THE BOLTING OF CABBAGES
AND A REMEDY. Cabbages sometimes show a tendency to “ bolt ” or grow up to seed. This may be attributed to extraordinary weather conditions. When temperatures swing to violent extremes, biennial plants are stimulated to complete their life history by the development of flower spikes. When one has devoted time and land to the cultivation of a crop, it is very disconcerting to see it behave in this way. To arrest the bolting tendency of cabbages, nothing succeeds so well as piercing the stem with the blade of a sharp knife and putting a little stone, about the size of a pea, in the slit. It is necessary to make use of the stone, otherwise the slit will heal and the bolting will be renewed. There are a number of varieties of cabbage which mature in spring, and Offenham, Sutton’s April, and Wheeler’s Imperial are the least liable to run to seed.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20786, 3 August 1929, Page 7
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