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to quote Eric, he's been growing for 50 odd years, start in peat pots, grow on until quite large, all in clean compost, dig a hole, fill with compost mixed with some lime, plant in without disturbing the roots..he swears by this method, we do it routinely as there was clubroot on the bottom plots before they were bulldozed :)
Anybody got any surefire methods for beating the dreaded clubroot?
Am I right in thinking that when finally planting you have to tread them in very firmly?
The Rhubarb is for Cabbage root flies isn't it? ???
an old gardening programme said that clubroot was endemic in peat based composts.
you can always use the flamethrower on the pigeons ;D
(subject to modification at whim, of course).
Grow them on in 4-5" pots until the root system is busting out
Water the area with Jeyes fluid a few days before planting
Maybe water them in with a lime solution?
Bury them deep & Lime between them after planting
Pray.......
and maybe net them too.
I will probably also use my new flame gun between the rows to keep the weeds down, may help with the clubroot too.. Huh
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