Description
Our first year farming, we got hooked on Primax cabbage. With exceptional earliness, uniformity and great field holding ability, it beat out 7 other cabbages in our variety trial. These tender, medium-sized heads with excellent mild flavor are best grown spring through mid-summer. A few years ago we panicked when we couldn’t find seed for it anywhere due to crop failures. Thankfully, our friends at Adaptive Seeds and Greenbank Farm tracked down some dusty old Primax packets, allowing us to rescue this beloved variety from the brink of extinction. We’re thrilled to have this top-notch market-variety back in the fold.
Days to Maturity: 60-70
Latin Name: Brassica oleracea
Life Cyle for Seed Saving: Biennial
Planting Instructions:
Direct seed Primax cabbage as soon as soil can be worked or start indoors 2 weeks before transplant. Optimal soil temp for germination is 65-80°. Seeding depth: ¼”. Transplant or thin to at least 18”.
All of our seed is Non-GMO and Certified Organic by Washington State Department of Agriculture. We grow the majority of our varieties here at Deep Harvest Farm on Whidbey Island while we purchase the rest from other small, organic Northwest seed growers. Finally, all of our offerings are open-pollinated (OP) so that you too can save and share seed from these plants!
