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red cabbage Red Cabbage Brassica oleracea Capitata group

How to sow red cabbage: Direct seed indoors (and transplant out after hardening seedlings off) or outdoors

Sun requirement for red cabbage: Plant in Full Sun

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Red Cabbage is a type of cabbage with red leaves. Like other cabbage, it prefers cool weather and forms round, dense heads on top of short stalks.

Beautiful garnet color makes this early, delicious cabbage a standout at the table! Produces large, tightly packed hearts with crisp leaves. Size is 1.5 kilo (3 lb).

Seed outdoors as soon as weather and soil conditions permit. Cover seed lightly with soil, 6 – 7 seeds per 30 cm (1 ft) of row. Average garden soil and a sunny location are ideal. Thin to 30 cm (1 ft) apart when 7 cm (3 in) high. For earlier Cabbage start indoors 2 to 3 weeks in advance of intended date for moving the plants to the garden. Germinates best at 21 C (70 F) in 7 to 10 days. Reduce temperature after germination to 15 C (65 F) and provide additional light to help prevent stretching and to tone up plants before transplanting outside. Several sowings of Cabbage 10 days apart ensure a fresh supply into fall. Keep well watered during hot temperatures to avoid bolting.

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Predictions

Annual

living and reproducing in a single year or less

Height

40cm

Spread

30cm

Row Spacing

60cm

Growing Degree Days

75

Companions

celery celery

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red cabbage is a variety of cabbage

Scientific names

Brassica oleracea Capitata group
Brassica oleracea capitata

Alternate names

purple cabbage
red kraut
blue kraut

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