My Cabbage Week 5, The Little Shop of Horrors

This is week 5.  The weather was crazy again this week.  As I mentioned in my last post, we took off the waterwall because it was suppose to be nice and sunny.  I checked on my cabbage the next afternoon and it looked like it was almost dead.  The leaves were wilted and on the ground.  My mom and I quickly put the waterwall back on.  This cabbage does NOT like the hot weather.  Within 2 hours, my cabbage leaves were perked back up and did not have any signs that it had been on the verge of death. It likes to be all cozy in its waterwall.  My mom says that this cabbage plant is like the Little Shop of Horrors plant because it is very picky.  In the movie, they sing a song called "Grow for Me."  Here are the lyrics, that remind me of growing this cabbage.

I've given you sunshine
I've given you dirt
You've given me nothin'
But heartache and hurt!
I'm beggin' you sweetly
I'm down on my knees.
Oh please-
Grow for me.

I've given you plantfood
And water to sip
I've given you potash.
You've given me zip.
Oh god how I mist you
Oh pod how you tease
So please-
Grow for me.

I've given you Southern exposure
To get you to thrive
I've pinched you back hard,
Like I'm supposed ta,
Your're barely alive
I've tried you at levels of moisture,
From desert to mud.

I've given you grow-lights and mineral supplements.
What do you want from me?
Blood?

I am definitely not giving it my blood, but for now, it will stay in its waterwall.  When the temperature goes from 85 degrees back down to almost freezing in a matter of days, I think it is best to keep it in the waterwall. 

Here is a picture of me with my cabbage.  It has grown a ton this week! 

Here is a picture of my cabbage in the waterwall. See how it has almost outgrown it?  I am not sure what I will do when it gets too big for it?!?!

Here is a picture of the cabbage with the waterwall off.

Until next week cabbage fans!