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Post by brownrexx on May 24, 2015 20:17:25 GMT -5
Usually I grow Golden Acre cabbage under floating row covers and it is very successful although the heads are only about 2 lbs. so they are not as big as they could be. This year I am trying half of them under tulle fabric to give them more water & light and I am enjoying seeing them grow too.
Here is a pic I took today. They are starting to make heads.
Brussels sprouts are looking good too. No row covers there. I sprayed them with bt last year and had good results.
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Post by lisaann on May 25, 2015 5:25:10 GMT -5
Yep,
You will be making lots of Kraut!
That rain perked everything up, didn't it?
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Post by mrsk on May 25, 2015 7:35:07 GMT -5
I am trying row covers too this year, but am a bit worried about the wind. Going to try and set it up today
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Post by ncgarden on May 25, 2015 7:39:09 GMT -5
Our lack of rain in May has really impacted things. NCGarden cabbages seem a bit behind brownrexx cabbages!!! I love the tuille and may need to change next year! I did not cover my broccoli and lost all of it to the moths.
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Post by brownrexx on May 25, 2015 8:17:40 GMT -5
Are you making kraut again this year NC? am a bit worried about the wind. I get serious wind here too so I use some curved over wire fencing for firmer support than hoops and notice that I use bricks to hold down the FRC. I like using the bricks. I can stack them up at the edge of the garden in the winter and I don't end up losing them like I did when I used big rocks. I had had near hurricane force winds here that ripped trees out of the ground and amazingly the FRC were still in place. Being low to the ground helps too.
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Post by ncgarden on May 25, 2015 9:39:21 GMT -5
I am NOT making kraut this year, although I might try your freezer slaw recipe!! I am eating a lot of cabbage lately
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Post by brownrexx on May 25, 2015 9:44:31 GMT -5
That slaw is like pepper cabbage if you have had that, and it stayed crunchy all winter. We just ate the last of it about a week ago.
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Post by OregonRed on May 25, 2015 10:28:32 GMT -5
I have I think, 4 nappa cabbage in, not covered, and will end up on the shade side of the beans when they get going. I wanted to put in red cabbage, because it's on my diet, but it's too late now. i'll see about putting some in for overwinter. I tend to have best luck here with cool weather crops, if I overwinter them.
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Post by tbird on May 25, 2015 10:45:02 GMT -5
brown, can you link to where you had the freezer slaw recipe?
And - close ups of you new cover would be nice! thx.
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Post by brownrexx on May 25, 2015 15:51:04 GMT -5
OK I went out to take a pic for you. The fabric is tulle. I bought it at the fabric store and it is the stuff that they make bridal veils out of and I bought the 56" wide one
I decided to pull the FRC cover back and look what I found! I didn't even know it was under there. The variety is called Amazing and it truly is.
Here is something else from under the cover. I am always amazed at cabbage heads growing from such tiny plants.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on May 25, 2015 17:00:21 GMT -5
I am trying cauliflower this year again but in the past it grew with leaves between the florets. Is there a way to prevent this ahead of time?
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Post by lisaann on May 25, 2015 17:21:12 GMT -5
The variety you choose will prevent this.
What variety did you choose?
Rexx,
I'm surprised amasing doesn't have leaves covering it? It's a self blanching variety and the leaves should be cupping the head.
Use a clothes pin and close the leaves over that head to keep it from getting yellow.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on May 25, 2015 18:46:16 GMT -5
It was a Snowball I think. It was a few years ago. This year is Giant of Naples from Bakers Creek. I have had self blanching ones before and still needed to be tied.
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Post by lisaann on May 25, 2015 18:50:50 GMT -5
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Post by lisaann on May 25, 2015 18:53:40 GMT -5
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