For those of you keen to plan for a crop of year round cabbages, kale, broccoli and cauliflower, here’s a quick guide of when to plant and when to harvest… this is a rough guide only and will depend on how warm/cold/rainy/frosty/snowy it is during the growing season!!
Our current brassica plants will be available until early August, then we will have a new batch of autumn brassica plants available for despatch in September and October.
Broccoli - Calabrese & Purple Sprouting
Planted April-Mid June = Harvest mid July to September
Planted Late June-Early Aug = Harvest September to November
Planted September/October = Harvest March-May the following year.
Kale - Cavolo Nero/Red Russian/Curly Kale
Planted April-Mid June = Harvest mid July to October/November
Planted Late June-Early Aug = Harvest October to January/February
Planted September/October = Harvest March-June the following year.
Cauliflower
Planted April-May = Harvest August
Planted June-July = Harvest September/October
Planted August = Harvest late October/November
Cabbage - Red, White & Savoy
Planted April-Mid June = Harvest September/October
Planted Late June-Early Aug = Late October to December
Brussels Sprouts
Planted April-June = Harvest October-December
Planted July-Aug = Harvest Late November-January