Hello all,

I'm looking into growing cabbages as part of a crop rotation and would like to know some information on the following: the demand for cabbages, market requirements and quality (including contracts with buyers if necessary), soil and climatic requirements, sowing and harvesting dates and techniques, the implications on a crop rotation, the future prospects of cabbage growing, and of course some sort of economics of cabbage production.  The books and journals i have read seem to cover nutrition and pests/disease very well but not much else.

Please could anyone who grows cabbages commercially help me.

Thanks in advance

 PV

You could try this site - has a fair bit of market data, prices etc and features on a load of fresh produce. I think you have to register to access a lot of it, but it's free and fairly painless! There are also plenty of links to other fruit & veg companies.

http://www.freshinfo.com/index.php?s=h

Paul

Thanks Paul the website looks at a quick glance like an aladins cave of information!  I also found, after much hunting, that there are pages on the RPA website about crop quality, and not just for cabbages.

 PV

how much land are you planning on putting the cabbage on?

Thankfully none, i was interested for an assignment i had to do.  And having researched it i am glad we do not grow cababges at home.

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

PV

Cabbages,

Hello all, I am not a Veg grower, just an interested party.My son is doing a job near Evesham and I went with him last week to have a look.I had not been to the Area for some years and I live on the Cotswolds but I was astonished there were no fields of Veg that I remember, the Glass Houses were in disrepair,Poly Tunnels empty.What has happened and why, or am I in retro Star land because I remember[or think I do] field upon field of Veg.