Sad Cabbage

[queenbee]

Does anyone agree that there isn't a sadder sight than transplanted cabbages, I did mine today and if I didn't know better I would have given up. I know they should recover but I feel like this every year. In fact all brassicas seem to flop but not quite as bad as cabbage.

[queenbee]

[small]

Certainly do agree! I did mine today as well, the caulis and calabrese don't look too bad but the cabbage won't last the night....they will, of course, they always do....  I feel like a murderer, though.....

[gavinjconway]

Lettuce look the worst with the frail leaves all crinkled in a heap on the muddy soil and whalla... in a few days they are up and flourishing..

[Aden Roller]

Lettuce look the worst with the frail leaves all crinkled in a heap on the muddy soil and whalla... in a few days they are up and flourishing..

Snap!! I was just about to post something very similar.  ;) ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

I transplanted some angelica a couple of weeks ago, on a cold damp day, into wet soil. I wouldn't expect a lot of things to flop badly under those circumstances, but the next day it was so limp I was quite worried. The slugs took advantage, but the plants are now recovering nicely.

[Aden Roller]

It's probably a feeling I have every year but......... everything seems slow to get going.

That leaves us just end of May, June, July, August, September and a pinch of October. A short growing season in the big outdoor UK world. Something to look forward to each year I guess.

Just as well many brassicas can cope with the cold.  :)

[antipodes]

True, I hadn't noticed much. Brassicas do seem to sulk a lot when transplanted. But they soon pick up and look better. I have gotten some early caulis in for once and they are starting to look OK despite the bad weather. I always think I have killed lettuce when I plant it out! after about a week it looks much perkier!