Cabbage help

[Suffolklad]

We like Stonehead cabbage, but if I follow the planting instructions they are ready before we reach the stage of wanting them and just rot, burst, or get fed to the chickens/goats.  If I plant them a couple of months later will they be ready later, or will they just catch up, as so many late sowings do.... ?

Or can anybody suggest a similar sort of cabbage that would be ready November - January please

[Suffolklad]

[calendula]

I never grow summer cabbages for precisely that reason - too much else to be had but yes you could try a later sowing (not too late though) or opt for a autumn or winter harvesting one and if you prefer the ball heads then there are so many to choose from - primo is a favourite but it depends what you like to do with your cabbages - recipes that is  ;D

[cornykev]

Stagger the sowing Suffolk.  ??? ;D ;D ;D

[Tee Gee]

I grow a variety named 'Tundra' for this very reason, backed up with a Savoy.

The savoy I grow is Wintessa and have done for the last few years (thats how long the packet has lasted),this year I am going to try Ormskirk, can't get Wintessa from my normal source.

By the way you still have to sow them June/July but they hold well.

It is not unusual for me to be eating them in March.

[powerspade]

I always sow Mincole, as they stand for a couple of months without bursting and they have excellent flavour

[davyW]

Like TEE GEE i grow Tundra and have been growing Ormskirk for a few years now, the only fault with the latter is they feed four ( families that is ). Other than these two i tend to favor growing spring cabbage all year round.

[LesH]

     January king December & January
     Christmas drumhead > October to December
    Celtic > November onwards
     Tundra > November to April
    Holland Late Winter > November onwards

[Suffolklad]

Tundra > November to April

Thanks for all your replies.
I think I am leaning towards Tundra as it seems to be the sort of cabbage we like.
Will I need to sow successionally to harvest Nov to April, or do they stand well ?

[LesH]

       The information I have on Tundra is as follows, Very frost hardy.
Matures quickly. sow May to July. ready in November, but holds until April.
great flavour. I only sow in one go, middle of May and plant out by the longest day, June 21st.

[Froglegs]

I always sow Mincole, as they stand for a couple of months without bursting and they have excellent flavour

I will second that. :)

[saddad]

We use Tundra and Minicole, as well as lots of others, for the reasons others have stated but have had more cabbage than we can shake a stick at this year... so some are bursting now...
Our January King are doing well  ;D