How to Grow Cabbage

Time to Plant Cabbage

Learning how to grow cabbage effectively will help you reap the benefits of this wonderfully hearty vegetable. Cabbage comes in a variety of colors such as white, purple or even red and is extremely hardy. This crop growing prefers the cool weather of spring or fall and does not thrive well in excessively hot weather. As a member of the mustard family, they can withstand light frosts or even freezes, and the flavor is even more noticeable after a light frost.

Cabbage soil'

When learning about cabbage planting, you will want to examine all of the tips and tricks of the gardening trade in order to find the best tools necessary to reap the best crop that you can for your garden. Cabbage requires rich, firm soil in order to thrive; so do not till up your garden where you are planting this crop. Be sure to weed the available space with a rake or by taking out the weeds without tilling up the soil before you plant your cabbage crop.

An area of full sun or slight shade is best. You can start your cabbage plants indoors before transplanting them outdoors. Putting your cabbage plants outside as early as possible will help you gain the most amount of flavorful crop that you require for your table since this vegetable thrives best in cooler temperatures. Cabbage plants will split or even go dormant in extremely hot weather.

seedling

When you want to plant your seedlings outdoors be sure to space them approximately 6 inches up to 1 _ feet apart in the row with a space of anywhere from 1 to 2 _ feet between each row. Be sure to check the specifications of your specific type when learning how to grow cabbage. If you plant the seedlings too close they can become too weak and thin.

watering cabbage

Once you have started your cabbage crop you will want to be sure to keep it moist, free from pests and disease as well as any weeds that may hinder its growth. You will want to water the plants when necessary in order to have moist soil, but not wet soil. If you are just learning how to grow cabbage, a good fertilizer can help out with your crop to bring your plants up healthy and hearty.

When Do You Harvest Cabbage

The age of maturity for your cabbage crop can happen in any number of days depending on the type of cabbage that you have planted. It can be harvested typically anywhere from 60 up to 75 days of age. If you have planted a cabbage crop early then you will have the opportunity to plant a fall crop as well if you so feel the need. Learning how to grow cabbage is a simple process that anyone can accomplish and have a large amount of harvest to show for it at the end of the growing season.

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