I just thought I'd report on some interesting findings of my early season brassicas...
I've just harvested my first cabbage of the year, sown at the end of January, which is very pleasing. It germinated quickly in the cool greenhouse - sown in modules, then moved to 3 inch pots, then planted with a cauliflower and a couple of lettuce into a 12 inch square pot. It's been outside since late March, and endured snow and scorchio
Now, the second batch - sown a month later - are not doing nearly so well. You'd think that they would be no more than a month of growth behind, or even less, having been sown later, but they're small and looking stunted.
The only difference, apart from the sowing date, that I can pin-point is the point at which they were transplanted. I suspect they languished in the 3 inch pots too long.
So, anyone else got experience of the best point to transplant your brassicas into their final position? What do you go by? Number of leaves, age...?
I've just harvested my first cabbage of the year, sown at the end of January, which is very pleasing. It germinated quickly in the cool greenhouse - sown in modules, then moved to 3 inch pots, then planted with a cauliflower and a couple of lettuce into a 12 inch square pot. It's been outside since late March, and endured snow and scorchio
Now, the second batch - sown a month later - are not doing nearly so well. You'd think that they would be no more than a month of growth behind, or even less, having been sown later, but they're small and looking stunted.
The only difference, apart from the sowing date, that I can pin-point is the point at which they were transplanted. I suspect they languished in the 3 inch pots too long.
So, anyone else got experience of the best point to transplant your brassicas into their final position? What do you go by? Number of leaves, age...?
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