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PSB - What can I grow with it
« on: February 10, 2009, 14:11:16 »
Hi
I planted some shop bought PSB Cardinal in autumn and thanks to the ravishes of time and slugs about half of them have died. So on the up side I have some space to fill. Anyone got any suggestions for what would grow happily alongside the PSB?
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Re: PSB - What can I grow with it
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2009, 14:23:30 »
according to companion planting guides the follow list do well with the brassicus family:-

Potatoes, celery, chamomile, sage, thyme, mint, Nasturtium, pennyroyal, rosemary, lavender, beets, Spinach, Chard, onions, Marigold, Carrot, Cucumber; aromatic plants are said to deter cabbage butterfly.

it is advised that they dislike dill, strawberries, tomatoes, and pole beans. but others may have had no problems combining these :-\, so they may get along just fine.




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Re: PSB - What can I grow with it
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2009, 14:49:36 »
Thanks for that - I have seed packets of spinach and chard so thats tempting.
By the way what is pennyroyal?

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Re: PSB - What can I grow with it
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2009, 14:52:10 »
Thanks for that - I have seed packets of spinach and chard so thats tempting.
By the way what is pennyroyal?

another mint type herb

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennyroyal

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Re: PSB - What can I grow with it
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2009, 15:19:16 »
thanks for the link thifasmom - I tend to grow herbs in the garden - that way they are more accessible come dinner time  :D  I'm also a bit wary of mint as I know how rapant it can be!!

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Re: PSB - What can I grow with it
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2009, 15:58:26 »
I have premo cabbage one side and cauliflower the other, they seem to be growing ok together.

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Re: PSB - What can I grow with it
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2009, 16:09:27 »
thanks for the link thifasmom - I tend to grow herbs in the garden - that way they are more accessible come dinner time  :D  I'm also a bit wary of mint as I know how rapant it can be!!

i have the majority of my herbs in a bed not far from my kitchen door for the same reason. i suppose you could interplant with another allium such as spring onions/ leeks as well.

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Re: PSB - What can I grow with it
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2009, 17:05:31 »
thanks for the ideas - so its cabbage, alliums, or spinach. i think I'll also use some of the space for some annual flowers as well
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Re: PSB - What can I grow with it
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2009, 15:29:06 »
Being new to a lot of this I hope you will forgive my ignorance but what is PSB.
 You never learn unless you ask!

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Re: PSB - What can I grow with it
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2009, 15:43:20 »
hiya, Manouche, psb is purple sprouting broccoli, also you can get white sprouting, lovely stuff  :)

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Re: PSB - What can I grow with it
« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2009, 16:22:57 »
Absolutely - if you don't ask your don't learn. I always find abbreviations painfull!
it's also very expensive in the shops and loses freshness quickly.

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Re: PSB - What can I grow with it
« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2009, 20:26:35 »
Absolutely - if you don't ask your don't learn. I always find abbreviations painfull!
it's also very expensive in the shops and loses freshness quickly.

Supermarkets hate it for 2 very good reasons...

-It can't be mechanically harvested
-It's seasonal

Both of these are disgusting concepts to the supermarkets.

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Re: PSB - What can I grow with it
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2009, 16:00:23 »
Thanks for the info Ollie. So that's why I only ever see it in my local veg shop then. Its usually fairly locally grown - Kent / Sussex. but hopefully this year it will be even more local to me  :D

 

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