting out cabbage stems together with terminal bud; cultivating cut out cabbage stems with following planting in ground; obtaining seed-bearing plants. Parent plants are grown by sowing of seeds at the end of second decade in April. 40-45-day age seedlings are planted in open ground of 0.35 sq.m feeding area. Parent plants produced are kept in containers at temperature of 0-1 C and air humidity of 90-95%. Cabbage stems are cut out two weeks before cultivation procedure. Cabbage stems are cultivated in plastic film greenhouse during 15 days at temperature of 5-10 C. Cabbage stems are planted in greenhouse having air temperature of 11-14 C and soil temperature of 7-10 C in the second decade of April. For obtaining of seed-bearing plants, small bush is formed, with growth being limited by first and second order sprouts. EFFECT: stabilized yield and improved sowing qualities of seeds.