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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
Large Savoy
and large Red (late cabbages):
Sow from January to March,
harvest May to September
Varieties used:
Mammoth Red Rock (The Lost
Seed)
Brunswick (The Lost Seed)
Sugarloaf
(spring or overwintering cabbages):
Sow mid-March to mid
April, harvest September/October
Also sow in greenhouse in April, then separate seedlings, keep in pots, plant
out end of August
Varieties used:
Early Jersey Wakefield (The
Lost Seed)
Sugarloaf (Mr.Fothergill’s)
Small Savoy
and small Red (early cabbages):
Sow September to February,
harvest December to June
Varieties used:
Vertus Savoy (The Lost Seed)
Red Drumhead (The Lost Seed)
Red Acre (The Lost Seed)
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
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
cabbages as we have a steady supply throughout the year.
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