🥬🪨🌱 Cabbage Stone Head Seeds (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) – 100 Seeds – Heirloom, Firm, Round Head Cabbage

🌿 Latin Name: Brassica oleracea var. capitata
🥬 Common Name: Cabbage Stone Head
📦 Quantity: 100 seeds
🌱 Type: Heirloom, open-pollinated cabbage variety

Cabbage Stone Head is a classic heirloom variety known for its exceptionally firm, dense, and round heads that hold well in storage. This cabbage is prized for its durability and resistance to splitting, making it perfect for fresh eating, cooking, and long-term storage.

It thrives in cool growing conditions and produces large heads with a crisp texture and mild, sweet flavor.

🌞 Sowing Time:

• Indoors: Start seeds 6–8 weeks before last frost

• Transplant: 4 weeks before last frost

• Outdoors: Sow or transplant after frost risk has passed

• Harvest: 90–110 days after transplanting

🪴 Growing Instructions:

• Sowing Depth: 0.5–1 cm (1/4 inch)

• Spacing: Thin or transplant seedlings 30–45 cm (12–18 inches) apart, rows 50–60 cm (20–24 inches) apart

• Germination Temperature: 15–20°C (59–68°F)

• Germination Time: 5–10 days

• Light: Full sun preferred

• Watering: Keep soil consistently moist; avoid water stress to prevent bitter flavor

🌱 Soil & Conditions:

• Soil Type: Fertile, well-draining loamy soil rich in organic matter

• Soil pH: 6.0–7.5

• Fertilizer: Balanced fertilizer; moderate nitrogen to encourage healthy leaf and head development

• Climate: Prefers cool to moderate temperatures; avoid heat to prevent bolting

🧑🌾 Usage:

• Ideal for fresh salads, cooking, stir-fry, and fermenting (sauerkraut)

• Excellent for storage due to firm heads that resist splitting

• Mild, sweet flavor with a crisp texture

🌿 Plant Characteristics:

• Head Shape: Firm, round, dense

• Head Weight: 2–3 kg (4–6 lbs)

• Maturity: Mid to late season, 90–110 days after transplant

• Storage: Excellent shelf life and keeps well in cool conditions

Package contains 1 gram or around 100 seeds

Brassica oleracea