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This is all just my opinion based on a flawed memory
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This is all just my opinion based on a flawed memory
Abraham Palma wrote:IIRC cabbages have different fungal requirements than most other crops, meaning they can do well with a bacterial dominated compost tea. That is, more urine or manure and less wood chips and dry leaves.
Any organic mulch should help, as long as pH keeps over 6.
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Zone 6, 45 inches precipitation, hard clay soil
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Zone 6, 45 inches precipitation, hard clay soil
I had one that did nothing all last summer and then suddenly headed up in the fall. My feeling was that it was being outcompeted and shaded by too many other plants. My other one that did well, was outcompeted/shaded by some bush beans in the summer, but once they died, the cabbage formed the biggest head I've ever had.I’m currently looking at a cabbage I direct seeded eleven months ago. I think it’s about to form a head? How weird is that?
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Is the potting soil short on microbes and mycorrhiza? Could you add a worm/composting tower to the center of that bed? Worms poop our a lot of microbes. Have you tried making a little compost tea with soil you know is good? Watering with that might help also.Scott Stiller wrote:After I retired I grew micro greens for a local farm and had access to all the leftover potting soil I wanted. It all went to build up this bed. I would do it again but would take more time to make sure water retention was much better.
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Scott Stiller wrote:I’m really intrigued by the large amount of leaf, weed, and compost teas on this thread. Do we need a fertilizer tea forum?
May suggested not using leaves from the family of plants that need the tea. My thinking has always been opposite of that. I would use the same family hoping to replace what the other plants had taken. I’m really enjoying different viewpoints!
Zone 6, 45 inches precipitation, hard clay soil
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Heather Staas wrote:
FWIW, I can't grow a cabbage to save my life, same with beets. Both claimed to be "easy" lol. I've had my soil tested this year, and it came back with really great numbers. All my nutrients are above optimal, so it's not a "fertilization" problem per se. Maybe it's my soil type. Maybe it's my gardening habits (mulch and let rain water things 90% of the year). Maybe I'm not trying the right varieties. Maybe there is a micronutrient that wasn't included in the soil test results. Just tossing out ideas to broaden the scope beyond one possible solution.
Anne Miller wrote:I don't know about earthworks increasing fertility though what you say about trench composting is a great way to help.
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