New varieties show up every year. Sakata has been improving cabbage for 80 years. Their varieties are sold by catalogs such as Johnny's, Shepherd's and Park seed companies. With all this excitement over new varieties, Eddy prefers a trio of old favorites. They taste good and produce perfect heads,'' he says.
Cabbage are heavy feeders.
And they like a loose, organic soil,'' he says. Choose a spot that gets six to eight hours of sun each day. Then turn over the soil to a depth of shovel blade- about eight inches. Space transplants 18 to 24 inches apart because mature cabbage takes up a lot of space. Put the transplant in a deep planting hole.