Seeds to Sow In January – Summer Cabbage

Summer Cabbage’s are ball head or drum head types of cabbages.

Indoors – You can sow seeds early between End January and February Indoors for an early harvest in May.

Outdoors – Sow seeds in an outdoor raised bed in March and April for harvests from June to September.

Reasons for Growing Summer Cabbage

  1. Coleslaw – Grow your own Coleslaw. Sow carrots & onions by February along with summer cabbage to get homegrown coleslaw harvested in Late May/Early June.
  2. Quick Crop by May – I’m sowing Summer Cabbages early, to harvest small cabbages by Late May. Then I’ll still have time to plant out beans, squash and pumpkins.
  3. Varieties – A wide range of speedy and compact varieties ideal for the home garden or allotment.

Summer Cabbage Varieties

I’ll be growing the fastest cabbage, it’s called ‘Earliest of All’.

Click on the pictures below to see the Summer Cabbage Variety Features.

What You Will Need to Grow Summer Cabbages – Indoors

  1. A seed cell tray or 9cm pots on a windowsill tray.
  2. Compost
  3. Summer cabbage seeds
  4. Water and plant label.
  5. A bright light windowsill.

What You Will Need to Grow Summer Cabbages – Outdoors

  1. Enviromesh or fine netting – to keep your cabbages protected against frost, pigeons and cabbage white butterflies.
  2. Hoops or aluminium poles for a cage – a structure to put the netting over your plants. You can just skip the hoops and throw the netting over the plants without any support if you are on a budget.
  3. Raised Bed or border or larger container.

Summer Cabbage – Seed Sow Along Video

If you cannot see this video, click here to view it on the website.

Other Seed Sow Along Videos:

January – Indoors

Sow Onion Seeds – Video

Sow Cauliflower Seeds – Video

February

Coming Soon!

Sow Easy Vegetables for Beginners – Next Week- 1st Feb.

Sow Aubergine Seeds

Sow Sweet Peppers.

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