Topic: Cabbage collars again

[Mrs Ava]

Carrying on from the discussion about cabbage collars, I can get hold of a lot of old lino, will this be okay or will it be too hard and sharp?

[Fingle....]

whats a cabbage collar ??

[jethro]

Hi fingle, these are things that you put around the bottom of the stalks (at ground level) to stop the moths etc getting into the soil and laying the eggs  >:( .

[jethro]

Hi EJ, as long as the lino is flat to the soil and the little darlings can't get underneath it should be ok  ;D

[Hugh_Jones]

EJ, old linoleum also makes excellent bottomless pots for growing tomatoes, peppers, aubergines etc. by the `ring culture` method - just a strong stapler needed to fasten the ends into a circle - I used this method very satisfactorily for years.