Welcome to our section on tips for growing Cabbage.

Here we will give you advice, tips and guidance on sowing, growing and harvesting Cabbages in the Uk and the rest of the world.

Cabbages are known for being green in colour but they now actually come in different colours. Cabbages can be red or even purple.

Sowing and Planting Cabbages

Cabbages can be grown at all different times of the year depending on the type of cabbage.

When to plant Cabbage

Cabbages are plants that can be grown all through the year. Their are different varieties to the seasons. You can even grow cabbage through winter like the savoy cabbage.

Varieties of Cabbage

There are lots of varieties of cabbages which can be grown at different times of the year. Below we give you some varieties of cabbage that you can try.

Spring Cabbage

Duncan, Offenham, Pixie

Summer Cabbage

Greyhound, Pyramid, Stonehead

Red Cabbage

Ruby Ball

Winter Cabbage

Celtic, January King 3, Kilaton

Savoy Cabbage

Tavoy, Tundra, Wintessa

Which variety of cabbage will you try and grow on the allotment or in your garden?

Planting Cabbage

When sowing cabbage you can either grow them in seed trays first and transplant into pots before planting out or you can start them off straight in the ground. If you are growing cabbages inside make sure you harden them off first.

When growing cabbages outside sow them thinly apart around 1cm deep and 16cm apart. Sow the cabbage seeds little and often so that you get a constant supply of cabbages. You really don’t want all your cabbages to be ready at the came time.

Growing

When the cabbage plants are big enough to handle you need to thin the cabbage plants out. They need to be planted around 30cm apart. Cabbages need watering around every ten days in warm weather. You can help conserve the moisture round the cabbage plants by adding mulch round them.

Harvesting

The time it takes to harvest Cabbages is around 36 weeks. Which is quite a long time but the cabbages will be worth it in the end.

To harvest a cabbage use a sharp knife and cut it off at the stem.