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    brasicas

    Hi all this is my first post of may probabley. I would like to have a go at growing brasicas next year and just need to know how to prep the soil now, as a tryed a few years ago and they did nothing so presume the soil is not right somehow.
    Thanks
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    Not necessarily the soil's fault. Brassicas mostly like slightly alkaline soil, and firm to the point of concrete

    What do you want to grow?
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      lots of broccoli , and some savoy cabage and a bit of cauliflower

      the last time i tryed to grow there roots got eaten by somthing
      Last edited by wcah; 14-11-2010, 08:53 PM.

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      • #4
        Soounds like you might have club root,maybe grow in containers and use the ground for other crops.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by wcah View Post
          there roots got eaten by somthing
          that would be cabbage root fly... you need to put collars around the stems when you plant out your seedlings
          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
            that would be cabbage root fly... you need to put collars around the stems when you plant out your seedlings
            My mother-in-law reckons if you rot down rhubarb leaves and then spray the solution on brassicas it totally repels the cabbage root flies.

            I've got some rhubarb leaves rotting in a bucket but I suspect the stink may put me off!
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
              that would be cabbage root fly... you need to put collars around the stems when you plant out your seedlings
              I enviromesh all my brassica beds so no problems with flies / birds etc - slugs though will still find a way through

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