How To Grow Cabbage

How To Grow Cabbage:

1. If you are placing the seeds directly into the ground, you can plant them in late spring through the middle of June.
2. Plant seeds 1/4″ to 1/2″ deep.
3. If you start seeds inside, you will want to plant your seedlings about 24 inches apart. We plant ours in a triangle formation since our rows are 4 feet wide.
4. When the heads of cabbage feel firm, they are ready to be harvested.
5. You want to harvest the heads of cabbage before they split open.
6. For a continuous crop, plant seedlings or seeds each week through June, so that you can continue to have fresh cabbage.

Where To Plant Your Cabbage:

Cauliflower, broccoli and cabbage are all in the brassica family of plants. This means that if you plant them in the same place year after year, they can get Clubroot disease. So, each year make sure that you plant them in different locations where a brassica plant has not been planted in the past 4 years.

What Type Of Cabbage We Plant:

We use Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage seeds.

Companion Plants for Cabbage:

Cabbage loves thyme, dill, rosemary, mint, chamomile, onions, garlic, beets, potatoes, celery, and peas.  So you have lots of options about what to plant it near.

Bugs To Watch Out For With Cabbage:

If you see cabbage worms, go ahead and manually remove them. They will turn into moths, and they eat your cabbage plants.

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