Organic Cabbage Seeds

Cabbage (summer) Golden Acre 20 Organic Cabbage Seeds £0.70 123

Golden Acre is a fast growing, early summer, ballhead cabbage which produces very compact round green heads with sweet tender hearts.

Sowing Instructions

Sow: can be sown from mid February (for a late June harvest) in pots or trays under glass.  Alternatively, seeds can be sown outdoors, 1.5cm deep and around 15cm apart from mid-March until the end of April.

Transplant:  After around 5 weeks, when seedlings are large enough to handle, into well prepared soil in a reasonably sunny spot.  Outdoor sown seedlings should be thinned to around 30cm apart.

Aftercare: Protect seedlings from birds, particularly sparrows! Water well in dry conditions and treat to an organic fertilizer from time to time.  Remove outer leaves which turn yellow to avoid infection spreading.

Harvest: when the hearts are firm, from around late June to the end of September, by cutting with a sharp knife close to ground level.

Tip: Try cutting a 1cm deep cross into the stump of cabbage plants harvested early in the season and you should be rewarded with a second crop of delicious mini cabbages.

Cooking Tips

Cabbage stores well, however, as it is an excellent source of vitamin C, you’ll get maximum nutritional value if you eat it as soon as possible after harvesting.  Enjoy raw in salads and coleslaws, shredded into stir fries or lightly steamed or boiled and served with pepper and butter.