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About ThePlantLady

ThePlantLady.com is a library of gardening information compiled from many resources, including written texts, online databases, current research, and first-hand experience from farmers and gardeners. It includes growing requirements specific to each plant, as well as varietal information. My background in microbiology and chemistry allows me to tap into the scientific research being done today and digest it for the use of the home gardener or small farmer.

Red Danish Cabbage

Details Open-Pollinated Type: ? Shape: ? Color: red Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: resists thrips resists cabbage loopers resists moths Notes: recommended red cabbage by A-Z Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE         […]

Pyramid Cabbage

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: spring cabbage Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: Recommended by GV for spring cabbage Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE               […]

Purple Calabash Tomato

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: indeterminate Shape: Squashed beefsteak with pleats or ribs Color: skin is pink-purple-bronze (?) juice is green, but the flesh is deep purple and red Maturity: ? Size: medium-sized Yield: ? Taste:  “ugliest but best tasting tomato” sharp taste Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: looks a lot like tomatoes drawn […]

Protovoy Cabbage

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: winter cabbage Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: recommended by GV for a winter cabbage variety Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE           […]

Pixie Cabbage

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: spring Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: recommended by Grow Vegetables for a spring cabbage Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE             […]

Pierette Red Cabbage

Details Hybrid Type: ? Shape: round Color: red Maturity: midseason Size: large Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: tolerates splitting Notes: recommended by A-Z for a midseason red cabbage Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE             […]