Description
Red Cabbage – matures in 75 days, with a 3 pound head, grow 24″ inches apart, it grows 18″ inches tall and 24″ inches wide
Grow in fertile, well drained, ideally lime rich soil in full sun.
Prone to leaf miners,
caterpillars, aphids, harlequin bugs, root maggots, nematode, cabbage white
butterfly, flea beetle, black leg, white rust, black leaf spot (Xanthomonas),
downy mildew, powdery mildew, damping off, white mold, clubroot, root knot
nematodes, Magnesium, boron, and potassium deficiency.
Harvest – when heads feel firm and fell solid harvest immediately, if heads crack or begin to open or split, cut heads from base of plant