[Donnay]

Hi,

I'm a little confused if you can plant out brassica pug plants now, including sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, turnips. They are currently in a cold frame.

Can anyone put me straight please.

[Carrot Man]

You can but you will need to give protection still, in case you get a frost
Make sure you harden them off

[sunshineband]

If they are in a cold frame they will be fine planted out --- they are tough 

My brassica seedlings stand up to frost without any harm

[Growster...]

They should be fine Donnay, they're tougher than you think, but make sure they're hardened off first.

Even a net over them (probably a necessity), will give them a little protection anyway

[Donnay]

When you say harden them off, they are in a cold frame that's very old with plenty of gaps. Is a cold frame the way you harden them off??

Sorry my first year!!

[sunshineband]

Normally you would harden off by putting plants out during the day and back in under cover at nigth for a while, so they get used to the big outdoors.

If your cold frame is all gaps, they are probably already quite hardened off, but you would do this for a couple of days just to make sure.

You will need to cover them with netting to keep pigeoms off and butterflies from laying eggs, and that will give them a tiny bit of protection against bitter winds when you first pu them out.

Plant them in firmly, as they don't like 'fluffy' soil


Hope that helps 

[Donnay]

Yes that's great, thanks.

I think I will take them home to harden off. if I leave them out and they are not planted when I go back to put them away I have a feeling they may not be there!!