Cabbage Duncan Is An Excellent all Round Variety, With Excellent Versatility For Cooking In Many Different Ways. It Can Be Harvested In The Autumn From An Early Summer Planting, Picked As Unhearted Leafy Greens In Late Autumn From A Late August Planting, Or Over Wintered In Picked Whole In The Spring, Again From An August Planting.plants Despatched Mid March For Cutting May
- June. Planted Straight Away On Arrival In March, This Variety Can Be Harvested As Delicious Leafy Greens From May, Or Left To Develop Into A Dense Ball & Harvested In Late Summer. the Extra Early Brassicas Have Been Sown In October & Overwintered Undercover With Frost Protection. The Plants Are Tough, Sturdy & Stocky Ready Hardened Off For Immediate Planting On Arrival. the Plants Will Not Look As Fresh As Spring Sown Plants but Don’t Be Alarmed! The Plants Will Be Taller & Have Some Yellow Leaves Which Will Either Fall Off Or Green Up As The Plant Gets Growing. The Plants Are Typical Of Those Planted By Commercial Growers Up & Down The Country & Will thrive in Prepared Soil. these Plants Will Crop 6-8 Weeks earlier In Your Garden Than Spring Raised Crops & Give Your First Flush Of Produce From Your Garden – & What’s More Many Will Have Cropped Before Persistent Brassica Pests Are Around. ) Caterpillar & Whitefly. prepare Your Planting Bed Dig Over & Add Some Pre Planting Fertiliser, Rake Level & Walk Over The Bed Firming The Soil.- Brassicas Like Firm Soil. Lightly Rake The Surface Level Again.using A Dibber Or Trowel Make A Hole Deep Enough To Cover The Root Ball & The Neck Of The Plant. Water The Hole & Put The Plant In Backfilling & Firming The Soil Lightly Around The Plant.