Alexandru Ioan Apahidean

Ccontribution to Perfecting Technology of Early Savoy Cabbage Culture in Polyethylene Tunnels

In Europe, the major ways to obtain earlier yields are: plastic tunnels, low plastic tunnels, or directly temporally protection using different crops covers. In this way plants have better condition to grow and the yields are earlier. Pedoclimatic condition of our region (Transylvania, Romania) are less favorable for obtaining high and early yields than other region from Romania as South, or West parts. Do of this reason, vegetables farmers from Transylvania, are obliged to find technological arrangements that allowed them to obtain earlier and safety crops. Savoy cabbage in Romania is cultivated only in open field on the small surfaces around the towns of Transylvania region (Indrea et al., 2009). Savoy cabbage has a very big content in vitamins and mineral salts, and it is an excellent source of vitamin C. The cellulosic content of savoy cabbage is lower comparing with white cabbage or red cabbage (Ciofu et al., 2003).