Re: preserving cabbage

On Sun 07 Feb, charles w davis wrote:
> I have several cabbage plants in my backyard garden. I usually wash and
> cut them up
> and then freeze them for later usage . I usually grow more than I need
> for  my consump-
> tion. Is there another way to preserve cabbage for later consumption?
> Please advise..
> 
There may well be ways of preserving cabbage but I think you would do
better to concentrate your efforts other ways. First there are a vast
number of members of the cabbage family, if you grow the right varieties
you can have fresh cabbages throughout the year, also there is a group
of (mostly white) cabbages which are cut in the autumn and will keep for
several months in a cool, frostproof store. I have in mind Holland Late
Winter, but there are newer varieties . The Savoys can be left in the
ground from January to March, the last to pick is Tundra which is
relatively new. I would point out also that cabbage seeds keep
particularly well for 3 or more seasons even in an open pack so you
don't have to use them all at once. Many of the F1 hybrids are a vast
improvement on the standard varieties and with a very high germination
rate can be sown in pots/modules 1 or 2 in a pot so a little seed goes
a long way.



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Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
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