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Growing Cabbage
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Harvesting and Storing Cabbage
Cabbages are ready for harvesting when the hearts are firm.
Lift the entire plant with a fork and cut the roots off at a later
stage, or, cut the stem just above the base of the lower leaves,
and discard the outer leaves which are too coarse for eating.
Mature cabbages with a good firm heart, and in good condition, can
be stored in a cool, airy frost proof shed for several weeks. |
Place the
cabbages on a rack made of wood or chicken wire, do not stack them on
the ground. Once the cabbages have been cut and stored, the crop
has now finished and the ground can be cleared..
Pests and Diseases
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Disease / Pest |
Symptoms |
| Cabbage
root fly |
Stunted growth
especially if infected as seedlings. Discoloured leaves which
wilt. Roots are black and rotten. |
| Club
root |
The first signs of
infection are wilting. blueish leaves and a dying plant. |
| Cabbage
Caterpillars |
Holes in the leaves |
| Wirestem |
Rotting stems on
seedlings |
| Cabbage Whitefly |
White larva on
undersides of the leaves and distorted leaves |
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