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Companion
planting: Large Savoy
and large Red (late cabbages): Sugarloaf
(spring or overwintering cabbages): Small Savoy
and small Red (early cabbages): Sow four or five seeds in a clump, space clumps at least 60 cm apart. Place late cabbages 100 cm apart. Then gradually thin out seedlings. Thinning should be completed when the best seedling has made three true leaves. Side-dress, but not too much for winter brassica after the end of February. All brassica are attacked by the cabbage moth and the cabbage white butterfly. Companion-planting with marigold, dill, celery, sage, 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
any of the Brassica as we have a steady supply throughout the year. |
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