Sprouting Red Cabbage
Sprouting Red Cabbage is a perfect colourful, deep red addition to salads with a Mild, sweet, and crisp cabbage taste. Easy to grow as cress and ready to harvest in 5 -10 days from sowing.
Cultivation Advice Sprouting Red Cabbage
- A simple container with drainage holes or seed tray is ideal.
- You can use a small amount of compost or blotting / kitchen paper.
- The seeds are best in a warm sunny location for germination (Greenhouse in summer / sow facing draft free windowsill)
- Soak seeds in water for 4-8 hours and scatter them in a thick layer on growing medium pressing them firmly down.
- Water thoroughly and cover with wet newspaper.
- Water once per day through the newspaper until the sprouts push up the paper (2-4 days), then remove the paper.
- Harvest at 1-2 inches in height with scissors, rinse, shake dry and store excess sprouts in fridge in sealed bag or container.
