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Post by cortona on May 31, 2011 16:19:23 GMT -5
lieven, canyou think about trade some seeds of the aaaaa mix? wel i'm mostrly interested in daubenton x curly but with the add of the broussel sprouts..it can sort out so much biodiversity and fun...
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Post by ottawagardener on May 31, 2011 22:17:37 GMT -5
Lieven: Just noticed this, absolutely!
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Post by ottawagardener on Jun 29, 2011 18:19:57 GMT -5
Update: Parents - San Michel on the left and Red Rock on the right.  Babies - These were transplanted after a delay so they are slightly smaller. Mine all seem to be an intermediary colour and texture so far:  |
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Post by mnjrutherford on Jun 29, 2011 22:35:20 GMT -5
What beautiful plants! What is the feathery plant? Dill? Fennel?
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Post by ottawagardener on Jun 30, 2011 6:07:43 GMT -5
Cosmos sulphereus. The cabbage ring a round garden and are interplanted with marigolds and short cosmos for prettiness. It might deter something too. Hard to say. In the top photo, the yellow flowers are from chinese cabbage that has gone to seed.
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Post by raymondo on Jun 30, 2011 8:11:51 GMT -5
Yes indeed, beautiful plants. Love the soft blue-green leaves and purple-red veins.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 1, 2011 15:51:59 GMT -5
This is my favorite current brassica, Di Sicilia Violetto. I seeded these in flats in February and transplanted on March 29. I'll seed them again in July for transplant in August. I love the bright green Romanesco as well. The San Michele is doing fab in my garden. It looks stunning. I haven't eaten any yet, but last week we harvested the balance of the Panca Povoa verde, a Portuguese Cabbage and it was the best cabbage I have ever eaten. It is a traditional loose leaf that you can use for stuffing. We also tried a Purple Peacock Broccoli, which is preferred 10 to 1 by the vile voles. I didn't even get one of the 200 planted. What we have here folks is a trap crop. Can you expand on the details of the cross? How many plants did you have? Did you let the insects cross them for you, or did you umm, do the uhh, well you know? Attachments:
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 1, 2011 15:55:38 GMT -5
San Michele, it's very attractive. My permanent rhubarb bed is tucked in between these cabbages. They were so puny, I thought the cabbage would keep them shaded and good company. I mean, really cabbages they have a good head on them. Attachments:
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Post by ottawagardener on Jul 5, 2011 6:57:49 GMT -5
No, I let the insects do the work. I only allowed one San Michele to go to seed in among a group of about 10 Red Rock Mammothes have a good chance of being crossed. I'm not sure about the Red Rock Mammoth. The seeds of the San Michele were much, much larger than those that came from the RRM pods, as well as either original seed source seeds. They also produced large, vigorous seedlings. Not much more to tell I gotta say  |
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Post by extremegardener on Sept 13, 2011 16:34:09 GMT -5
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Post by 12540dumont on Sept 13, 2011 18:37:10 GMT -5
really beautiful
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Post by lieven on Sept 27, 2011 16:27:03 GMT -5
Sure, let's trade plenty: November will do fine for me.
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Post by lieven on Sept 27, 2011 16:28:38 GMT -5
I've got the daubenton x etc available as seeds, so just send me a PM thru www.lusthof.org. |
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Post by ottawagardener on Oct 27, 2011 19:29:34 GMT -5
Lieven: I've just send you the seeds and am very intersted in your cross!!
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Post by ottawagardener on Oct 28, 2011 10:16:01 GMT -5
Here's an example of the RRMxSM cross just a few days ago with my hand for scale.  I've heard back from Extreme Gardener on how hers did but if anyone else has some seeds that I sent them wishes to send me an update, that would be great! Pests in garden: spotty infestations of cabbage root maggot, flea beetles which hit at a more mature age, cabbage moth, slugs and earwigs. No major problems with cabbages. Diseases: Nothing obvious in this patch Spacing: For good heads, they seem to require at least a 4 foot square space. They are large, late season cabbages like their parents. Growing: I started with tomatoes and planted out sometime in April with cups as cutworm collars and a bit of wood ash sprinkled on the earth. The dirt has organic matter in it but I didn't fertilize or supplementarily water once established. The soil that these were grown in is a good mixture but it sits atop a relatively sandy/gravely layer with bedrock some distance (deeper than I've dug. I leave on western slope with precambrian shield rock poking out here and there. The soil varies in depth) beneath. Another one with a patch of more behind it.  We'll see how the F1s do over winter! |
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