Spring Cabbage

[Duke Ellington]

Is it to late to plant them out on the allotment?? I have been growing them in my little plastic mini green house and they are a good size in 3 in pots at the moment. Do I still have time ?

Duke

[Duke Ellington]

[Tee Gee]

Yes!!

[tim]

Put my last in yesterday.

What about PSB,TG?

[Duke Ellington]

Thank you Tim and Tee G for such speedy answers!!

Duke

[Lauren S]

What variety are you growing..?

[Duke Ellington]

Durham Early is the variety I am growing Lauren!

Duke

[elvis2003]

hiya duke,id shove em in anyways,what have you got to lose
rach
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[kt.]

hiya duke,id shove em in anyways,what have you got to lose

I agree.  And if you have any cloches you could use, that would fit over them for a little while,  it would help speed up any growing time you think you may of lost. ;)

[elvis2003]

and dont forget your cabbage collars,although im sure youve already thought of that  ;D

[RSJK]

Is it to late to plant spring Cabbage,  my answer to that is no, we used to transplant them out up unto the end of October in the fields, and 9 times out of 10 the later they were planted out the better crop we had in the spring. They used to look terrable through the winter but always came round well.  i think one of the best variety's now is Duncan or Advantage.

[Duke Ellington]

Thanks for all you answers and Richard I agree with you it is great to be on the allotment!!! Its one of the best things I have ever done getting an allotment!! I am new to growing vegetables on a larger scale ~however I also used to get a kick out of growing them in containers at home!. The funniest things for me is when I decided to give up on my beetroot and parsnips sowings. I left them alone for a few weeks and eventually I had really good beetroot !! I some very healthy looking parsnips! I guess they didn't like being watched  :P

Duke

[Tee Gee]

What about PSB,TG?

OK the experts would say around July but I would say yes! particularly if there is any truth in this global warming thing and your plants are quite healthy.

In my opinion all they need is a few weeks to get going, then they will do there own thing and grow to suit the prevailing weather,e.g. romp away if it is mild and go into semi dormancy if it is very cold. ( This is what happens to those planted in July)

If you have them you have nothing to lose in planting them out.

You could give them a helping hand by protecting them particularly from wind so that they do not suffer 'root rock' before the root system has had a chance to develop and hold them in place.

[baggyman]

I planted some last Autumn, but left some in the greenhouse over winter. I thought I'd left it too late and finally planted them out in  early March.
The  greenhouse cabbages caught up and were bigger by the time I came to harvest them.
Might try it again this year

[tim]

Thanks, TG.

[robbo]

and dont forget your cabbage collars,although im sure youve already thought of that  ;D

Err, what's a cabbage collar?

  Robbo.

[betula]

You could put a ring of cardboard round the base,help prevent pests.

Never grown cabbage,but read about it. :)

[tim]

Look in here - http://www.vegetable-garden-guide.com/growing-cabbage.html

[OllieC]

I tried cabbage collars once, broke 3 of the stems trying to get them on & haven't bothered since! But then I'm a bit of an oaf on occasions!