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🥦 Cabbage
Vegetable Garden · growing reference
| Days to maturity | 65 days – 100 days, by type |
|---|---|
| Germination | 7 days |
| Direct sowing | +10 days vs transplants |
| Spacing | 15″ in the row × 24″ between rows |
| Planted as | seed |
| Water | ~1–1.5 in a week |
When to plant
In USDA zone 6, for example: Recommended planting window around Apr 1. Start seeds indoors ~6 weeks earlier.
| Spring | Fall | |
|---|---|---|
| Zone 3 | May 1 | Jun 13 |
| Zone 4 | Apr 23 | Jun 18 |
| Zone 5 | Apr 12 | Jul 1 |
| Zone 6 | Apr 1 | Jul 13 |
| Zone 7 | Mar 18 | Aug 3 |
| Zone 8 | Mar 1 | Aug 18 |
| Zone 9 | Feb 6 | Sep 2 |
Dates are the typical window for each zone's average frost dates — your own last frost can differ by a couple of weeks. Zone 10 and warmer is effectively frost-free: plant to the season, not the frost. Southern Hemisphere: shift six months.
Cabbage Types
- Early · 65 days · 2–4 lbs/plant — Pointed sweetheart & summer heads — quick and tender; eat fresh, they don't store.
- Savoy · 85 days · 2–4 lbs/plant — Crinkled and cold-hardy — stands into winter.
- Storage · 100 days · 4–8 lbs/plant — Dense late heads — the root-cellar and sauerkraut keeper.
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