canadiyank
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Central WA, Zone 6B
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Post by canadiyank on Mar 16, 2015 11:59:34 GMT -5
My daughter was the Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program winner for our state! Used a floating row cover and drip irrigation. She was randomly picked out of 12K+ participants. Pretty fun!  |
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Post by lisaann on Mar 16, 2015 14:58:10 GMT -5
Hahahhahaha
Now that IS a cabbage! WOW!
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Post by brownrexx on Mar 16, 2015 15:07:59 GMT -5
Beautiful garden, adorable girls and a really IMPRESSIVE cabbage!
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Post by ecsoehng on Mar 16, 2015 15:32:03 GMT -5
Nice!
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Mar 16, 2015 15:40:03 GMT -5
Wow! That's great! Congrats to the winner!
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Post by gakaren on Mar 16, 2015 20:12:24 GMT -5
That is fantastic...all of it...the girls, the garden & the cabbage! What did you do with that much cabbage? |
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Mar 16, 2015 22:50:55 GMT -5
I've NEVER seen a cabbage so massive! What variety is it, and what did you feed it (besides compost) to get it so large? I'm wondering also if it was tender enough to eat since it was so large.
That's enough cabbage for a while year!
And congratulations on the award!
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canadiyank
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Central WA, Zone 6B
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Post by canadiyank on Mar 16, 2015 23:16:35 GMT -5
What did you do with that much cabbage? Oh man, it was a ton! We made coleslaw, fish tacos, cabbage salad, and kraut. I still have some in the freezer and I think we'll make sausage and cabbage soup with it. We also gave a TON away...chopped hunks off it that were the size of a regular cabbage.  |
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canadiyank
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Post by canadiyank on Mar 16, 2015 23:19:27 GMT -5
I've NEVER seen a cabbage so massive! What variety is it, and what did you feed it (besides compost) to get it so large? It was Bonnie Plants' "OS (oversized) Cross." It's just what they handed out in the classrooms. They grew them for awhile in the classrooms and then they brought them home to plant. We didn't feed it anything...just compost like you said, and after the initial hand-watering we used drip irrigation. We do get cabbage moths TERRIBLY around here so I kept it under a floating row cover (you can see it in the pic). They are just bred to be monstrous, but this one was extra-huge and very happy in our garden. |
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canadiyank
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Central WA, Zone 6B
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Post by canadiyank on Mar 16, 2015 23:43:41 GMT -5
Here's a "before" pic, on the day she planted it:  And here it is with the big leaves taken off, next to a box of cereal for perspective:  |
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 17, 2015 0:00:54 GMT -5
Wow
and congrats to your daughter!
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Post by James on Mar 17, 2015 3:03:03 GMT -5
Amazing!
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Post by ahntjudy on Mar 17, 2015 8:11:58 GMT -5
Oh My!
That is incredible!
It makes the cabbages I bought yesterday look like brussels sprouts!
Please send my congratulations to your sweet daughter and her lovely assistant!
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Mar 17, 2015 12:56:36 GMT -5
Thanks for the information; I've already added it to my list to plant.
And BTW, I like your raised bed arrangement; looks like you've spent a lot of time creating the bed gardens.
Another query - when did you harvest it? I'm wondering if allowing it to grow longer helped it to become so big.
(I'm thinking now I'll have a "large plants" bed with a cabbage like this and some Connecticut field pumpkins.)
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canadiyank
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Central WA, Zone 6B
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Post by canadiyank on Mar 17, 2015 14:16:38 GMT -5
And BTW, I like your raised bed arrangement; looks like you've spent a lot of time creating the bed gardens. Thanks! My dad built those for me. They have worked really well! Another query - when did you harvest it? I'm wondering if allowing it to grow longer helped it to become so big. Just looked it up and it was July 23rd...planted April 10th. Good luck! |
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