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Cabbage Seeds - Description
- Pack of Cabbage Seeds
- Variety: Offenhan 2 (Flower of Spring)
- Approx. 350 Seeds per Pack
- Firm, Pointed Hearts
- Type: Pointed Head Cabbage
- Late Summer & Autumn Harvest
- Also Suitable For All Year Round Harvest
- Can be Grown For Spring Greens
Cabbage Seeds - How to Grow
- Sow:
- Indoors: March to May
- Outdoors: May to August
- Plant Outdoors: May to November
- Harvest: September to May
- Seeds can be sown undercover in beds, seed modules or seed trays
- Sow from July onwards
- Cabbage will mature within a few months
- See how to grow tab for full growing instructions
- Can be grown for Spring greens
- Can be sown in late Summer for a late Spring harvest
Cabbage Seeds - Uses
- Cabbage can be used in a variety of cooking dishes
- Suitable for plant sales
- Excellent source of Vitamin C or antioxidants
Cabbage Seeds - Advantages
- Frost hardy annual summer vegetable
- Compact heads with excellent flavour and little wastage
- Low cost
- Easy to grow
Cabbage Seeds - Notes
- Caterpillars, birds and other pests can be a problem
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
