Spring cabbage, all leaf no cabbage.

[Graham K]

I planted my spring cabbage way back when, before it got really cold. It grew for a while and then got ready for winter (do we remember the snow)? and survived intact and healthy.

However since then we seem to have skipped spring and gone directly to summer and the cabbage also seems to have skipped the "turn into cabbage" bit and is just a bunch of loose leaf.

I kind of figured that it being called "spring cabbage" I would be picking a few by now.

Q: Do I put it down as a total loss due to the summer of "76" coming back?

or: Do I keep watering and hope they will tighten up into the ball shape they are supposed to be.

The chickens are looking at them with hungry eyes and I need the space for this years veggies.

Any advice appreciated, Graham.

[solway cropper]

Spring greens are normally an un-hearted, loose-leaf cabbage. The idea is to get a crop of something edible when there isn't much else about.

[oldie]

Can you remember what the name was? Some spring greens do heart up but as SC said probably most don't. A name would clarify if you have one.

[Snadger]

I'm growing one which is ball headed, Spring Hero. Its still got loose leaves but I have earthed the stem up a bit and given it a nitro feed and it is starting to romp away.

Although called 'spring cabbage', unless grown under glass, I have always found they mature in early summer rather than spring in my area..

[Potstubsdustbins]

Whoops I have eaten all 52 of my Spring Hero as spring greens, can't wait for them to ball up my calabrese goes in that bed next week.


Colin

[Graham K]

The label just says "Cabbage Spring" no name, they were a last minute, in a tray, pre-grown garden centre buy last year when I had complete seed failure.

The label has a "pretty" picture on it of nice pointy shaped cabbages, oh what nice pretty pictures they have!!!!!!!

Stir fry or a nice salad with the BBQ coming up.



(Any one know what the five stars mean on the thread?)

Graham.

[SarahStrawberry]

Graham K

Ours are exactly the same, lots of green leaves no sign of any cabbage shaped formation!

We sowed ours before the winter I think and managed to keep them alive but we are going to sow more because I don't think they'll ever be a "proper" cabbage.