Sowing calendar · Leafy
Tronchuda cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. costata · Couve-tronchuda, Berza tronchuda, Chou tronchuda, Tronchuda-Kohl, Cavolo tronchuda, couve portuguesa
Calendar
Calendar for mainland Portugal.
- Sow in traysMar–Apr, Jun–Aug
- TransplantApr–May, Jul–Oct
- HarvestJun–Dec
- Germination
- 4–7 days · soil from 5 °C
- Spacing
- 70 cm between rows · 60 cm apart
- Sowing depth
- 1 cm
- Harvest after
- 70–90 days
- Water need
- medium
- Frost
- hardy
- Life cycle
- biennial
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Seed saving
- hard · keeps ~4 years
Notes
The Christmas Eve cabbage (Consoada): thick white ribs, loose head. Gets sweeter after the first cold nights.
Good neighbours
Keep apart from
Months for mainland Portugal. In the app, sowing and planting follow your own local climate and the forecast.