Organic Cabbage: Red Rodynda

Description

Organic Red cabbage: Red Rodynda. Brassica oleracea var. capitata.

A short stemmed, smooth leaved, round headed, red summer cabbage. These seeds are Demeter standard, which means they’re really good and also support people who are serious about working with our planet.

This is a variety is carefully maintained through conservation breeding. It is grown, selected and replicated for its positive characteristics to bring you the purest possible seed. Continual care in this way – ie. grown every year, ensures the plants you grow are adapted to the most recent changing climatic conditions. This means the seed you save from your plants are from a strong variety and up to date climatically.

How to grow:
Start in March and April in modules, transplant plant out when large enough in April/May, 45cms apart. Or sow outside in April/May. Mulch with well rotted farmyard manure or compost. Harvest when ready in September/October.

Problem solving:
Keep slugs and pigeons off them especially when small. The cabbage butterflies will love them come August, so covering with enviromesh, or something like it will save you picking off many little caterpillars.

Favourite ways to eat them:
A really great red cabbage for eating raw in salads and for pickling. Also delicious cooked with beetroot, onion and garlic and simmered down with your favourite herbs and spices.

Cultural history:
As with all the brassicas they begin sometime in the Roman empire, becoming popular in Britain in the 16th century.

Avg contents:  80 seeds.