Growing White cabbage

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Brassica oleracea convar. capitata var. alba Dutch white cabbage, drumhead cabbage
Other names
Dutch white cabbage, drumhead cabbage
Botanical name
Brassica oleracea convar. capitata var. alba
Plant category
Cabbage vegetables
White cabbage

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Facts and figures

Light requirements
Sun / partial shade
Nutrient requirements
Heavy feeder
Difficulty level
Intermediate
Culture (according to Gertrud Franck)
A - tall or wide crops, almost year-round
Growing period
90 days
Row spacing
50 cm
Plant spacing
50 cm
Growth height
40 - 120 cm
Sowing depth
1 cm
Germination temperature (minimum)
3 °C
Germination temperature (optimal)
18 - 22 °C
Germination type
Light and dark
Pre-growing period
40 days

Planting & harvest times of White cabbage

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Direct sowing
Pre-grow
Transplant
Harvest

Planting 1Direct sowing from Early March to Late May. Transplant to bed from Mid March to Late July. Pre-grow about 40 days before planting out, approximately between Late January and Mid June. After a growing period of 90 days, harvest can begin around Early June and continues until Late October.

Planting 2Direct sowing from Early April to Late April. Transplant to bed from Mid May to Early June. Pre-grow about 40 days before planting out, approximately between Late March and Mid April. After a growing period of 90 days, harvest can begin around Mid September and continues until Mid November.

Sow and plant White cabbage

Planting 1: Early cabbage

Planting 2: Storage cabbage

According to Gertrud Franck, you can grow early cabbage in spring on the B row. Later varieties are best grown on the A row.

Good and bad companions of White cabbage

Good neighbours
Bad neighbours

Predecessors and successors of White cabbage

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