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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Philbasford on May 24, 2006, 15:24:54

Title: cabbage - sowing
Post by: Philbasford on May 24, 2006, 15:24:54
Hi guys,

Is it to late for me to plant some cabbage  left some uncovered and you guessed it ,was eaten by pigeons, if not to late, should i plant in doors in a tray or straight in to the ground?

Luckily they only gotn a small patch.  Does anyone here shoot them?
Title: Re: cabbage - sowing
Post by: Svea on May 24, 2006, 16:24:55
the earlier sowings produce cabbages in august - i didnt want them then! so this year i am sowing them late - around about the next two weeks - then i will plant them in their final postions when big enough. i will do them in newspaper rolls because ti dont have a seedbed outside. lack of space issues.

but whatever works for you. i am sure you can do them straight outside now - it's warm enough. maybe sow them into a depression, so you can then 'earth them up' when they are a little bigger and firm them down the way you would if you were planting them.
Title: Re: cabbage - sowing
Post by: saddad on May 24, 2006, 16:42:38
There is hardly amonth in the year when you can't plant cabbages of some sort! Bags of time for summer cabbage yet!
;D
Title: Re: cabbage - sowing
Post by: Philbasford on May 24, 2006, 16:45:41
ill get planting:)
Title: Re: cabbage - sowing
Post by: tim on May 24, 2006, 16:49:26
Phil - there could be some confusion here -  are we talking of planting or sowing??
Title: Re: cabbage - sowing
Post by: Philbasford on May 25, 2006, 14:24:10
sowing sorry
Title: Re: cabbage - sowing
Post by: Sprout on May 25, 2006, 15:10:48
Lots of garden centres will have cabbage plants available now if you don't want (or can't wait) for seeds to germinate.
Title: Re: cabbage - sowing
Post by: Ricado on May 26, 2006, 21:06:51
i rely on advantage f1 quite heavily, as you can sow almost all year round and harvest the same.  Not massive, but good pointed with really green leaves.  Im harvesting them now and they weigh over a pound each !