Help! I sowed some sprouts and some cabbage seeds in a big bath- my version of a seed bed. They're looking good- much better than the sickly looking things I've been nurturing for months on end after sowing them indoors far too early! The problem is, I can't remember which are which (did't label them!). As they develop, will they become recognisable and different?
Well. it looks as if you are going to have surprise greens (as opposed to those terrible peas back in the sixties). ;D ;D ;D
valmarg
Well if one was red cabbage, or sprouts that would help.................... ;D
The sprouts will have more rounded almost spoon shaped leaves
A timely lesson folks? Label written before you sow!!!! ;)
Quote from: gwynnethmary on May 18, 2010, 20:13:25
As they develop, will they become recognisable and different?
Yes, the cabbages have a big head on them & brussels are small with lotsof them ;D ;D ;D
Neil
Its not hard to tell the difference its just one of the garden skills that you pick up with time
SWEEDE
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SPROUT SLIGHTLY DARKER GREEN
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Thanks everyone! I think I may have the answer in that there are are a lot more of one than the other, and I probably thought that as sprouts are tall and thin I could squeeze more of them in!
I think you'll be badly dissapointed if you squeeze in sprouts.... they need about 1.5-2 feet around each plant, most modern cabbages are OK at a foot, som eof the older biggies needed 16-18 inches..... sprouts need spacve though...
chrisc
I don't disagree with you CC but I put mine 15" apart either way.
I have done this from the time that I read that on the narrow bed system you can plant plants closer.
I find it works for me and the other advantage I find is; they support each other better!
Well, I put in my sprouts and cabbages today, and am now quietly confident that I could tell the difference- the cabbage leaves look like cabbage leaves! All I had to do was wait a few days. I've been amazed at how much quicker these have come on in the bath outdoors, sown later. No more faffing about in february on windowsills for me- at least where brassicas are concerned! My newbie enthusiasm should have calmed down a bit by next spring!
;D my newbie enthusiasm has lasted three years now! wonder if ill ever stop getting so excited at the sight of new things,hope not!
Last year I got a surprise my cabbages (so I thought) turned out to be mini cauliflowers. I really must label, but the plastic greenhouse did get blown down in the wind last year and everything got mixed up, that is my excuse.
I did the same - not in a bath - with broccoli and brussel sprouts.(Lost the labels somehow) Have now planted them out and wait for the interesting result! Does it matter that they are mixed?
If your broccoli is the same as mine, the leaves are light bluey green, and more edged than the sprouts, if that helps. But I don't really think it matters, unless you're a bit of a tidy freak, like me!
This year I have lovely red cabbage and Brussel Sprouts and broccoli (calabrese) growing: sown straight into the coldframe and forgotten about. Planted out at 10 cm high. and they have taken really well now they have been planted out. I won't do them any other way now. Indoors just doesn't work properly, they like it cool it seems.
They were easy to tell apart, they are completely different colours!