Marianne's Response
How to keep leafy vegetables from going to seed
I live in Auburn WA and am frustrated with my garden. My Brussels sprouts have gone to seed and fresh sprouts have barley started. Cabbage worm has feasted on my Koribi. All my pac choi starts have gone to seed after I’ve planted them in the garden.
Posted by mdumaine on June 17, 2015
Marianne's Response
It has been an unusually warm spring and summer. Leaf crops often go to seed quickly in warm weather. Try planting earlier in April so they can grow while the weather is cool. It will help to add extra organic matter such as compost to your garden soil so it can hold more moisture and stay cooler. To keep cabbage worm off your crops cover cabbage, kohlrabi, brussel sprouts and other members of the cole family with an agricultural fleece blanket to keep the butterflies from laying eggs that hatch into green cabbage worms. Don't give up - the tomatoes will have a bumper crop this year. Keep growing, Marianne Binetti
