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Title: Calabrese planting out seedlings
Post by: glosterwomble on May 02, 2007, 15:20:24
I sowed some calabrese seeds in small modules and they're now ready to plant out, in my allotment book it says plant them by burying them up to the first set of leaves. Is this the way others would do it? I'm I reading it correctly, does it mean like you can with tomato seedlings?
Title: Re: Calabrese planting out seedlings
Post by: tim on May 02, 2007, 16:16:55
Yes - DEEP!!
Title: Re: Calabrese planting out seedlings
Post by: norfolklass on May 02, 2007, 16:19:53
does that apply to all brassicas?
will be planting out red cabbage soon and it would be nice to know what I'm doing :-[
Title: Re: Calabrese planting out seedlings
Post by: okra on May 02, 2007, 16:32:06
yes same advice - plant them deep and cover as the pigeons love them
Title: Re: Calabrese planting out seedlings
Post by: kt. on May 02, 2007, 16:49:52
Oh dear: first year I have grown broccoli. Planted mine last week. Not sure if they were up to the first leaves though. They seem to be firm enough though as I stamped on the ground around them.
Title: Re: Calabrese planting out seedlings
Post by: glosterwomble on May 02, 2007, 17:37:15
ok, thanks for the advice, it seems wrong to plant stem underground, I would have thought it would rot off.
Title: Re: Calabrese planting out seedlings
Post by: Rosyred on May 02, 2007, 19:05:34
I'm a bit behind as I just sowed mine today
Title: Re: Calabrese planting out seedlings
Post by: kitten on May 07, 2007, 19:24:30
Hey rosy, we haven't even sown any yet, so you're not the last  ::)