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Cabbage in Newfoundland
A dependable traditional crop that holds up in exposed ground.
demo estimate Guidance awaiting local review.
- Suitability for Newfoundland
- Cool-season — well suited
- Indoor seed start
- ~6 weeks before planting out
- Transplant / sowing
- ~2 weeks before typical last frost
- Frost tolerance
- Tolerates light frost
- Days to harvest
- 60–100 days
- Sunlight
- 4–6+ hours
- Spacing
- 45 cm apart
- Wind
- Handles wind well
- Containers
- Better in beds
- Greenhouse
- Not needed
Common problems here
- Cabbage worm
- Root maggot
Varieties that make sense for a short season
- Early ball-head and storage types
Harvest
When heads are firm.
Will cabbage work in your garden?
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