cabbage 'Stonehead'

Harden plants off before planting out from April onwards. Cabbages prefer a firm soil and the transplants should be planted with the lower leaves just above the soil. See 'growing cabbages' in vegetable cultivation for further information

No pruning necessary

Propagate by sowing seed into modules under glass in early spring

May be susceptible to slugs, snails, cabbage whitefly, cabbage caterpillars, cabbage root fly and pigeons

May be susceptible to downy mildews, powdery mildews and clubroot