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Brassicas
Cabbage
Dense, long-storing heads that make it one of the better 'keeper' vegetables from the garden.
Get your planting dates
This guide covers how to grow, harvest and keep cabbage, deliberately without sowing dates,
because the right date depends entirely on your climate zone. GardenBuddy's planting calendar
covers all seven Australian climate zones and will tell you exactly when to sow where you live.
Growing
Full sun, rich soil, steady water. Space generously, crowded cabbage forms smaller, looser heads.
Common problems
- Cabbage white butterfly, expect and manage rather than expect to avoid entirely
- Splitting heads from a heavy rain after a dry spell, harvest promptly once mature
- Slugs at the base of young plants
Harvest
Cut when the head feels firm and dense when squeezed. Early varieties can split if left too long after maturity.
Preserving this crop
Best suited to:
FermentingRoot Cellaring & Long Storage
Seed saving
Difficulty: Hard. Crosses with other brassicas, biennial, needs isolation and a cold period. Most home growers buy cabbage seed rather than save it.