poor-headed

Updated: May 21, 2025

Cabbage raised from seed grown from stumps are apt to be unreliable for heading, and to grow long-stumped, though under unfavorable conditions, long-stumped and poor-headed cabbage may grow from the best of seed. To have the best of seed, all shoots that start below the head should be broken off.

James John Howard Gregory - Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them: A Practical Treatise, Giving Full Details On Every Point,: Including Keeping And Marketing The Crop