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Cabbage Seeds - Description
- Pack of Cabbage Seeds
- Variety: Crokii Caii Hybrid
- Spring Cabbage
- Packet Size: Approx. 20 Seeds
- Crisp Leaves
- Versatile Cabbage
- Can be Harvested all Year Round
- White Heart Cabbage
- Versatile Cabbage
- Grown For Spring Greens or Left Into Summer to Produce Solid Heads
- Versatile Cabbage, For All Year Round Cropping
- F1 Hybrid: First Generation of Controlled Cross Pollination
Cabbage Seeds - Sowing Instructions
- Sow:
- Indoors: March to May
- Outdoors: April to June
- Plany out: June to August
- Harvest: December to April
- Protect early sown seedlings using garden cloche
- Keep young crops protected over the Winter months
- Can be grown in both Spring & Summer
- Prefers a fertile, well drained soil
Cabbage Seeds - Uses
- Cabbage can be used in a variety of cooking dishes
Cabbage Seeds - Advantages
- This is a hardy vegetable
- Likes heavy soils
- A versatile crop - can be used for Spring greens or Summer hearts
- Can be over Wintered
- Easy to grow
- Resistance to Fusarium
Cabbage Seeds - Notes
- Caterpillars, birds and other pests can be a problem
- Add garden lime to acidic soils to raise pH & protect against club root
Index
- Sowing Instructions
- How to Prick Out
- How to Transplant
- Crop Maintenance
- How to Harvest
- Storage
- Pests & Diseases
Sowing Instructions
- Autumn & summer cabbages are sown in mid spring
- Sow undercover in February in plug trays
- Can be sown directly outdoors from March to July
- Fill plug tray with compost, soak compost
- Place two seeds per plug
- Germination take roughly 2 weeks
- Keep in a warm location (min 10°C)
- Thin or prick out to one seed per plug once seedlings emerge
How to Prick Out
- Pricking out is a process of thining out & transplanting young seedlings
- This can be done as soon as seedlings are large enough to handle
- Water before pricking out
- Using a dibber or pen to lift the young seedlings from the soil
- Hold the seedlings leaves - never hold by the stem
- Once seedling is free of the soil, replant it in it's own new plug
- Ensure the seedling's root is planted deep into the plug tray
- Firm in seedlings well
How to Transplant
- Transplant seedlings once they are roughly 7cm in height
- Prepare soil prior to transplanting & soak well
- Space plants 40cm apart
- When planting, be sure to plant deep enough
- Avoid soil that can become waterlogged or has dried out completely
- Cabbages prefer fertile, heavy clay soils
- Dig over soil in the previous season, adding well rotted organic matter
- Dig to a depth of 1 1/2 ft, removing any stones and perennial weed roots
- Rake and level soil
Crop Maintenance
- Earth up if top heavy
- Feed with nitrogen based feed during season
- Weed well until established
- Keep young plants well watered until established
- Cover crops to protect against pigeons
Harvesting
- Cabbage should mature within a few months
- Water well the week before harvest
- Harvest Summer cabbages from June to October
- You can remove outer leaves as you need them
- Or harvest the entire cabbage by cutting the head at ground level
- Leave roots in the soil as they can sometimes re-grow
Storage
- Will keep in the fridge for short term storage
- For longer term, store in a cool dark area for 3 to 4 months
Pests & Diseases
- Important to protect against birds, especially pigeons
- Bird protection in the form of netting is best
- Slugs are a major problem - barriers such as eggshells, coarse sand, ash & copper can control problem
- Caterpillars also a problem, set up netting early to keep butterflies off your crops
- The fungal disease clubroot is a serious ailment of cabbage
- Effects on cabbage: Yellow wilting leaves and stunts growth
- Other pests and diseases include black rot, cabbage root fly and frost
- Important to rotate crops every year
