Walking with Cabbages.... Challenge..!!

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  1. theruralgardener

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    Yikes! Looks like everyone is off already! I don't know whether to wait till April as I intended...or throw a panic and get them sown now...
     
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    Just checking my thread subscriptions
     
  3. Phil A

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    Just checking my Walking Stick Cabbage:heehee:

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  4. davygfuchsia

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    Mine are about same as yours Ziggy ...
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    My first batch are ready to be potted on:
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    They are in a cold frame all the time, I thought it would make them too 'soft' keeping them in the greenhouse.

    Has everyone sown their's ?
     
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    Nice batch of walking sticks there - and slug pellets :heehee:

    That brings up an interesting point. I've found that if I put the slug pellets in the trays or pots then the slugs seem to be attracted into the trays and pots. So I put them on the benching and ground around them instead of in them in the hope that the pellets get them before they climb into the tray or pot.
     
  7. Phil A

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    Been keeping mine in the frame but hardening them off during the day.

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    ziggy, does it have the knife there to fight off the slugs? :what:
     
  9. Phil A

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    Its in case of Pirates, we are on the coast, you can't be too carefull, they are often after walking sticks on account of their peg legs.
     
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    Grow enough sticks and you could sell them for a few pieces of eight. Squawk!!!!!
     
  11. Phil A

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    As with the giant pumpkins, sorely tempted to car boot a few cabbages to unsuspecting punters:heehee:
     
  12. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Be planting out at the weekend.


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    They look much bigger than mine pete, watch out the smog doesn't get them this weekend :)

    I sowed my second batch of five seeds yesterday.
     
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    Oh!! Are we supposed to sow them? :scratch:
     
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    Flippin eck! Look at the size of those beauties. I wonder where I'm going wrong!
     
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