
New ways of growing and a fond farewell
Gardening with the RHS
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Planting Brussels Sprouts
Brussels sprouts are a club root resistant kind called crispus. Thanks to the wonders of modern plant breeding, we've now got club root resistant brussel sprouts. But i still add lime just in case te strains the fungy present the club root ungus. Cabbage root fly collars prevent the cabbage root fly from laying its eggs at the base of the plant. They're simply little cardboard disks or squares, which fit snugly round the plant and give total protection. And they were invented by scientists at the national vegetable research station many years ago so as not to use organo phosphorus insecercise that were very toxic. You might heard me mention lime
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