Aalsmeer

created by Marius D at 14.12.2023

Features

Taste

aromatic

hearty

Location

Greenhouse

Outdoor

sonnig

Resistances

cold tolerant

robust

Fruit shape

flat round

Growth habit

head forming

upright leaf position

Color

weiß-grün

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

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Description

Aalsmeer is an early, vigorous variety with an excellent and well-protected head. It produces creamy white heads of good depth and weight. It is also frost hardy and can grow in all regions of the UK.

Non hybrid

Frostproof

Growing tips

Sow indoors, April-May, 0.5 cm deep, in a tray with compost. Water well and place in a cold frame or unheated greenhouse. Keep moist. The seedlings usually appear in 14-28 days. When they are large enough, transplant into other trays 5 cm apart. Gradually acclimatize the seedlings to outdoor conditions before planting out in well-cultivated, fertile soil in July/August. Or outdoors: Sow thinly in April-May in a seedbed, 1.5 cm deep, directly into well-prepared, well-cultivated, fertile soil that has already been watered. Water well until the plants have grown. Transplant the plants 60 cm (2') apart when they are about 10 cm (4') high. Leave 60 cm (2') between rows. Plant firmly and water well. Harvest: March-April of the following year.