Have i dreamt this?

[baggieboy]

Hi ,

I'm sure iv'e read this somewhere.

When growing cabbage, when the heart is growing you can use a paperclip to wrap the leaves around it for protection.

I told this to some people and they all said i was off my head  :o :o

does anyone now if im a dreamer?

[baggieboy]

[tim]

Cauliflower??

[supersprout]

I'm sure I've read about tying cabbage, lettuce and Chinese cabbage - to encourage them to heart up - in older gardening tomes ;)
Not read this or heard of it recently though ::)
I wonder if breeding has developed better 'hearting' varieties?

[manicscousers]

I've heard it for cos lettuce, to get them to blanch and heart up, tried it this year,with string, it worked :)

[telboy]

If the stem is pieced, for lettuce & cabbages, it encourages heartening up.

[baggieboy]

Thanks for the replies.....may as well add it to the note book