Gardening By Month:
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Cabbage to Endive
Cabbage - We advocate crowding the land now with Cabbage plants, for growth will be slow and the demands of the kitchen constant. Crowding, however, is not quite the same thing as overcrowding, and it is only a waste of labour, land and crop to put the plants so close together that they have not space for full development.
The usual rule in planting out the larger sorts of Cabbage at this time of the year is to allow a distance every way of two feet between the plants. The crowding principle may be carried so far as to put miniature Cabbages between them, but only on the clear understanding that the small stuff is all to be cleared off before spring growth commences, and the large Cabbages will then have proper space for development.
Cauliflower - Sow again in a frame or in a pan in the greenhouse.
Celery - Continue to earth up, selecting a dry time for the task.
Chards - take quite six weeks to blanch by means of straw, covered with earth.
Cucumbers - for the winter need careful management and suitable appliances. See the remarks on this subject under August.
Endive - to be planted out as directed last month. Plant a few on the border of an orchard-house, or in a ground vinery, or in old frames for which some lights, however crazy, can be found.Source: The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots, 16th Edition 1921, Sutton and Sons