Beginner Gardening: Cabbage and Carrots, 1 by Gymgirl

Gymgirl wrote:
Give that cabbage at least 6-8 more weeks to form a head. Spray it with some Daconil for the cabbage worms.

Carrots usually take a minimum of 100 days to maturity, from seeds, depending on the variety. You can check the size, by sticking your finger down into the dirt at the base, and feeling around the "shoulders" of the carrot. It should be anywhere from nickel to quarter size diameter, depending on which variety you planted.

I Googled your Parisienne variety and found they are short, wide and squatty carrots. So, your shoulders will be wider, and the maturity time should be way less than 100 days.

Pic#1 Parisienne carrot picture from Google images
Pic #2 (My) Cabbage at 4 months, after transplanting out, and almost a full head.
Pic #2 (My) Cabbages at 2 months after transplanting out
Pic #3 (My) Three cabbages close to maturity at about 60 days after transplanting

The cabbage head should be tight, again, depending on the variety you planted. You may start harvesting some of the loose outer leaves, but leave at least one -two layers of leaves around the head that's forming.

Linda

This message was edited Jun 19, 2012 10:47 AM