I got some Cabbage seeds in a swap...I have seedlings ready to pot up and have now found out they are Cabbage Delaway (Heritage variety) and shouldn't be sown until August. Are they goners? What would you lot do with them? It says Irish, kale-like, so I wondered if I still plant out with fleece and hope for the best. Sounds a good one as says disease resistant/ come again sweet leaves.
I am bunging out under fleece and hoping for the best as it says this
http://www.irishseedsavers.ie/proddetails.php?proid=242&catid=30
so MUST be hardy as heck
hi, I think you will find that you sow them in august so that they will be ready to harvest the following spring..... thats why its called spring cabbage ;D. I do two sowings 1 in april and 1 in august.
Quote from: chuff on May 17, 2009, 19:55:12
hi, I think you will find that you sow them in august so that they will be ready to harvest the following spring..... thats why its called spring cabbage ;D. I do two sowings 1 in april and 1 in august.
I really am a twit ;D So I just plant out now and they are ready next ??????? (sorry if that's an obvious question...very new to veg :)
I grew them in spring, by mistake and they lasted all season and into the new year... don't really head up just keep taking a few leaves fromeach plant all summer.. :)
Thanks Saddad. I had a good chuckle when I read what I'd done.
Hi Hector,
Go for it, plant them out and you can always cut some early, as Spring(Summer) greens and leave some to overwinter. No problem