Quantity 70 Seeds

£2.45 each

Cabbage - Red Rookie Seeds

  • Catalogue Code 1020-2266
Rating5 Read the review(s)

The earliest red cabbage!

Ready from mid-August onwards Red Rookie has good holding ability and is resistant to splitting.

Outstanding for quality and flavour!

Features

  • RHS Award of Garden Merit
  • F1 Hybrids are crossed varieties that are exceptionally vigorous and longer lasting

Growing Calendar for Cabbage - Red Rookie Seeds

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On 28/01/2011 Stephen Blundell wrote:
Rating:5

Excellent, reliable and high yielding red cabbage. Left alone by most pests as long as it''s grown under nets to keep birds away - even when grown in the open damage is mostly cosmetic.

Cabbage - Red Rookie Seeds 1020-2266

The earliest red cabbage

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: April-May 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.

Standard Seeds E.C Rules and Regulations.

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Harvest Chart for Red Cabbages

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Cabbage - Red Rookie Seeds 5
Cabbage - Ruby Perfection Seeds 0
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