Red cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
Species Cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
The red cabbage is a kind of cabbage, also known as Blaukraut after preparation. Its leaves are coloured dark red/purple. However, the plant changes its colour according to the pH value of the soil due to a pigment belonging to anthocyanins.
At a glance
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Germination temperature
- 4.4–37.8 °C
- Ideal germination temperature
- 26.7 °C
- Germination time
- 5–10 days
- Time to harvest
- 45–109 days
- Frost limit
- −1 °C