Savoy Cabbage: Second Harvest?

[Vivian GParticipant]

Hello everybody!

After harvesting my savoy cabbages I didn’t twist out the roots and left a couple of leaves on the plants. Now they have all formed side shoots, which seem to be hearting up. Has anybody got experience with this? Do they actually grow a second round of hearts?

Vivian

[Don FoleyParticipant]

Hi Vivian,
Yes they will form tiny cabbages that are really delicious. Some people do this by cutting a cross on the top of the stem left in the ground and each segment produces a tiny cabbage – usually. Lettuce can do the same but its hardly worth it in this case.
Don.

[JDParticipant]

Hi Vivian,
I second what Don says. By the way your garden looks absolutely beautiful from your photo. Wonderful setting. Got green horns – what me? I’m sure you’re going to grow amazing crops with no dig. A compost mulch tends to protect the soil from erosion and compost ‘locks together’ more than soil, particularly if firm. Also plant roots can travel a fair distance laterally trough the compost which also helps to stabilise the structure. Good luck.
Jan

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