This is the journal of my endeavours to grow a range of fruit, veg and flowers from seed, grow organically, and my attempts to create a personal paradise with 1/2 acre of maintained gardens and 1/2 acre wild meadows. Northern Ireland's average daily high temperatures are 18 °C (64 °F) in July and 6 °C (43 °F) in January. Soil type: Clay

Wednesday 11 December 2013

Cabbage 'January King'

My cabbage called 'January King' is growing nicely and I can see the heads developing. There's some pest damage on the leaves - I think this is mostly caterpillars from Aug-Sept (maybe even Oct). I'm sure slugs and snails are nibbling a bit too. However, the plants are looking good. These were grown from seed in a glasshouse in June and then planted outside.

The seed pack says,

"A very hardy variety with distinctive purple tinge to the leaves, and really solid hearts that hold for long periods in the cold weather."

I'm thinking they'll be ready to eat in March? I adore the flavour of cabbage and looking forward to eating my  own organic home grown results! Fingers crossed they turn out well.
Cabbage 'January King' 

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5 comments:

  1. No chance of growing cabbage here now. We have good success with cabbage unless the white butterflies get to them. You will enjoy it for sure.

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  2. Yes, that is a great variety - large though, so not one for my garden! We often get them in our veg-box from Abel and Cole, and they are very nice to eat.

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  3. Our winter brassicas are a bit of a failure as they are suffering from club root. We need to find a club root resistant broccoli.

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  4. Way too cold here for anything to grow now ~ the ground is froze and we have some snow.

    Thank you for your visit and your kind words today.

    Hope you have a lovely Christmas as well.
    Carolyn

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  5. Looking good. The only thing I've got left in the allotment are parsnips.

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