Red cabbage Amarant

Red cabbage Amarant

Brassica oleracea convar. capitata var. rubra

 

An early variety of red cabbage with smaller (up to 1 kg), round heads, suitable for immediate consumption. It take up to 60 days to grow from seedlings to forming a head. 

 

Different varieties of cabbage are divided into early, mid-late and late according to the length of the growing season. Early varieties grow from seedlings to head up to 60 days, mid-late up to 80 days and late over 90 days. Early varieties can be sown in several periods throughout the year, even in the summer. Late varieties can only be sown in spring, otherwise they don't grow fully before winter.

 

Cabbage is usualy attacked by two pests: caterpillars and flea beetles. Caterpillars eat the leaves and the heart of the plant. Ecologically, we can get rid of them by cooking 1 L of wormwood tea, diluting it in 5-10 L of water and sprinkling it on affected plants. If necessary, we repeat the proces after a few days. 

Flea beetle makes little holes on the plant which is very tipical for him. we can get rid of him with crop rotation (5-7 years) or with persisten loosening of the soil. Sowing or planting other brassica, such as Chinese cabbage or mustard, does not help!

Sowing time
II-VII
Planting time
III-VIII
Harvest time
V-XI
Distance between plants/rows
40x40
Overwintering
No
No. of seeds in 1g
300
Amount of seeds in standard packet
for 80-100 plants
Optimum temperature for germination
12-20°C
Seeding rate per acre (100m2)
2-4g
Needs watering
No
Origin
EU
Goes well with
chard, beans, peas, eggplant, kohlrabi, carrot, potato, cucumber, bell pepper, tomato, leek, beetroot, radish, turnip, lettuce, spinach, celery, camomile, mint, caraway, dill, coriander, borage, sage, thyme, wormwood
Doesn't go well with
onion, garlic, strawberries, mustard

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