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Red Cabbage (Rookie F1) - Description
- Red Cabbage Seeds
- Variety: Rookie F1
- Early Maturing Red Cabbage
- Quantity: 40 Seeds
- Intense Red Colour
- Summer & Autumn Harvest
- Large Heads
- Vigorous & Easy to Grow
Red Cabbage Seeds (Rookie F1) - How to Grow
- Dig over soil in the previous season, adding fertilizer
- Sow undercover in February for a mid to late summer harvest
- Seeds should be sown thinly, cover lightly with soil
- Thin 30cm apart when large enough to handle
- Harvest from June to October
- See how to grow tab for full growing instructions
Red Cabbage Seeds (Rookie F1) - Uses
- Rookie F1 Red Cabbage has a variety of uses.
- Can be used in soups, salads, coleslaw etc
- Popular as young plant sales to home gardeners
Red Cabbage Seeds (Rookie F1) - Advantages
- Great tasting
- Easy to grow
- Fast maturing, ideal for utilizing polytunnel or glasshouse space in the Winter months
Index
- Sowing Instructions
- How to Prick Out
- How to Transplant
- Crop Maintenance
- How to Harvest
- Storage
- Pests & Diseases
Sowing Instructions
- Autumn & summer cabbages are sown in mid spring
- Sow undercover in February in plug trays
- Can be sown directly outdoors from March to July
- Fill plug tray with compost, soak compost
- Place two seeds per plug
- Germination take roughly 2 weeks
- Keep in a warm location (min 10°C)
- Thin or prick out to one seed per plug once seedlings emerge
How to Prick Out
- Pricking out is a process of thining out & transplanting young seedlings
- This can be done as soon as seedlings are large enough to handle
- Water before pricking out
- Using a dibber or pen to lift the young seedlings from the soil
- Hold the seedlings leaves - never hold by the stem
- Once seedling is free of the soil, replant it in it's own new plug
- Ensure the seedling's root is planted deep into the plug tray
- Firm in seedlings well
How to Transplant
- Transplant seedlings once they are roughly 7cm in height
- Prepare soil prior to transplanting & soak well
- Space plants 40cm apart
- When planting, be sure to plant deep enough
- Avoid soil that can become waterlogged or has dried out completely
- Cabbages prefer fertile, heavy clay soils
- Dig over soil in the previous season, adding well rotted organic matter
- Dig to a depth of 1 1/2 ft, removing any stones and perennial weed roots
- Rake and level soil
Crop Maintenance
- Earth up if top heavy
- Feed with nitrogen based feed during season
- Weed well until established
- Keep young plants well watered until established
- Cover crops to protect against pigeons
Harvesting
- Cabbage should mature within a few months
- Water well the week before harvest
- Harvest Summer cabbages from June to October
- You can remove outer leaves as you need them
- Or harvest the entire cabbage by cutting the head at ground level
- Leave roots in the soil as they can sometimes re-grow
Storage
- Will keep in the fridge for short term storage
- For longer term, store in a cool dark area for 3 to 4 months
Pests & Diseases
- Important to protect against birds, especially pigeons
- Bird protection in the form of netting is best
- Slugs are a major problem - barriers such as eggshells, coarse sand, ash & copper can control problem
- Caterpillars also a problem, set up netting early to keep butterflies off your crops
- The fungal disease clubroot is a serious ailment of cabbage
- Effects on cabbage: Yellow wilting leaves and stunts growth
- Other pests and diseases include black rot, cabbage root fly and frost
- Important to rotate crops every year
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Note: We don't ship plants on Fridays due to the extended period they would remain without light & water
Shipping Options & Rates
FOR IRELAND & NORTHERN IRELAND
- Standard Courier Delivery With Fastway (3-4 Working Days)
- Cost is €4.95 on Orders Below €75
- Free Delivery on Orders Above €75
- Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
- Express Courier Delivery With Fastway (1-2 Working Days)
- Cost is €5 extra for express delivery
- This service guarantees that any order placed before 4pm will ship from our depot the same day on the next day delivery service *
- Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
- Express Delivery With DPD (1-2 Working Days)
- Cost is €11.45 for orders below €75
- Cost is €6.50 for orders above €75
- This service guarantees that any order placed before 4pm will ship from our depot the same day on the next day delivery service *
- Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
- This services comes with email tracking
- 'Seed' Postal Delivery Option ***
- Cost is €2 - Packet of Seeds ONLY Orders
- Note: Does Not Apply to Seed Potatoes, Bulbs or Sets ***
- Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
- This is a non-trackable service
MAINLAND ENGLAND & SCOTLAND & WALES (Currently Unavailable Due to Brexit)
- Standard International Courier
- Cost is €10
- UK shipping fee covers parcels up to a total weight of 20Kg
WESTERN EUROPE & WORLDWIDE
- Standard International Courier
- Delivery rates vary, please see chart below
- Note: There is no free delivery for Western Europe Deliveries
Bulk Bags & Large Item Pallet Deliveries
- Bulk bags & large orders are shipped via pallet couriers on a rigid lorry
- Delivery is to kerbside only
- If road access to your site is tight, then please advise us before purchasing
- Please Note: We cannot guarantee next day delivery on pallet deliveries
- Also, we cannot guarantee delivery on a specific day (Please allow 1-3 days for delivery)
- It's always best to order well in advance to avoid disappointment
- Cancellation of pallets when items are already in transit will incur a 40 euro per pallet cancellation fee (To cover return delivery costs)
- Where pallet delivery can not be made due to site access, a 40 euro per pallet cancellation fee will apply (To cover return delivery costs)
International Delivery Prices & Times
- Please note max weights below, heavier orders may require additional payment
- We will contact you to discuss, if max weight of order exceeded
Terms
- The shipping fee is fixed for an order, regardless of the number of items bought
- All courier orders require signed proof of delivery & the customer must be contactable by phone
- We do not offer a weekend delivery service (Mon-Fri Only excl. Bank Holidays)
- * Our courier achieves a 98% success rate on next day deliveries
- Once your parcel is shipped it will be placed on works courier's next day delivery service
- ** Seed postal option applies to seed ONLY orders & is available in all 32 counties of Ireland
- *** Does not apply to seed potatoes, bulbs or sets
