Wednesday 6 December 2017

Growing Cabbages In My Garden

I had tried growing cabbage once in flower pots and the cabbage harvest was quite small. Again, I bought a packet of cabbage seeds and germinated the seeds.
Photo #1
When the seedlings were about 2 to 3 inches tall, I planted them individually in separate pots.
Photo #2 - Two weeks after photo #1.
They look so like Chinese Gai Lan or Chinese Broccoli or Chinese kale vegetables.
Photo #3 - The leaves are thick and flat with thick stems.
Photo #4 - The leaves are glossy and slightly waxy,
The water will run off the surface of the leaves.
Photo #5 - Three weeks after photo #2.
Photo #6 - About one month from photo #5.
Photo #7 - About 2 weeks from photo #6.
So excited to see the baby cabbage forming in the centre.
Photo #8 - About 1 month from photo #7.
Photo #9 - From this photo, you can see the growth of the size of the cabbage.
Photo #10 - This plant looks different from the others.
Photo #11 - This cabbage plant is growing new shoots.
I wondered if it is over matured.
Photo #12 - Finally, I decided to harvest 2 cabbages and also my onions grown from seeds.
Photo #13
My home grown cabbages harvested from my garden.
Photo #14 - Baby sprouts from the cabbage plants.
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The following photos are for joining Floral Bliss.
Photo #15 - Begonias from my garden.
Photo #16 - Purple & Pink Wishbone flowers.
The tiny pink flowers plant in the background is the Mexican Heather.
Photo #17 - Pink and Purple Wishbone flowers.
These easily self-propagate and grow like weeds in my garden.
Photo #18
The Mexican Heather also self-propagate from their seeds.
Photo #19
These Begonia also self-propagate and spread all over my garden.

Linking to Floral Bliss.

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52 comments:

  1. Wow, so big and healthy. Almost too perfect to eat. I bet they were so good!!

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    1. Hi Ginny, I almost didn't want to harvest them. They look so beautiful, just like a flower.

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  2. I loved seeing the progress of the growth of your cabbages.

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    1. Thank you. I enjoy watching and photographing their progress.

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  3. Oh this is so exciting dear Nancy!!!
    i LOVED your post .
    thank you sooo much for sharing these wonderful growing cabbage process as i never saw this before ,can't remove my eyes from these lovely harvest as it reminded me the pile of mom's harvest from her garden ,everything you showed was grown in abundance in her garden .
    these flowers are so beautiful and unfamiliar

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    1. Thank you, Baili! I actually enjoy watching them grow more than the harvest itself!

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  4. The cabbage grown in pots looks so pretty Nancy:) I'm very impressed because I can never grow cabbage with success, they never form a round head for me:(

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    1. Thank you, Annie! Actually, I was not expecting much, it was enough watching the cabbage just like flowers.

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  5. ...you have quite the Green thumb.

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  6. congrats! Well done for successfully growing cabbages!

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  7. I love gardening! Thanks for sharing this helpful post. :)

    Visit me at:
    Shoot for the stars

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  8. Nice photo series of cabbage growing, I'm sure it tasted delicious. Pretty flowers too, enjoy your day Nancy.

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  9. Las coles me encantan, yo las tengo en el huerto. Las flores están preciosas. Un beso.

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  10. Your garden gives you food for the mouth and for the eyes!

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  11. Those cabbages look fantastic. Diane

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  12. Ah I saw this type of cabbages in Cameron Highlands before, look fresh and beautiful

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    1. At one glance, they look like green roses, so beautiful!

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    2. Thank you, Libby! I was very happy just watching the green roses grow! Lol!

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    3. Then, I was also watching for the cabbage head to form and wow! finally, they appear and I was so excited!

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  13. You have an amazing green thumb. I am impressed.

    Have a fabulous day, Nancy. ♥

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  14. Estan preciosas esas coles, que con mucho cuidado has plantado en tu jardín.

    Besos

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  15. Wonderful cabbages, Nancy! You have done so well!
    Enjoy them!

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  16. I loved seeing the progressive shots of your cabbages! They are even just a beautiful plant.

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  17. The baby cabbage looked cute. And wow! Now I want to grow cabbage too. Sound easy.

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    1. Thank you, Rose! Actually, they are very easy to grow!

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  18. They look so beautiful...Good post!

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  19. Love watching the cabbages grow and have the 'heart'!

    Wish those wishbone flowers would grow for me... I pretty much have given up on them as they keep dying.

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    1. Thank you, Stacy! The Wishbone flowers will appear and disappear, and reappear again.

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