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Started by "Anna"
Thu, 30 Jun 2005 21:24
Care of cabbage plants
Author: "Anna"
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 21:24
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 21:24
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C57DBA.246A1C10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My 84 year old mother-in-law told my husband to break off the lower leaves on my cabbage plant. What is the purpose of this and is it common practice? I didn't do that last year and they grew just fine. Help appreciated. Thanks Anna ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C57DBA.246A1C10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My 84 year old mother-in-law told my husband to break off the lower leaves on my cabbage plant. What is the purpose of this and is it common practice? I didn't do that last year and they grew just fine. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Help appreciated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anna</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C57DBA.246A1C10--
Re: Care of cabbage plants
Author: "Dwayne"
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 21:08
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 21:08
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C57E81.0F8F7CF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Maybe it was to keep them from crowding each other. I never have and have been happy with my results. Dwayne "Anna" <acarter@cavenet.com> wrote in message news:11c9hdd329rvca3@corp.supernews.com... My 84 year old mother-in-law told my husband to break off the lower leaves on my cabbage plant. What is the purpose of this and is it common practice? I didn't do that last year and they grew just fine. Help appreciated. Thanks Anna ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C57E81.0F8F7CF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maybe it was to keep them from crowding each other. I never have and have been happy with my results.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dwayne</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>"Anna" <<A href="mailto:acarter@cavenet.com">acarter@cavenet.com</A>> wrote in message <A href="news:11c9hdd329rvca3@corp.supernews.com">news:11c9hdd329rvca3@corp.supernews.com</A>...</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My 84 year old mother-in-law told my husband to break off the lower leaves on my cabbage plant. What is the purpose of this and is it common practice? I didn't do that last year and they grew just fine. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Help appreciated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anna</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C57E81.0F8F7CF0--
Re: Care of cabbage plants
Author: "farmerdill@bell
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 10:32
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 10:32
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That is new to me. Never knew anyone to break off bottom leaves on cabbage plants. I don't know the purpose and it surely is not common.
Re: Care of cabbage plants
Author: "Anna"
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 13:08
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 13:08
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I asked what the purpose was and she said it made them produce heads sooner. I think I will leave them to grow at their own rate. <farmerdill@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:1120411958.733333.31010@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... | That is new to me. Never knew anyone to break off bottom leaves on | cabbage plants. I don't know the purpose and it surely is not common. |
Re: Care of cabbage plants
Author: Steve
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 18:57
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 18:57
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Anna wrote: > I asked what the purpose was and she said it made them produce heads sooner. > I think I will leave them to grow at their own rate. >............................ In a situation like this, it's a good time to do an experiment. Pull the lower leaves off of every other one and watch to see what happens. Then you can report back to us. My guess would be that they don't really form a head sooner or, if they do, the heads would probably be smaller than the others. That's what common sense would tell me but, once in a while common sense lets you down. Find out. Steve
Re: Care of cabbage plants
Author: "Anna"
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 21:10
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 21:10
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Well I'm not quite that brave, I only planted six cabbage plants. So it is one that is minus the lower leaves. They are all growing like crazy right now and I don't seem to see any difference. She (my mother-in-law) also told my husband to plant the beans 4 inches deep. I didn't do that because we got such a late start getting them in the ground. They also seem to be thriving. Anna "Steve" <tlswilso@aol.com> wrote in message news:v5mdndcxf-t4I1TfRVn-jw@adelphia.com... | Anna wrote: | > I asked what the purpose was and she said it made them produce heads sooner. | > I think I will leave them to grow at their own rate. | >............................ | | In a situation like this, it's a good time to do an experiment. Pull the | lower leaves off of every other one and watch to see what happens. Then | you can report back to us. | My guess would be that they don't really form a head sooner or, if they | do, the heads would probably be smaller than the others. That's what | common sense would tell me but, once in a while common sense lets you | down. Find out. | | Steve
Re: Care of cabbage plants
Author: Pan Ohco
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 02:47
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 02:47
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On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 18:57:36 -0400, Steve wrote: >Anna wrote: >> I asked what the purpose was and she said it made them produce heads sooner. >> I think I will leave them to grow at their own rate. >>............................ > >In a situation like this, it's a good time to do an experiment. Pull the >lower leaves off of every other one and watch to see what happens. Then >you can report back to us. >My guess would be that they don't really form a head sooner or, if they >do, the heads would probably be smaller than the others. That's what >common sense would tell me but, once in a while common sense lets you >down. Find out. > >Steve Wasn't there an old wives tale about taking a leaf and putting it on top of the cabbage head, to stop cabbage moths from laying eggs within the head. Perhaps that's what the OP's grandmother was talking about Pan Ohco
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