Cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
In a typical UK garden, sow indoors early February to mid-May, sow outside late March to mid-June, plant out late March to late June, and harvest early March to mid-May.
When to sow, plant and harvest
Last frost around 20 April, first frost around 31 October.
- Sow indoors
- early February to mid-May
- Sow outdoors
- late March to mid-Junelate July to late August
- Plant out
- late March to late Juneearly September to mid-October
- Harvest
- early March to mid-Maymid-June to late February
Growing facts
- Spacing
- 45 cm apart, rows 60 cm apart
- Square foot
- 1 per square (30 cm squares)
- Sowing depth
- 1.5 cm
- Ready in
- 60 to 100 days from planting out
- Grows to
- 40 cm
- Hardiness
- Hardy to about -10 °C
- Sun
- Full sun
- Crops for
- About 3 weeks
Growing tip
Firm the soil well at planting, and net against pigeons and cabbage white butterflies.
Neighbours
Grows well with
Keep apart from
Brassicas are one crop rotation group. Try not to grow them where any of the family grew in the last two or three years. How crop rotation works
More brassicas
Where these figures come from
Every crop in VegLog was checked against published growing advice. Dates are worked out from average frost dates, so they shift with your garden. For cabbage, we used:
Grow cabbage with VegLog
Add cabbage to a bed and VegLog reminds you when to sow, plant out and pick, timed to your own town's frost dates.
