Red Drumhead

created by TomteTummetott at 19.02.2023

Seed packet

Features

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Pot

Season Overview

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Description

Late red cabbage variety. Rich harvest in late fall and winter. Red Drumhead is a historic variety that develops densely packed leaves with a dark red, firm heart. Can be harvested from fall into winter.

Non hybrid

Not frost resistant

Growing tips

You can pre-grow the plants from January to March in a cold frame protected from the wind with a fleece cover for frosty nights or in pots on a sunny windowsill. Place three seeds per planting hole about one centimeter deep in coconut fiber substrate or organic vegetable soil. After germination, leave only the strongest seedling. It then takes four to six weeks from sowing to plantable seedlings. The ideal germination temperature is 15 to 20 degrees Celsius. As soon as the young plants have rooted well through the soil ball, they can be moved outdoors from the end of May, when night frosts can no longer occur. Plant them 40 to 50 centimetres apart so that the root base is covered with about one centimetre of soil and add compost to the planting.