Abessinischer Kohl Gomenzer

Season Overview

Description

The Abyssinian cabbage Gomenzer is a fast-growing leafy cabbage from North Africa with green to purple iridescent leaves. It is used as a nutty, cabbage-like salad garnish or together with the young shoots for steaming. The taste is similar to broccoli. The low-maintenance cabbage grows in balcony boxes, pots and tubs and is a novelty in Germany. Representatives of the species Brassica carinata were cultivated in Ethiopia as early as the 4th century and traditionally eaten as a vegetable, and the seeds were used to make a type of mustard or for oil production. Gomenzer is not hardy. Growing it as an after crop in a cold greenhouse over the winter months can be interesting.

Growing tips

Select several staggered sowing dates to extend the harvest period. Early sowings can be covered with fleece or perforated film.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Wet

Soil

Medium (loamy)

Nutrient requirement

Medium

Seeding distance

5 cm

Row spacing

25 cm

Seeding depth

1 cm