Among the produce we have growing is red cabbage. Neither of us have grown cabbage before and knew nothing going in. We have had a warm spell here in California that had us concerned that the cabbage ( among others ) was bolting and wasn't going to properly grow and produce.
This prompted a Google search and a lot of learning about cabbage.
This prompted a Google search and a lot of learning about cabbage.
Stage 2 ( our current stage )
We looked at our plants and didn't see cabbage, we saw a weed like sprout in our beds. It will continue on like this, adding leaves and stems and leaves until stage 5 when it starts to look like it wants you to make soup out of it.
Stage 5 a.k.a "pre-cupping"
By the end of stage 5 the base and the stems are completely concealed when viewing from above.
When we hit stage 6 all we will be thinking about is corned beef recipes.
Stage 6 a.k.a. "cupping"
At stage six we will have between 20 and 25 leaves and the innermost "heart" leaves will be concealed by the larger older leaves. Then we leap forward to stage 9 ... Mature Cabbage !
Huzzah ! Let's throw them at lousy vaudeville comedians !
I am rather disappointed that not a single paper I read, website I looked at or stranger on the street could explain to me how it is that creepy dolls come from cabbage.
How ?! Why?!
No comments:
Post a Comment