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How To Grow Cabbage

Cabbage is an annual plant that thrives when planted with herbs like dill, mint, rosemary, thyme, and chamomile. It grows well with other vegetables and prefers full sun and rich, well-drained soil between pH 6.0-6.5. Cabbage heads are ready for harvest when firm and dense inside, and should be harvested before splitting occurs from overmaturity or excess moisture. Cabbage provides many nutrients including vitamin C, iodine, sulfur, calcium, magnesium and potassium.

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How To Grow Cabbage

Cabbage is an annual plant that thrives when planted with herbs like dill, mint, rosemary, thyme, and chamomile. It grows well with other vegetables and prefers full sun and rich, well-drained soil between pH 6.0-6.5. Cabbage heads are ready for harvest when firm and dense inside, and should be harvested before splitting occurs from overmaturity or excess moisture. Cabbage provides many nutrients including vitamin C, iodine, sulfur, calcium, magnesium and potassium.

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How To Grow Cabbage

PLANT TYPE: Annual


SCIENTIFIC NAME: Brassica oleracea var.
capitata
LIGHT: Full Sun
SOIL TYPE: Rich, well-drained soil
pH RANGE: 6.0 - 6.5
MOISTURE/WATERING: Keep moist, not
waterlogged
MATURITY IN DAYS: 0 - 5
KNOWN PESTS: !a""age worms
OERIEW:
!a""ages thrive when planted with her"s such as dill, mints, rosemar#, th#me, and chamomile. !a""age also grow
well with other vegeta"les and are good companions to onions, garlic, peas, celer#, potatoes, "road "eans, and
"eets.
Cabbage !o"#a$"% &ore '$#a&$" C #(a" ora"ge%, as well as a large num"er o$ minerals, including iodine,
sul$ur, calcium, magnesium, and potassium. %he outer leaves o$ ca""age contain more &itamin ' and calcium than
the inner leaves.
PROPAGATION / SOWING OF CA))AGE:
(lant ca""age seeds )-*+ deep. %ransplant or thin small ca""age plants to ,5-,-+ apart in rows ./-.6+ apart.
!a""age %ransplants can "e started in April $or 0a# planting. %ransplant a$ter 1-6 wee2s. 3se a starter $ertili4er,
soa2ing the root "all thoroughl# prior to transplanting. 5irect seed in late spring, as seedlings can tolerate a light
$rost. !a""age can "e direct seeded up until mid-late 6une $or a continuous harvest. 7deal soil temperature $or
ca""age should "e /,-/68! 9:0--08F; $or optimal germination in 1-: da#s.
COMPANION PLANTING OF CA))AGE:
CARE * GROWING OF CA))AGE:
!a""age pre$ers $ull sun, "ut will tolerate part shade. (repare a rich, loose soil that holds moisture well and has a
p< level o$ 6.0-6.5. !a""age is a heav# $eeder and will also "ene$it $rom applications o$ "oron, calcium and
magnesium, particularl# during the earl# stages o$ growth. %o help deter !a""age worms, use row covers in the
earlier part o$ the growing season - this will prevent moths $rom la#ing eggs on the plant. 7t also helps to manuall#
remove ca""age worms i$ visi"le.
HARESTING OF CA))AGE:
!a""age <eads are read# when $irm and when the interior is dense. <eads will split when over mature= rapid
growth due to e>cess moisture and $ertilit# will also cause splitting.
3SA ?ardener uses &ese#s seeds.
&egeta"les listed on this page can "e purchased at &ese#s Seeds @ Bul"s
http://usagardener.com/how_to_grow_vegetables/how_to_grow_cabbage.php

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