Home > Growing tips & recipes > Grow Buddies Subscription – August 4 min read 15.07.2025 Grow Buddies Subscription – August Welcome to your August growing guide! Here’s what’s in your box: Mangelwurzel Mammoth Red Cabbage Sapporo Giant Your August growing challenge: Can you grow the biggest mangelwurzel and a giant cabbage? Plant, water, and watch them grow into veggie giants! Mangelwurzel Mammoth Red Sowing info Can be sown in module trays from late February or sown direct outdoors from March to July in a sunny position. Germination will usually take 12 to 24 days. When sowing direct plant seed at a depth of 3 cm in shallow drills. Protect young seedlings from birds. Growing info Mangels are hardy and are usually free from pests and diseases. Water regularly in hot, dry weather to prevent the root from becoming tough and woody. Though the roots can become extremely large, they are at their most tender when head size or smaller. Blog – All You Need to Know about Mangelwurzels Cabbage Sapporo Giant Sowing info Sow in module trays throughout spring and summer at a depth of 13mm to ensure a continuous crop. Germination 12-20 days. Growing info Transplant when large enough to handle, allowing 90-100cm between plants each way. If the weather is dry, water in well when transplanting. Firm planting will ensure solid hearts. Best grown under insect netting to avoid attack from pests and birds. 65-100 days to maturity. For the largest heads feed regularly with a nitrogen rich organic feed. Blog – How to Sow and Grow Cabbages Meet the author Nelly Nelly works in the She Grows Veg marketing department and is an incredible cook! She's learning how to grow veg fast in her very own container garden. Her favourites so far are the Dwarf Sunflower called 'Sunspot' and our Dwarf Pea called 'Tom Thumb'. Previous Veg Addict Subscription – August Next Heavy Rain & Waterlogging: Protecting Your Heritage & Heirloom Veg from Root Rot and Fungal Disease
