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Old 16-07-2010, 04:41 PM
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Something is happening to my Cabbages, photo attached, one of my cabbages is splitting open across the middle. What is happening ?
any advice would be appreciated
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Old 16-07-2010, 06:34 PM
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Have you had alot of rain and heat, Hammer? I just noticed one of mine doing something similar and I've blamed the waether. We've had 6+ inches of rain in 10 days and temps in the high 80s to mid 90s so I thought the cabbage was just growing too fast for it's own good. Maybe someone else has a better idea of what's going on.
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Old 16-07-2010, 06:44 PM
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Not only have we had a lot of rain, but the cabbage has reached the stage of being ready for cutting. It is moving on the next stage of getting ready to produce a flower stalk.
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Hi Hammer, it's down to this blasted rain - mature cabbage heads do split open when it rains so you should really harvest the others and put them in the freezer before they split aswell.
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id say that it looks odd because there are no holes in it from cabbage whites(how did you manage that?)
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