Spring cabbage Wheeler's Imperial - planted too early?

[Croila]

If anyone could give me some cabbage advice that would be great!

Back on 27 June I got some Wheeler's Imperial spring cabbage transplants (I think you call them that?) from the garden centre. I dumped them in the ground that same day, a couple in my Square Foot bed and about half a dozen others in various other spots in my garden.

However, I keep reading that spring cabbages should be sown about now, ready for cutting in around April.

So ... I'm wondering, when are these cabbages likely to be ready? Will they survive being planted out at the end of June if they're spring cabbages? And how long a time period is there between a cabbage being available for harvest as a spring green and it forming a heart? (I don't like cabbage hearts, bleeuurrrgh!)

I've got a packet of Advantage F1 spring cabbage seeds which I was thinking of sowing in pots and this weekend, keeping them in the conservatory (don't have a greenhouse) till they can go in the ground sometime in the autumn when the tatties are lifted. I hope I've got the rotation thing right there!

Sorry if all these questions are really stupid, but I'm brand new at this and there is SO much information to take in

[Snadger]

Wheelers Imperial is a dual purpose cabbage. It can be spring sown for autumn heading or autumn sown for spring heading. Yours will probably be ready by autumn.
Getting the timing right for sowing spring cabbage is imperative or else they will run to seed. Be guided by sowing information on packet!

[teakdesk]

Don't worry about it.

I'm the world's worst for sowing and planting cabbage varieties as per the packet and I'm always astounded by the results.

All plants want to grow (and as Snadger says, propagate by flowering!!) but yours will get to a stage where you can harvest especially as you are not looking for competition grade hearts.

I agree with that your transplants will be ready for harvest late summer (for greens and small hearts) or later if you want a supermarket cabbage; sowing virtually any cabbage seed now will give a crop

Happy eating

[jacob marley]

Do not worry about it this week i planted a row of Durham Early spring cabbage hoping to get some spring greens around Christmas time .
I also have a row of Flower Of spring just hearting up now what a size .
so do not worry if it grows and you can eat it all the better...jacob

[Croila]

"competition grade hearts" ... Oh definitely DEFINITElY not looking for them. I love eating the leaves but can't abide the hearts.

Thank you for replies and advice, much appreciated. This is all new to me so it's brilliant reading about how other people do it! :-D