Tips on Cabbage Culture 
to help you harvest a record crop 
We are so frequently asked about our methods of cabbage culture that we 
have decided to print the following suggestions: 
S d p A From one year to another about % lb. of seed for each 
ee er cre acre to be set is recommended. In some years you 
may have a few extra plants. If so, put up a sign “Cabbage plants from Reed’s 
Seed for sale,” and we wager you will sell more than enough to pay for your seed. 
x 2 Cabbage thrives in almost any soil that is reasonably dry. 
King of Soil However, those of gravelly nature are apt to lack moisture 
in a dry season. Low lands which flood are pretty sure to contain the slim mold 
disease “Club Root” and should not be used for cabbage or cabbage plants. A 
great many growers prefer sod ground, but the 
crop may be grown successfully upon land which 
has been used for other crops. If it is necessary 
to plant a cabbage crop in soil which was used 
for corn, beans, etc., the year previous it is ad- 
visable to use a more liberal supply of fertilizer. 
It is poor policy to permit stock to roam freely 
around the farm, if your cabbage growing is to 
be successful. Animals scatter diseased manure 
and track the resultant diseased dirt to new fields. 
Important: Soil should never be used for cab- 
bage plants or cabbage crop growing more than 
once in five or six years—without testing! 
The greatest tonnage is secured 
Seed Bed by sowing the seed and setting 
the plants EARLY. For Central New York this 
would make the seed sowing the fore part of 
May and setting about the middle of June. Cab- 
bage for storage can be set June 20th to July Ist 
in New York State. 
Locating the seed bed where it is exposed to 
the WEST or NORTH wind is advised in con- 
trolling the cabbage maggot and flea beetle, as 
' early insects hover in warm spots and shun cold 
locations. Avoid ground containing mustard, 
old gardens or rich spots around buildings. 
Many DO NOT put the crop or seed bed upon the same ground oftener than 
once in six years, as club root is liable to develop. Club root isn’t carried on 
the seed. Do not use the manure from stock eating cabbage or cabbage leaves. 
Plowing or dragging a seed bed with tools which have just been used on an old 
cabbage field is apt to spread disease. 
For a seed bed sown broadcast, use 3,000 sq. ft. of ground per lb. of seed. 
Apply to this spot 100 lbs. of some complete fertilizer, such as 5-10-5. Broad- 
cast the fertilizer and drag it in. Avoid the excessive use of fertilizer, especially 
nitrogen. Sow the seed shallow, doing the work only when the ground is dry. 
Seed sown in rows can be treated for the cabbage maggots. 25 to 30 seeds per 
foot, is about right. 
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