Cabbage

 

Soil Type: Bernow fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Glossic Paleudalf. Other soils in the region are more or less sandy. A clay hardpan can exist close to the soil surface.

Location: Lane, Oklahoma.

Fertilizer:                                          Typical residue in spring (lbs/Acre)

N P K
10-15 45-50 150-180

Typical soil pH: 5-5.5

Add all fertilizer preplant at rates recommended by soil tests. A starter fertilizer, normally a soluble product, is added at transplanting.

Transplanting: Mid-August.

Transplanting window: 15 August to 1 September using 6-week-old transplants.

Harvest: One to three times based on head size.

Water: Normally fall precipitation is sufficient so that additional irrigation is not necessary. It is suggested that water be applied at transplanting. In particularly dry years approximately 2 inches of water per week is needed.