Sprouting Red Cabbage

Description

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 

• 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.