[Jane-M]

Hello - having a trip over from the henhouse.  About a half of my savoys have bolted, the others, tho not bolting, are not hearting up. I've only ever grown sping and summer pointy cabbages before, where have I gone wrong? We did have some very cold weather this winter, one spell was -10 overnight and and only up to zero during the day for over a week.

[strangerachael]

Don't know but your're not alone - I didn't get a single spring cabbage, they all bolted.

[Small Potatoes]

sorry to hear about your cabbage woes 
when did you sow them?  i grew savoys a couple of seasons ago, they were sown in about march time and then the following march any that i hadn't eaten bolted. i assumed that it's normal for them to bolt at that point since they'd been in the ground for a year

[Jane-M]

I put them in as garden centre plants late summer and expected to be eating them in March  but a hard winter held them back.  I am growing from seed this year.

[realfood]

Savoys are bi-annual and it is usual for them to bolt after the Winter. To get them to hart up, most of this is done during the previous Autumn and early Winter.

[Jane-M]

Thanks realfood, this is useful to know, I hope to have better success with my own seedlings.

[mumofstig]

My savoys were not as big as usual and i think it's because it turned cold very quickly so they didn't get a chance to heart up much before the cold stopped them growing.
Hope the weather is a bit better for them this year

[dougsta]

3 out of 6 of my Savoys bolted. Don't know why.
Someone said to me it may be the very wet followed by the very sunny spells we've just had
I just used them as spring greens - still tasted OK