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TO GROW CABBAGE SEED. S.G.T.—The plant you have among your crop of cabbages is what is known as. a rogue—one which has no right to be there. Koop the plant growing naturally, and in due course it will sond up a seed head which will burst through the heart of the, cabbago. It would be wiser not to cut it and ,depend upon side growths which might not develop. IMPORTED TUMPS, ETC. A.H.—(l) Plant imported' bulbs .as 600U as received in good, fairly heavy soil. They will flower almost immediately, and these blooms, which at best will not be much good, should be picked off in the bud so as to save the bulb as much as possible. As the bulbs have no roots the whole of the energy required to produce the flower'has to be supplied.'by the bulb, which is greatly weakened in consequence. Leave the bulbs undisturbed, and in three years thoy should be properly acclimatised and flower in their proper season. (2) New ground usually gives good results the first season' with very little, if any, manuring. As your soil is light, you could not do better than dig in cow manure, and if you could sow down blue lupin to dig in in the spring the result should be satisfactory. A dressing of lime could be given nest year, but do not give it at the same time as the cow manure.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 39, 16 February 1933, Page 7
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237CORRESPONDENCE Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 39, 16 February 1933, Page 7
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