NIKA SEEDS - Vegetable Chinese Cabbage Canton Green - 100 Seeds

 Chinese cabbage Canton  A mid-season and high-yielding variety. They can be started indoors for transplantation later or planted directly in the garden. The growing season from germination to technical ripeness is 60 to 70 days. The head is dense, green in color with corrugated leaves, and weight up to 7 lbs. Harvest the cabbage when the head is fully formed.  Planting instructions:  When considering planting Chinese cabbage, you have to remember that you can grow an early winter or mid-winter crop or a spring crop. Just don’t plant your cabbage too late or it will send up flower stalks before making heads, which robs the plant of nutrients. Planting Chinese cabbage requires heavy soil that holds moisture. To keep your Chinese cabbage growing well during the season, you should fertilize the soil before planting. Also, make sure plants get enough water throughout the season. Planting Chinese cabbage can be done in late summer to fall (August through October) for an early winter or mid-winter crop, or in winter (January) for a spring crop. It all depends on when you want your cabbage to be harvested. When you plant in winter, you want your growing Chinese cabbage where it is protected from cold, ice and frost as it matures. Growing Chinese cabbage is done best when the plants are 10 inches apart. This gives smaller heads which are great for home use. Also, you want two- to three-pound heads, so plant them in double rows to keep the size of the heads smaller. If you plant from seed, be sure to put the seeds1/4 to 1/2 inch deep and 3 inches apart. When the growing Chinese cabbage is 4 to 5 inches tall, you can thin the plants to about 10 inches apart.