Winter cabbage is harvested in the winter from November until March.
Winter Cabbage is:
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We have found the following varieties very successful:
Winter cabbage is very productive per square meter of vegetable garden.
Jealott’s Hill Research Research Station has been investigating the components of taste and flavour, and have now manipulated them to produce a milder tasting cabbage variety called Belada.
Researchers have discovered that using DNA marker analysis of seedlings enables them to select traits which influence glucosinolate levels and volatile metabolites that affect flavour and smell.
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Has this research has produced a cabbage which no longer leaves a smell in the kitchen after cooking, as well having a mild taste and flavour?
Two of our 30 Elisa F1 cabbage have finally split.
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The cabbage have been ready for several weeks, with hard, compact, round shiny heads.
Mature-Cabbage-Elisa
Most F1s, including Elisa cabbage, have good standing – which means they stay in this firm state for many weeks. Even though Elisa is not generally prone to splitting, the long period of dry weather experienced when the heads were mature, followed by a heavy downpour, has caused the cabbage to crack and split wide open.
The main causes of cabbages splitting are:
Ways to avoid cabbages splitting
cut the roots, by pushing a spade down either side of the cabbage, so that it cannot take up too much water
or, lift the head & twist to one side so that the roots break – but the cabbage will have to be harvested quite soon after this
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Harvest split cabbage heads as soon as possible because the open surface will allow disease to enter & the head will deteriorate.
Summer cabbages are harvested in the summer. Two good varieties are Primo and Elisa.
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Sow seeds:
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Transplant seedlings when they have 5 or 6 true leaves:
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Harvest cabbages:
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Mid-July and August is a good time to sow Spring Cabbage in the vegetable garden for harvest next Spring (April or May).
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Plant Spring Cabbage seed:
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Transplant the spring cabbage plants to their final positions:
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The Spring Cabbage will produce:
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TopVeg is growing the spring cabbage variety Offenham 2 – Flower of Spring.
The Primo cabbage seed has grown quickly and was ready to harvest 20 weeks after sowing.
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Primo is a summer cabbage which produces very firm, medium sized heads.
The cabbage is excellent quality and has a good, sweetish flavour.
Kevin in Cornwall’s definition of a Chinese Cabbage:
Cabbage Elisa is a a vigorous, compact cabbage which can be grown close together. Therefore the vegetable production per square meter is higher than with winter cabbage which are planted further apart.
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Elisa cabbage are ready for cutting from June to October. Elisa stands well, that is, once it matures it lasts as it is in the garden, and does not have to be cut immediately. This is important for a family kitchen garden.
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Mature-Cabbage-Elisa
Elisa cabbage is a cabbage variety well worth growing in the vegetable garden.
Cabbage can be cooked in 3 ways:
Serve cabbage with a dot of butter and sprinkle with ground pepper.
Green Cabbage is high in vitamin C and folic acid, which means it is good for your health.
A 100gram serving of green cabbage contains:
The darkest green leaves in cabbage contain the most nutrients.
A 100gram serving provides one of 5 a day. Green cabbage is a great source of vitamin C and folic acid.
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