Brussels sprout question

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Brussels sprout question
« on: December 31, 2011, 19:25 »
What do they mean when they say 'good resistance to lodging'?

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Re: Brussels sprout question
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2011, 21:03 »
RHS says this
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Plants fall over: In exposed gardens plants can fall over (lodge) in high winds. To avoid the chore of staking plants choose shorter cultivars (listed in seed catalogues) and draw soil 15cm (6ins) up stalks in late summer using a draw hoe. Crowded plants are more vulnerable to lodging.

so lodging is falling over (related to dislodging I suppose)

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Re: Brussels sprout question
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2011, 21:55 »
Thanks Mum, that had me completely puzzled. Lodge almost sounds the opposite of falling over, doesn't it :)

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Re: Brussels sprout question
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2012, 20:12 »
Some of the stuff I was drinking last night had a lodging effect  :blink:
Sets a low standard and fails to achieve it.

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Re: Brussels sprout question
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2012, 20:13 »
Some of the stuff I was drinking last night had a lodging effect  :blink:

If they'd just used that as an example, I'd have understood it right away :)


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