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Week 13 – March 28, 2024

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Sweet Thang Cabbage

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This non-heading cabbage offers thick, sweet-tasting white veins with attractive dark green leaves. Features a uniform head and short core. Better tasting than collards or kale.

Plant Details:

Scientific Name: Brassica oleracea

Common Name: Non-Hybrid Cabbage, Cabbage Luzia, aka Portuguese Kale - aka Tronchuda type

Blooming Season: Summer

Plant Habit: Upright

Characteristics: Culinary Use, Frost Tolerant

Water: Medium

Fertilize: Once a month

Spacing: 16 - 20" (41 - 51cm)

Height: 12 - 16" (30 - 41cm)

Width: 10 - 12" (25 - 30cm)

Exposure: Sun

General Information: This non-heading cabbage offers thick, sweet-tasting white veins with attractive dark green leaves. Features a uniform head and short core. Better tasting than collards or kale.