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January King Cabbage
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Description:
This is a hardy winter cabbage, not even severe frost seems to bother it. The heads are crisp and crunchy
and with good flavour, the leaf is a conifer-blue colour.
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Sowing Instructions:
Sow outdoors in a well prepared seed bed in spring, or alternatively, in a greenhouse or frame. Sow thinly 12mm (½in) deep in rows 23cm (9in) apart. If the soil is dry, water well and allow to drain before sowing.
Growing Instructions:
Plant out at the 5-6 leaf stage allowing 60cm (12in) between plants. The soil should be firm and contain plenty of well rotted compost, preferably from a previous crop, it should also be well limed.
Aftercare Instructions:
Hoe occasionally and water if the weather is dry. Harvest in very late winter
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