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Successful cultivation of Cabbage

Certainly, cabbage takes up the vegetable garden, but it also offers a lot. By choosing two or three varieties, and by staggering the planting, you can consume throughout the year. Brassica oleracea The species Brassica oleracea, in the family Brassicaceae, covers various forms of cabbage: cabbages which includes cabbages and Savoy cabbage, cabbage Kale (green cabbage or kale as kale) or still sprouts whose inflorescences are eaten as cauliflower or broccoli. Kale is also called winter cabbage; this is not trivial. Very cold hardy, can withstand temperatures down to -15 ° C. Another advantage, it grows easily and is not frequently the onslaught of slugs. Like broccoli, offer to the sun and a humus-rich, fresh and deep soil. Cabbage likes more in a humid climate, with mild temperatures. Trickier, he asks the sun, but fears drought; he enjoys the water provided the soil is well drained. We distinguish varieties of spring, summer, autumn and winter. Sowing and transplanting Broccoli see