Add a nitrogen-heavy, liquid fertilizer (such as 21-0-0) once you determine the plants are ready. Put about 1/2 cup of the fertilizer into the mix for every 10 feet of cabbage row in your garden plot.
Growing cabbage in containers isn't difficult, and little digging or stooping is required. A cool-season vegetable related to Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, kale and broccoli, cabbage doesn't tolerate hot weather. To avoid summer heat, plantcabbage in early spring or early autumn.
Giant Russian Cabbage
Harvest/Storage. Harvest when heads reach desired size and are firm. This will take around 70 days for most green cabbage varieties. Most early varieties will produce 2 kilogram heads
