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3/4/00. These are nursery-grown Early Flat Dutch cabbage plants. I planted them about 8-9 inches apart, staggering the short rows, much in the wide row style. For protection from cutworms, I inserted a toothpick on either side of the stem. This prevents the cutworm from wrapping around the stem and cutting the plant off by the ground. Nails can be used as well. Some say this doesn't work. Works for me!
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4/1/00. Cabbage is doing well. Color is good, and leaves and stems are strong. So far, I've lost none to cutworms.
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4/8/00 Adequate rain, fertilizer, and sun have quite an effect!
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4/19/00 Cabbages are beginning to head up now.
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4/30/00 Cabbages are getting pretty large.
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5/11/00 Just what I've been waiting for. I knew it was only a matter of time before the cabbage looper would attack.
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5/16/00 The Dipel has been on for several days--reapplied after rain--and is doing the trick. No signs of cabbage loopers right now.
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5/21/00 Nice heads forming here.
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5/27/00 Here's what the cabbage worm moth looks like.
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And here's what the cabbage looper looks like.
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5/30/00 Cabbage head sizes range from softball-sized to hardball-size.
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6/21/00 These five and two other larger heads of cabbage are the total harvest--the largest two were 6 inches in diameter. Just right for my needs.
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