
Cabbage
- Botanical Name
- Brassica oleracea var. capitata
- Hardiness
- Annual
- Height
- 1 to 2 feet
- Width
- 18 to 36 inches
- Fruit
- Foliage in shades of green, red and purple with a variety of textures
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Sow seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost or direct sow outdoors as soon as ground can be worked
- Seeds will germinate in temperatures as low as 40 F to 85 F
- Sow 1/2 to 3/4 inch deep, 3 inches apart. Thin to desired spacing. Plants should be spaced 12-24 inches apart in rows 18-34 inches apart depending on variety and size.
- Use floating row covers to protect young plants from cabbage worms and other pests
- Problems
- Cabbage yellows, black rot, black leg, cabbage root maggot, cabbage worms, cutworms, slugs, loopers, thrips
- Varieties
- Cheers - green variety with good tolerance to black rot, thrips and yellows
- Savoy Queen - savoy variety with good heat tolerance
- Ruby Ball - resists both cold and heat
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