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Cabbage Seeds (Greyhound)

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Cabbage Seeds (Greyhound) - Description

  • Pack of Cabbage Seeds
  • Variety: Greyhound
  • RHS Award Winning Cabbage
  • (AGM) Award of Garden Merit
  • Summer Cabbage
  • Packet Size: Approx. 500 Seeds
  • Produces Compact Pointed Heads
  • Dark Green Leaves
  • Harvest June to October
  • Suited to Successional Sowing

Cabbage Seeds (Greyhound) - Sowing Instructions

  • Sow in February through to July
  • Protect early sown seedlings using garden cloche
  • Prefers a fertile, well drained soil
  • Harvest from June through early October
  • See how to grow tab for full growing instructions

Cabbage Seeds (Greyhound) - Uses

  • Cabbage can be used in a variety of cooking dishes
  • Suitable for plant sales

Cabbage Seeds (Greyhound) - Advantages

  • Frost hardy annual summer vegetable
  • High in Vitamin B & C
  • Compact heads with excellent flavour and little wastage
  • Low cost
  • Easy to grow

Cabbage Seeds (Greyhound) - Notes

  • Caterpillars, birds and other pests can be a problem
  • To protect against clubroot, use garden lime

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

Cabbage Seeds Calendar

Received the seeds by post very promptly. Gave them to my dad who has to stay isolated so this will keep him busy in his garden. Thank you.
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Shipping Options & Rates

FOR IRELAND & NORTHERN IRELAND

  • Standard Courier Delivery With Fastway (3-5 Working Days)
    • Cost is €4.95 on Orders Below €75
    • Free Delivery on Orders Above €75
    • Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
  • Express Courier Delivery With Fastway (1-2 Working Days)
    • Cost is €5 extra for express delivery
    • This service guarantees that any order placed before 4pm will ship from our depot the same day on the next day delivery service *
    • Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
  • Express Delivery With DPD (1-2 Working Days)
    • Cost is €11.45 for orders below €75
    • Cost is €6.50 for orders above €75
    • This service guarantees that any order placed before 4pm will ship from our depot the same day on the next day delivery service *
    • Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
    • This services comes with email tracking
  • 'Seed' Postal Delivery Option ***
    • Cost is €2 - Packet of Seeds ONLY Orders
    • Note: Does Not Apply to Seed Potatoes, Bulbs or Sets ***
    • Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
    • This is a non-trackable service

MAINLAND ENGLAND & SCOTLAND & WALES (Currently Unavailable Due to Brexit)

  • Standard International Courier
    • Cost is €10
    • UK shipping fee covers parcels up to a total weight of 20Kg

WESTERN EUROPE & WORLDWIDE

  • Standard International Courier
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    • Note: There is no free delivery for Western Europe Deliveries

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  • Bulk bags & large orders are shipped via pallet couriers on a rigid lorry
  • Delivery is to kerbside only
  • If road access to your site is tight, then please advise us before purchasing
  • Please Note: We cannot guarantee next day delivery on pallet deliveries
  • Also, we cannot guarantee delivery on a specific day (Please allow 1-3 days for delivery)
  • It's always best to order well in advance to avoid disappointment
  • Cancellation of pallets when items are already in transit will incur a 40 euro per pallet cancellation fee (To cover return delivery costs)
  • Where pallet delivery can not be made due to site access, a 40 euro per pallet cancellation fee will apply (To cover return delivery costs)

International Delivery Prices & Times

  • Please note max weights below, heavier orders may require additional payment
  • We will contact you to discuss, if max weight of order exceeded

Terms

  • The shipping fee is fixed for an order, regardless of the number of items bought
  • All courier orders require signed proof of delivery & the customer must be contactable by phone
  • We do not offer a weekend delivery service (Mon-Fri Only excl. Bank Holidays)
  • * Our courier achieves a 98% success rate on next day deliveries
    • Once your parcel is shipped it will be placed on works courier's next day delivery service
  • ** Seed postal option applies to seed ONLY orders & is available in all 32 counties of Ireland
  • *** Does not apply to seed potatoes, bulbs or sets