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growmore

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Cabbage
« on: June 07, 2007, 23:24:55 »
This spring cabbage don't want to heart up  properly...
Type is either Flowers of spring or April ... Planted out last Sept


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Re: Cabbage
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2007, 08:37:14 »
Wow they are looking quite big there Jim. Impressive  :)

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Re: Cabbage
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2007, 12:45:29 »
ours were like that, we were using them as loose leaf cabbage..the march sown ones have caught them up now and started hearting up..ate the last of the autumn sown ones 2 days ago  ;D
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Re: Cabbage
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2007, 13:24:54 »
thats what i planted but they turned out to be cauliflower  :-\
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Re: Cabbage
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2007, 22:22:11 »
     Use a high nitrogen feed. Sulphate of ammonia, or Dried blood. Just sprinkle some around the base of the plant and hoe in.
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Re: Cabbage
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2007, 13:05:19 »
We put some sulphate of ammonia around our spring greens and it did the trick. Was glad we had the bunnies to help us out. As you say Manic the spring sewn ones have caught up.Were having some tonite
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Re: Cabbage
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2007, 18:54:35 »
Is that blood fish and bone?
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Re: Cabbage
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2007, 09:53:05 »
Hi RR, Blood fish and bone is a slow release balanced fertilizer..With an NPN of roughly 555.. This lasts a lot longer in soil than say dried blood alone ..
Dried blood is a quick release  easily absorbed  nitrogen fertilizer with a NPN roughly of 12-0-0 ..
It's the quick release high nitrogen fertilizers that give cabbage etc a boost ..
Other high nitrogen fertilizers are Sulphate of ammonium ,Nitrate of soda ..
High nitrogen wouldn't be suitable for seedlings etc..
The way I apply it is just sprinkle a little around base  of plant and water it in well ..


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