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Homegrown cabbage is a garden treat and planting it in your vegetable beds means you can enjoy it at peak quality and flavor. The vigorous plants form tightly packed heads with layers of crisp, sweet leaves that are delicious raw, cooked, or fermented. While cabbage is fairly easy to grow it’s important to harvest the heads at the right time. If you wait too long they can split. Harvest too early and you’ll miss out on the main crop. Below I’ll highlight how you know when to harvest cabbage types including green, Napa, savoy, and even miniature varieties. Keep reading to learn more about timing the cabbage harvest.
Why you need to know when to harvest cabbageIt’s important to know when to harvest this Brassica family crop as cabbage picked too early won’t have a chance to size up. If you wait too long, you risk the heads splitting and losing the crop. Splitting is what happens to mature cabbage heads after a sudden influx of water. It can happen from deep watering or after a heavy rainfall. Keeping an eye on your cabbage plants as they approach maturity ensures you harvest at the right time for the best flavor and eating quality. More on splitting later in this article.
Types of cabbageThere is a wide variety of cabbage types you can grow, all forming tight heads of overlapping leaves. There’s a variety of cabbage shapes including round, flat, barrel-shaped, and even pointy. Cabbages are often grouped into four main categories: green, red, Napa, and savoy.
Green cabbage – Green cabbage varieties are the most widely grown in gardens producing rounded or cone-shaped heads. The leaves are smooth and pale green in color. This type is widely used in sauerkraut and coleslaw. Red cabbage – Red cabbages are very similar to
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