Post by canadamike on Jan 17, 2013 22:06:37 GMT -5
I never went against the grain when it came to summer cabbages: I have grown many, especially europeans, but frankly most ended up in friend's cuisine, I have so much to eat in summer and cabbage is more of a winter or cold season veggie for me...
So since apart from a few trials I wanted cabbage in the fall, I grew the regular later cabbages. But for one, which I truely like: EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD.
As it stands, I have put it in the ground for early summer eating, mostly by friends, but for a few snacks, later in summer for end of summer and early fall eating and later for winter eating, and I also have left a 50 feet row planted early until the fall to harvest late, and darn!!! It worked in all of those combinations. And the late harvested ones were big, not giants but easily of the side a lot of consumer would be discouraged to buy because of fridge space...
Is it REALLY a summer cabbage?? It sure is one I would bring with me on a desert island...
My only concern is its keeping qualities...the cold storage I had built under the balcony of my new house was a dream come true thing, it kept around fridge temperature all the winter, so it was more than ideal for keeping stuff, and I will probably never end up so lucky again in my life....I had built it the best I could, but the mixture of cement exposure to cold and sun and the type of soil there made it better than any other I ever had or probably will ever have...
Anybody here had experience in keeping them for the winter in more normal, less ideal settings??
I also would like to note that to me, pointed cabbage are superior to round ones to fight the dreaded cabbage worms...
I saw much more worms on the more horizontal exterior leaves than usual, and less on the cabbage itself...Am I having an illusion???
So since apart from a few trials I wanted cabbage in the fall, I grew the regular later cabbages. But for one, which I truely like: EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD.
As it stands, I have put it in the ground for early summer eating, mostly by friends, but for a few snacks, later in summer for end of summer and early fall eating and later for winter eating, and I also have left a 50 feet row planted early until the fall to harvest late, and darn!!! It worked in all of those combinations. And the late harvested ones were big, not giants but easily of the side a lot of consumer would be discouraged to buy because of fridge space...
Is it REALLY a summer cabbage?? It sure is one I would bring with me on a desert island...
My only concern is its keeping qualities...the cold storage I had built under the balcony of my new house was a dream come true thing, it kept around fridge temperature all the winter, so it was more than ideal for keeping stuff, and I will probably never end up so lucky again in my life....I had built it the best I could, but the mixture of cement exposure to cold and sun and the type of soil there made it better than any other I ever had or probably will ever have...
Anybody here had experience in keeping them for the winter in more normal, less ideal settings??
I also would like to note that to me, pointed cabbage are superior to round ones to fight the dreaded cabbage worms...
I saw much more worms on the more horizontal exterior leaves than usual, and less on the cabbage itself...Am I having an illusion???
