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'Tendersweet' Cabbage
 
Sub-Category: Green
Mid-Season
 
Sub-Category 2:
Description: Hybrid. Mid-season, thin-leaved, mid-sized, flat heads stand for 5 to 7 weeks without splitting. Resistant to fusarium yellows. Splitting tolerant.
Days To Maturity: 71
Seed Sources:
 
Rating Summary
 
Overall: (3.7 Stars)Overall
Taste: (3.0 Stars)Taste
Yield: (2.7 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (2.7 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 01/24/2020 by oldVermonter - An experienced gardener

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Rutland, Vermont, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Outstanding quality for slaw. Growth is moderately vigorous, reasonably heat tolerant if well irrigated.
 

Reviewed on 05/16/2017 by Irv - An experienced gardener

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Rensselaer, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

Started in doors under lights & heat pad on April 1. Set out May 7 with soil at 64F. Also direct seeded. Seedings handled cool, wet period okay.
 

Reviewed on 06/02/2010 by farmerdill - An experienced gardener

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Richmond, Georgia, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Performs satisfactorily here. Small and slow to head. Compared to Quickstart which has virtually the same size, it takes two -three weeks longer. A disadvantage with summer heat coming on. A very good small cabbage, but I like Quickstart better.
 




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