Micro red cabbage
Brassica oleracea · Brassica
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Micro red cabbage is ordinary red cabbage (Brassica oleracea, Capitata group) harvested as a microgreen — a tiny seedling only 4–7 cm tall, cut about one to three weeks after sowing once its seed-leaves have fully opened. Eaten raw as a garnish or in salads, it delivers a concentrated, peppery-sweet cabbage flavour on a vivid magenta stem topped with green leaves.
Picking a good onedrag
Field freshLong stored
SolidBuy itThe standard trimmed head: dense and heavy. Braise, roast, ferment or eat raw.
ColourEven pale green, tight and smooth
HeftFirm and dense, no give
StemCream, dry, clean-cut
SqueakSqueaks
SmellNothing at all
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What you get from one
80%
Edible part
908 g · outer leaves, core out
1135 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 12× longer than the counter.
98–100%
Humidity
Ventilated
Airflow