Kalibos red cabbage seeds - 200 per packet
Kalibos cabbage seeds originally came from Eastern Europe and they produce a delicious red cabbage that has a high sugar content, making it the perfect variety for shredding raw into salads for superb sweetness, crunch and colour.It has a firm, solid heart and few wasted outer leaves. Colour fades when cooked. For late summer and autumn cutting.
Red cabbage is the traditional cabbage for pickling, but is perfect as a colourful and flavoursome winter vegetable or shredded finely and added to salads. They have good holding ability or can be stored for a few months
Sow Indoors: February-March thinly ½in (1cm) deep in clean trays or modules of firm pre watered compost. Keep soil moist at all times.
Sow Outdoors: March-May, thinly ½in (1cm) deep in a seed bed. Keep soil moist at all times. Protect from frost.
Thin Out: 4in (10cm) apart.
Plant Out: May-June and March into the required harvest position 18in (45cm) apart with 18in (45cm) between each row when plants have 3-4 true leaves.
Harvest: August-October.
Protect from Cabbage White Butterfly with netting.Last update: 10.06.2021