Why Aren't My Cabbages Forming a Head?

[@vlgregory84]

Very helpful!! Thank you❤

[@malia4710]

I cannot believe you are kneeling on rocks...thanks for the advice...I'm growing Chinese golden cabbage for the first time and I am not experiencing anything that looks full and tight like when I ordered the seeds so I will try to prune and see how that goes.

[@monikaballah931]

i am in zone 7a and now we are getting like 80 degrees and i put my cabbage out since April, some have started little head .i am going to prune them and see

[@rgordon2691]

Wow! That is great information I have cabbage growing also and there are plenty of Healthy leaves but no heads, so i am going to give the pruning a try, I did Thin out the patch, and cleared the area but didn't think about the leaves...Thanks for the info 👍🌹

[@SupremegreenlawncareLLC]

Great video! Just what I needed. My Cabbage leaves, are doing the same thing.

[@dustinhaus1165]

Last year I had a cabbage that was just a big mess. It eventually formed 5 heads. each softball sized, VS all his buddies that had a volleyball sized head. They like sun, but don't like heat. They are heavy feeders, all the brassicas tend to be heavy feeders. Lime/calcium is great. There are very few plants that don't get pruned to some degree

[@courtneyrenegar4329]

I'm growing cabbage (red) for the first time. I'm surprised at how thick the leaves are!! It's a beautiful plant. I'm excited to see how it turns out. 💚🌱

[@sreekumarsukumaran5612]

Very useful and to the point. Thank you

[@wylldflower5628]

Thanks for this video! I’m excited to try growing cabbage this fall, and also do a lot of air fry with cabbage. Have you ever seen a tall/slim variety of Chinese cabbage, or might this be due to closer planting than usual??

[@houndjog]

Very helpful video ..thank you!

[@debraweiser175]

Thank you great information

[@wheezyshoe212]

You said that you used to live in China - I currently live in China, and I'm trying to grow a vegetable garden in some planter boxes I'm putting outside my windows. I am using kitchen scraps in order to get garlic, onions, and cabbages. I have no idea if it will work, but one thing that I've been wondering about is if you think it's okay to use tap water for watering the plants. I'm sure you know/remember that you can't drink tap water directly because of chemicals that are put into the water. Sure, those chemicals evaporate when you boil it (so it's safe to use for things like cooking rice), but just drinking it straight can cause some stomach problems. I've been using drinking water in order to water my plants (the cabbages are still all attached to the stem from the cutting, but after a couple of weeks of seeing leaves grow, they're finally starting to grow some roots), but what do you think about using the tap water? I know, it's a really strange kind of question, so I totally get it if you just say that you don't know. In any case, great video!

[@ocaseofw]

Tap water can do the job. I used to farm with my uncle when I was younger, we used water from river. If your tap water is not acidic then it can do it. Just be careful not to flood your garden, your cabbage will form club roots(fungi) and will not grow big. Also cabbage needs space, don't plant them too close to each other, 1 foot spacing, or 2 feet etc., it depends on the variety of your cabbage. also I'm not sure about the pruning, we never did that. Lastly, (a secret) if you harvest the cabbage, cut only the head using knife, don't remove the roots or prune the leaves. After at least one week it will try to grow small cabbages in between it's leaves, you can harvest those little cabbages to eat. This baby cabbages tastes better than the main head for me. I hope you can try it.

[@wheezyshoe212]

@@ocaseofw Thanks for the tip, but again, I'm not sure about the tap water. In China, they treat tap water with chemicals. It's very different from river water and has nothing to do with acidity.

[@umaumalei14]

Informative video. FYI, that's a cabbage butterfly, not a moth.

[@2Timothy3END]

Growing cabbage for the first time ever, this winter. Used my farmers almanac for zone 8b and planted before the first frost. So I started my grow about 3 months ago and the plant is big with no head at all. hummmm... We covered and uncovered when it was hitting 33` or below. I also planted Swiss Chard and never ate it but the guide said we could grow it so we did. Wondering why you have flowers in the bed with the veggies and what would you use to keep that and other moths away? Thanks.

[@Gardenary]

Hi there! We always plants flowers to attract pollinators. The best way to keep moths away from plants like cabbage is to cover your cabbage with garden mesh right after planting.

[@2Timothy3END]

@@Gardenary Thank you..

[@manefaroberts8201]

Can you eat the leafs even if they don’t form a head

[@ivkopejovic4875]

THE BEST PART

[@maggieg187]

Is there much of a difference between red and green cabbage? I've tried grown both, they got the same water same everything, the green cabbage did great, and the red one stayed skinny and didn't do anything, it barely grew

[@Gardenary]

I have personally found the red ones to grow slower in my garden.

[@drobichaud265]

Cabbage needs twelve leaves before they start to form heads. Maybe trimming's not a good idea.

[@donnaburge119]

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