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Savoy cabbage "Capriccio" F1
Brassica oleracea L. convar. capitata var. sabauda
1.64€
Ex Tax: 1.35€
Ex Tax: 1.35€
Savoy Cabbage "Capriccio" F1.
Early hybrid for summer and autumn harvest resistant to disease. Vegetation period is 80-90 days. Loafs are uniform in size, rather hard, round, weight 1-2 kg, perfect taste. Savoy cabbages are more resistant to temperature change and moisture deficiency than wild cabbages. Their energy value is two times higher than wild cabbage, they contain 40 times more vitamin A. Suitable for fresh use, can be stored for short periods, particularly suitable for cabbage rolls.
Cultivation.
The demands of early and late varieties are very different. Varieties for early field sowing and for cold forcing demand a light, warm, sandy-clay soil. The late varieties are suited to medium heavy soils with sufficient levels of calcium. The earliest sowing into trays can be done from the end of January, direct sowing in March under cover and in April in the field. Late varieties can be sown throughout the whole of May for transplanting or sown directly. The recommended plant spacing for forcing is 30 x 40 cm, for field planting 40 x 40 cm. For mid-late and late varieties the plant spacing is 50 x 50 to 60 x 60 cm.
Seed consumption: 350 - 500 g /ha.
Harvest: for early varieties, in stages depending on the level of maturity, for hybrids of late varieties it is possible to harvest all at the same time.
Early hybrid for summer and autumn harvest resistant to disease. Vegetation period is 80-90 days. Loafs are uniform in size, rather hard, round, weight 1-2 kg, perfect taste. Savoy cabbages are more resistant to temperature change and moisture deficiency than wild cabbages. Their energy value is two times higher than wild cabbage, they contain 40 times more vitamin A. Suitable for fresh use, can be stored for short periods, particularly suitable for cabbage rolls.
Cultivation.
The demands of early and late varieties are very different. Varieties for early field sowing and for cold forcing demand a light, warm, sandy-clay soil. The late varieties are suited to medium heavy soils with sufficient levels of calcium. The earliest sowing into trays can be done from the end of January, direct sowing in March under cover and in April in the field. Late varieties can be sown throughout the whole of May for transplanting or sown directly. The recommended plant spacing for forcing is 30 x 40 cm, for field planting 40 x 40 cm. For mid-late and late varieties the plant spacing is 50 x 50 to 60 x 60 cm.
Seed consumption: 350 - 500 g /ha.
Harvest: for early varieties, in stages depending on the level of maturity, for hybrids of late varieties it is possible to harvest all at the same time.
Savoy Cabbage. Bot.: Brassica oleracea L. convar. capitata var. sabauda.
