Kids bring home cabbage, is 5 gallon bucket big enough?

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  1. fish_4_all

    fish_4_all In Flower

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    There is no species, no name and no other information except for that the cabbage can grow to 40 pounds. I have 5 gallon buckets and I want to put them in them instead of the ground.

    Is a 5 gallon bucket going to be big enough for one cabbage? Do they need lots of nutrients and care or will they be good in a heavy compost based soil?
     
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  3. mart

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    Plant them in the soil !! If they get that big they are going to need more than a five gallon bucket will hold as far as nutrients !! That is a huge cabbage !!!
     
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    glendann Official Garden Angel

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    You will need much larger pots are plant them in the ground.
     
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    fish_4_all In Flower

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    How about a 24x24 short raised bed that sits on nutrient rich compost mixed soil? I want to keep the slugs away and the sow/pill bugs because I can go out and find 100 of each in less than hour here. I figures even the slightest riased bed will help to help keep the bugs out.
     
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    I bet they brought home Megaton hybrid cabbage seeds. It's known for the big heads of cabbage it produces. Try a search on that to get info. Even if it's not exactly that one, you should get some information to help you.
     

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