Comments on: Growing Cabbages http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/growing-cabbages/ Featuring Vegetable Gardening Tips, Organic Growing Techniques, and Unique Plants for the Backyard Gardener Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:33:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kenny Point http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/growing-cabbages/#comment-286285 Kenny Point Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:23:46 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/growing-cabbages/#comment-286285 Thanks Annette, yes you can eat the young cabbage leaves, or baby cabbage heads if you're willing to sacrifice production just as the plants are beginning to mature. The leaves will taste fine and will be extra tender compared to the mature leaves. Fall gardens are amazing and a winter like this one allows you to harvest throughout the season and the plants will resume growing in just another five or six weeks from now. Thanks Annette, yes you can eat the young cabbage leaves, or baby cabbage heads if you’re willing to sacrifice production just as the plants are beginning to mature. The leaves will taste fine and will be extra tender compared to the mature leaves. Fall gardens are amazing and a winter like this one allows you to harvest throughout the season and the plants will resume growing in just another five or six weeks from now.

]]> By: Annette http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/growing-cabbages/#comment-278399 Annette Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:04:15 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/growing-cabbages/#comment-278399 Sorry, I hit submit before I said thank you. I do thank you very much for this terrific site. Sorry, I hit submit before I said thank you. I do thank you very much for this terrific site.

]]> By: Annette http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/growing-cabbages/#comment-278398 Annette Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:03:25 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/growing-cabbages/#comment-278398 I love this site! I started my first garden this summer which was amazing and now my fall garden is keeping us fed with the usual cole crops. The best thing is no bugs and no weeds in this season. My question is, can you eat young cabbage leaves just as you can young spinach, collard, broccoli florets, etc. My Cabbages are just beginning to form small heads, and I have so many I would like to begin harvesting and eating some. Will baby leaves taste alright? I love this site! I started my first garden this summer which was amazing and now my fall garden is keeping us fed with the usual cole crops. The best thing is no bugs and no weeds in this season. My question is, can you eat young cabbage leaves just as you can young spinach, collard, broccoli florets, etc. My Cabbages are just beginning to form small heads, and I have so many I would like to begin harvesting and eating some. Will baby leaves taste alright?

]]> By: Chuck Huntington http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/growing-cabbages/#comment-228215 Chuck Huntington Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:11:21 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/growing-cabbages/#comment-228215 I have a large buternut tree out back. Are these leaves harmful to plants like blacck walnut. I have a large buternut tree out back. Are these leaves harmful to plants like blacck walnut.

]]> By: Kenny Point http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/growing-cabbages/#comment-195064 Kenny Point Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:31:04 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/growing-cabbages/#comment-195064 Thanks Jane, glad to hear that the cabbages are finally heading up for you. I would experiment with different planting times and maybe try some other varieties next time to see if you can get them to size up and form heads earlier. Good luck with your fall garden... Brussel sprouts can be even more of a challenge in getting them to bear fruit! Thanks Jane, glad to hear that the cabbages are finally heading up for you. I would experiment with different planting times and maybe try some other varieties next time to see if you can get them to size up and form heads earlier. Good luck with your fall garden… Brussel sprouts can be even more of a challenge in getting them to bear fruit!

]]> By: Kenny Point http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/growing-cabbages/#comment-195067 Kenny Point Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:44:47 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/growing-cabbages/#comment-195067 Hi Tom, thanks for the update. Black walnut trees will definitely retard the growth of vegetable plants that are grown nearby or even where their leaves have fallen and decayed. It's not a tree that you want growing near the veggie patch! Hi Tom, thanks for the update. Black walnut trees will definitely retard the growth of vegetable plants that are grown nearby or even where their leaves have fallen and decayed. It’s not a tree that you want growing near the veggie patch!

]]> By: Jane http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/growing-cabbages/#comment-193344 Jane Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:47:24 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/growing-cabbages/#comment-193344 A while back I posted that my cabbages were not even thinking about forming heads (Seattle). You told me to have patience. FINALLY, they are forming heads!! I had no idea it would take SO long. I started a couple of seedlings along with some Brussel sprouts for fall. Thanks, Kenny. A while back I posted that my cabbages were not even thinking about forming heads (Seattle). You told me to have patience. FINALLY, they are forming heads!! I had no idea it would take SO long. I started a couple of seedlings along with some Brussel sprouts for fall. Thanks, Kenny.

]]> By: TomW http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/growing-cabbages/#comment-193209 TomW Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:38:39 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/growing-cabbages/#comment-193209 Back in 2009, I asked for help identifying the cabbage my third-grader brought home from school. Kenny Point gently pointed out the myriad of possibilities. Number two son brought home a similar plant at the beginning of the summer, and since it is probably the same genus-species of his big brother's, I felt compelled to update that Jared's plant had a tag which read, "BONNIE MEGA-CABBAGE School Cabbage". The tag also had a picture of a baby nestled next to the cabbage's overpowering leaves. Perhaps the plant was never intended to form a head. Jared's cabbage did not grow very well either. I'm suspecting my garden is too close to a Black Walnut tree I grew from a 'tree-ling'. No worries - I just felt compelled to update this site in the off-chance that someone can benefit from my experience. Tom Back in 2009, I asked for help identifying the cabbage my third-grader brought home from school. Kenny Point gently pointed out the myriad of possibilities.

Number two son brought home a similar plant at the beginning of the summer, and since it is probably the same genus-species of his big brother’s, I felt compelled to update that Jared’s plant had a tag which read, “BONNIE MEGA-CABBAGE School Cabbage”. The tag also had a picture of a baby nestled next to the cabbage’s overpowering leaves. Perhaps the plant was never intended to form a head.

Jared’s cabbage did not grow very well either.

I’m suspecting my garden is too close to a Black Walnut tree I grew from a ‘tree-ling’.

No worries – I just felt compelled to update this site in the off-chance that someone can benefit from my experience.

Tom

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