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Companion planting:
Likes: beans, chamomile,
celery, coriander, cucumber, dill, marigold, lettuce, marjoram, mint,
nasturtiums, onions, oregano, peas, potatoes, tomatoes
Dislikes:
strawberries
Sow November to early March,
harvest January to May
Sowing before
February often results in bolting, though we had excellent results with 'Red Pak Choi F1'
(Diggers),
sown in November.
Sow four or five
seeds in a clump, a bit apart, space clumps at least 60 cm apart. Then
gradually thin out seedlings. Thin before the seedlings touch each other.
Side-dress. Water well.
All brassica are
attacked by the cabbage
moth and the cabbage white butterfly. Companion-planting with marigold, dill
and oregano helps, also scattering crushed eggshells around the
plants. If infestation is heavy spray with Dipel (try mixing in a drop of
detergent to help the droplets to cling to the leaves).
We don’t preserve
many of the Brassicas as we have a steady supply throughout the year.
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