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Brunswick Cabbage Seeds
Large drumhead type cabbage. This cold hardy cabbage is perfect for fall/winter growing. Originating in Germany this cabbage makes an excellent s...Read More...
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Charleston Wakefield Cabbage Seeds
Produces a larger head than other Wakefield Cabbages, with each head weighing about 4 to 6 pounds. Short season, stores well and performs for those...Read More...
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Copenhagen Market Cabbage Seeds
An early ball-head type heirloom cabbage, Copenhagen Market is an excellent cabbage that has been a favorite of gardeners, market growers and cabb...Read More...
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Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage Seeds
Wakefield produces flavorful compact 8" head of cabbage weighing 2-3lbs. Some say one of the earliest and best cabbages around. Extremely reliable!...Read More...
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Glory of Enkhuizen Cabbage Seeds
Possesses exceptional merit in color, earliness and size - no other variety combines these desirable qualities and superb table value so well. Head...Read More...
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Golden Acre Cabbage Seed
Produces 3-4 pound heads that are succulent, sweet and tender. Golden Acre Cabbage produces round, tight heads shaped like balls. Know for its ear...Read More...
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Late Flat Dutch Cabbage Seeds
This big cabbage is a good keeper, standard late season variety. Heads
form up to 12 inches and weigh as much as 12 pounds. Excellent flavor....Read More...
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Michihili Chinese Cabbage Seeds
Produces a tall, cylindrical, leafy head of 17" long and 6" across. Light green leaves are very tender and delicious, excellent for stir-fry and pi...Read More...
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Pak Choi Cabbage Seed
A non-heading leaf type Chinese cabbage that produces large, succulent, nearly round, smooth, glossy green leaves with snow white stalks.
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Perfection Drumhead Savoy Cabbage Seed
A large drumhead-type cabbage that has finely-wrinkled, savoyed
leaves that are mild and sweet in flavor. Perfection Savoy lacks the sulfur ...Read More...
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Red Acre Cabbage Seeds
The Red Acre Cabbage is a supreme variety of cabbage according to our neighbor. We know it is simply the best early OP Red Cabbage variety availab...Read More...
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Heirloom Cabbage Seeds brassica oleracea
| Seed Depth |
Soil Temp for seed Germ. |
Days to seed Germ |
Dist. between cabbage plants |
Dist. between rows |
Yield/100' row (approximate) |
| 1/2" |
55-65F |
5-14 |
18-24" |
2 1/2' |
43 Heads of cabbage |
Approximately 500 heirloom cabbage seeds per 2 grams. Heirloom cabbage is a cool-season vegetable suited to both spring and fall season. The key to growing great cabbage is steady, uninterrupted growth. That means rich soil, plenty of water, and good manure.
Soil: Surprisingly heirloom cabbage will do well on heavy clay soil, although it prefers a rich heavy loam. It delights in copious amounts of composted manure mixed into the soil bed. Remember not to plant cabbage seed in the same place year to year. The soil pH should be between 6.5 and 6.8 for optimum growth and to discourage clubroot disease.
Transplanting Cabbage: Set out your spring cabbage transplants early enough so that they can mature before the heat of summer, about 5 weeks before the last frost. For a longer cabbage harvest plant 2 or 3 varieties with different maturities. Many people also plant cabbage through black plastic to help warm the soil in spring. New cabbage transplants just out of a greenhouse need to be hardened off and given some protection from freezing weather. We also use a teaspoon of blood and bone meal in the planting hole to get the plants off to a quick start.
Cabbage Development: Heirloom cabbage needs even moisture to produce good heads. Mulch cabbage with
compost to keep the soil
cool and moist. Water regularly, applying 1 to
1.5 inches of water per week if it doesn't rain. Feed cabbage with a liquid fertilizer such as fish emulsion or seaweed combination
after they begin to develop new leaves and when they start forming
heads.
Uses of Cabbage Don't forget you can make tasty sauerkraut from cabbage that can be stored until deep winter when you will savor the taste of your fall cabbage planted from seed. Cabbage can also be stored in root cellars for many months if stored properly. The tighter the cabbage head the better it will store. Some people even bury their cabbage in the ground for later use just like the pioneers did it so many years ago.
Saving Seed From Heirloom Cabbage
It takes more than one season before your heirloom cabbage will set
seed. Most people plant a fall heirloom cabbage crop and allow some of
their best cabbage heads to go to seed the following summer. It is not
hard learning to save heirloom cabbage seeds. However you must not let
any other of the brassica family flower at the same time or your seed
will not be pure. Other brassicas include broccoli, kale and
cauliflower for example. You also don't not want other heirloom
cabbages blooming at the same time unless you are trying to cross the
two for seed. One way you can save pure seed from two different types
of the brassica family is to cover one plant with a frost cloth (or any
light netting that will keep insects out) one day. Then rotate and
cover the other one the next. The point is the bees only have access
to one type of heirloom cabbage at a time. This way you can insure you
get pure seeds. Happy seed saving!
Heirloom Cabbage Varieties Some of the many heirloom cabbage varieties are Early Wakefield heirloom cabbage Seeds, Brunswick heirloom cabbage Seeds, Copenhagen Market heirloom cabbage Seeds, Danish Ballhead heirloom cabbage Seeds, Drumhead heirloom cabbage Seeds, Early Jersey Wakefield heirloom cabbage Seeds, Glory of Enkhuizen heirloom cabbage Seeds, Golden Acre heirloom cabbage Seeds, Late Flat Dutch heirloom cabbage Seeds, and Mammoth Red Rock heirloom cabbage Seeds.
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We strive to sell the highest quality open pollinated and heirloom seeds. Our chief concern is empowering you, the customer, to be able to grow your own vegetables year after year by being able to save your seed. Not growing GMO seed or hybrid vegetable seed allows you to keep the seed your plants create and know you'll get the same vegetable every time. We value your input and comments and want to create a community of concerned citizens who care about the food they eat, the ground they grow their vegetables in, and the world in which we live. To protect your pollinators and bees, please limit or eliminate your pesticides use, they will thank you for it! Thank you again for purching such high quality heirloom seeds!
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