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Title: Have i dreamt this?
Post by: baggieboy on October 28, 2006, 17:28:47

Hi ,

I'm sure iv'e read this somewhere.

When growing cabbage, when the heart is growing you can use a paperclip to wrap the leaves around it for protection.

I told this to some people and they all said i was off my head :o :o

does anyone now if im a dreamer?

Title: Re: Have i dreamt this?
Post by: tim on October 28, 2006, 19:07:35

Cauliflower??

Title: Re: Have i dreamt this?
Post by: supersprout on October 28, 2006, 20:01:35

I'm sure I've read about tying cabbage, lettuce and Chinese cabbage - to encourage them to heart up - in older gardening tomes ;)
Not read this or heard of it recently though ::)
I wonder if breeding has developed better 'hearting' varieties?

Title: Re: Have i dreamt this?
Post by: manicscousers on October 28, 2006, 20:25:58

I've heard it for cos lettuce, to get them to blanch and heart up, tried it this year,with string, it worked :)

Title: Re: Have i dreamt this?
Post by: telboy on October 31, 2006, 22:06:11

If the stem is pieced, for lettuce & cabbages, it encourages heartening up.

Title: Re: Have i dreamt this?
Post by: baggieboy on November 01, 2006, 02:34:14

Thanks for the replies.....may as well add it to the note book

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