Alcosa Savoy Cabbage
Plant Size Guide

Alcosa Savoy Cabbage (Brassica Oleracea Var. Capitata) Live Plant
Days to maturity: 70 days
Plant spacing: 1 square foot
Sunlight requirements: 8 hours
Look out for: improper spacing or not enough sun
Harvest notes: harvest when heads are 2-4 pounds. outer leaves can be eaten like collards
Lifecycle: Annual
While we usually recommend home gardeners not plant cabbages in their small spaces, we love this small headed resilient, disease resistant savoy cabbage. As it grows, this savoy produces beautiful dark crinkled leaves and then a petite cabbage head forms in the center. The whole plant greatly resembles a big beautiful green rose! Besides its beauty it grows quickly and is resistant to many mildew varieties. In our farm and garden trials we’ve noticed it has outgrown all other varieties and we rarely loose a plant after transplanting. We often use cabbage as an example of a “not worth it” crop especially for gardeners with small spaces (because its a large plant, takes a long time, and makes you a very affordable food crop that ships and stores well) but if you’ve got the space and you appreciate your garden for aesthetics as well, then its definitely “worth it” to make some space for this beauty.
Delivery Details
Delivery Details
When you place your order we head into our greenhouse to select the very best plants we have in stock for your garden. We label them with handwritten compostable wooden labels and pack them in recyclable boxes to keep them safe on their journey. Our delivery partners, Roadie, take it from there and head to the Redlands to pick up your order. Communication and tracking take place via Roadie and your driver will leave your plants in a safe and covered area.
Plant Care
Plant Care
When your plant delivery arrives, make sure you water your new plants thoroughly with a light spray of water (none of this thumb over the hose stuff). We recommend planting them within 10 days of receiving them. If you do intent to wait to plant them, we recommend placing them in a shallow reservoir (like a baking pan) and filling it with half an inch of water so they can drink the water from below while you are at work and place them in an area with plenty of sun. When planting in your garden always add a dash of Organic granular fertilizer, and give them extra water during their first week in their new home, while they adjust. We recommend disturbing the root ball as little as possible during planting.
About Our Plants
About Our Plants
All of our plants are grown in OMRI certified Organic materials (potting mix, fertilizer, seeds, etc.) and include Organic granular fertilizer, living locally-made compost, and have been cared for with healthy microorganisms from compost tea and microbial inoculants. We only use organic pesticides when needed. We only stock varieties that we have experience growing and that are season and climate appropriate for South Florida. Our curated inventory is simple enough for a beginner and interesting enough to keep an advanced gardeners attention, with new and rare varieties being added weekly.
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