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Old 15-05-2008, 11:19 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Cabbage growing wild

On Tue, 13 May 2008 22:32:27 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
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On Tue, 13 May 2008 22:09:03 +0100, Mogga wrote:

I did toy earlier in the year with buying a huge sack of it and covering
the field at the back in it, and just seeing what grew./ Probably only
ever so slightly naughty though.


I don't think bird seed has that weed in any more, for just that reason.
Used to be a very common plant on landfill sites.



Whatever this is something is scoffing it as fast as it can grow. I
have seen a couple of caterpillas in the area but none on it yet.
(There was a very strange red streaked one that looked just the same
colour as the fence paint OH was using last week...)
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