Red Omero Cabbage, a variety of red cabbage, is celebrated for its vibrant color and sweet, earthy flavor. This cabbage variety, with its deep red-purple leaves, not only adds a visual pop to dishes but also offers a wealth of nutritional benefits. It’s rich in vitamins C and K, high in fiber, and loaded with antioxidants, particularly anthocyanins, which give it its distinctive color.
Red Omero Cabbage can be used in a variety of culinary applications. It’s excellent in raw salads, where its crisp texture and slightly sweet taste can really shine. It’s also well-suited for cooking methods like braising, roasting, or stir-frying, which help to soften its leaves and bring out its natural sweetness.
Two little round leaves should pop up and grow above the plant pod.
Your plant should have two sets of leaves by now and is big enough to absorb nutrients.
Once your plant has grown its second set of leaves, carefully move it from your Nursery into an empty place in your Garden.
In order to give your plant enough space, carefully pinch off the plants their base. Leave only one plant.
Your plant is now halfway through its life! It should look bigger and have several sets of leaves. You may be able to pick a few leaves off here and there as long as you leave 75% of the plant still growing.
Your plant should be much larger with full sets of leaves around its crown. You can continue to pull off leaves here and there, or you can cut off all the leaves and harvest the whole thing!
This plant can be harvested multiple times before it should be removed. To harvest, cut the outermost leaves at the base, making sure to keep at least 3-4 leaves.
This plant is ready to remove when you have gotten 5-10 harvests from it and its stalk is 4-5 inches long.