Sowing calendar · Leafy
Savoy cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. sabauda · Couve-lombarda, Col de Milán, Chou de Milan, Wirsing, Cavolo verza, couve lombarda
Calendar
Calendar for mainland Portugal.
- Sow in traysMar–Aug
- TransplantApr–Oct
- HarvestJun–Jan
- Germination
- 4–7 days · soil from 5 °C
- Spacing
- 60 cm between rows · 50 cm apart
- Sowing depth
- 1 cm
- Harvest after
- 80–100 days
- Water need
- medium
- Frost
- hardy
- Life cycle
- biennial
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Seed saving
- hard · keeps ~4 years
Notes
Crinkled leaves; the most cold-hardy headed cabbage, and frost improves the flavour.
Good neighbours
Keep apart from
Months for mainland Portugal. In the app, sowing and planting follow your own local climate and the forecast.