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Cabbage Red Drumhead
Cabbage Red Drumhead

Cabbage Red Drumhead

SKU: SD30000347
approx 500 seeds
£2.49 £1.99
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Overview

This is among the most reliable of red cabbages to grow, producing generous-sized round heads with minimum fuss every time. A good-looking cabbage with deep burgundy-purple leaves tightly-wrapped around the solid central heart and few outer leaves to be wasted. The flavour is rich and hearty: braise slowly with apples and raisins for a sublime winter warmer. Red cabbage will also keep for months shredded finely and pickled in wine vinegar with a little pepper and ginger added. A Heritage variety introduced in the 1860's Growing Instructions:Early sowings can be made into pots or seed trays under cover: pot on as the seedlings grow. Or sow later in spring into shallow drills in a well-prepared seedbed, thinning seedlings to 5cm apart. When plants each 15cm tall transplant to where they are to grow, spacing about 45cm apart and firming in well. Protect from slugs and net against pigeons. Sow: March-April and July Harvest: Spring sowings: early August; summer sowings: October Approximate quantity: 500 seeds.

Specifications

  • Position: full sun
  • Soil: fertile, well drained, moisture-retentive and firm
  • Eventual Height:0.3m-0.6m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.3m-0.6m

Eventual height & spread

Eventual height and spread

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Seeds will arrive in paper satchets which are packaged in A4 or A5 hard backed envelopes.

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