I’ve been sick with what I’ve self-diagnosed as eColi (which is better than my previous self-diagnosis of Ebola), so haven’t seen the garden in a week.
Luckily, it has rained so I don’t need to worry about wilting plants.
But I can feel all the weeds growing, the bugs eating, and the deer showing up.....
Last I saw, baby tomatoes were starting to form - that’s always exciting to see! Zucchini and cucumbers are proliferating, as are the green beans. I harvested 9 head of cabbage and about 15 beets the morning I got sick, so thank goodness I got those in the extra frig for storage just in time! The cabbages were starting to split, so I gather that means they were almost over done?
I’ll go hang on on the couch some more, I can only stay up for a few minutes at a time, but am doing much better overall.
Glad you are feeling better. Not sure about the cabbage - it’s not a plant that we have grown.
Cabbage heads will begin to split when they are fully mature, especially true of 'early cabbage'.
There is no control once the heads split.
Another contributing factor to cabbage is if they suddenly get a lot of rain, causing a sudden intake of moisture.
If excess rain is the issue , commercial growers give each head a 1/4 turn to break up some of the roots, or , cultivate closer to the plants to break up some of the roots
thereby restricting water intake.