Cabbage

By our calculations*, you should look at sowing Cabbage about 45 days before your last frost date .

Do not plant too close together otherwise the plants will become leggy.
Transplant out at 6 weeks or when there are 6 – 8 true leaves and danger of frost has passed.

By our calculations*, you should look at planting out Cabbage about 21 days before your last frost date.

Early types mature fast and burst quickly, so they must be harvested promptly. Types that mature in late summer or autumn, when growth rates are slow, hold in the field relatively longer.

These plants have been known to grow well alongside Cabbage so consider planting:

geraniums, dill, alliums, rosemary ¹

Rosemary repels cabbage flies, geraniums trap cabbage worms ¹

• Cabbage loves Dutch clover

  fixes nitrogen, increases number of predatory ground beetles

These plants will not grow well with Cabbage so avoid planting these within close proximity:

mustards, tomatoes, peppers strawberries, and pole/runner beans ¹

These problems, diseases and pests are known to affect Cabbage plants:

Normanno-Picard “caboche” (meaning “head”)

When cooking cabbage it’s a good idea not to use aluminum utensils and cookware because it may alter the flavor and color of this vegetable.

The veins of a cabbage leaf can be gently crushed and applied to the skin to reduce swelling. ²

Common cabbage, Garden cabbage, Bowkail, Colewort, Savoy cabbage

Brassica oleracea, Brassica oleracea capitata, Brassica oleracea var. capitata

Misspellings: Cabage, Cabbagge, Head Cabbage, Heading Cabbage

Our when to plant Cabbage estimates are relative to your last frost date. Enter your frost dates and we'll calculate your sowing and planting dates for you!

¹ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companion_plants

² http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2763679/