Cabbages....no heart.....

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  1. Kristen

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    More Nitrogen when young so they get a wiggle on earlier? And water ... and firm ground, but I don't think that is just it as if "blown" they would still be bigger
     
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      The leaves don't tool crinkly enough to be savoy maybe they mixed the seed up and you have got a different sort ?
       
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        Hi Richard, January King is a cross between a savoy and a white cabbage so it only has a red tinge and it's not crinkly like true savoys.
         
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          Looks to me as though they're getting there slowly, Loli. They might not make it for January, but hell, you can always pass them off as Spring cabbages.....
           
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            I see jwk was just a thought that's all might have to give them a go at some point
             
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