My cabbage started to sprout roots. Can I grow a new plant from it?

The kids convinced me to plant it in a flower pot and it is growing but I don't know whether it will grow anything edible. Please advise.





Thanks!

My cabbage started to sprout roots. Can I grow a new plant from it?
Hi there -





Cabbages are annuals, meaning you have to plant a fresh round of seeds every year in order to harvest a new crop. The head of cabbage you have was likely harvested earlier this summer or spring, and if it had been left in the ground (instead of harvested) it would have flowered, set seeds, and eventually have died.





Were your cabbage to root and survive the transplant, it's probable that it would enter back into the pre-programmed, doomed lifecycle of an annual crop. If it does survive and is able to flower and set seed, however, you could potentially collect the seeds and plant them this fall (if you live in a mild-wintered area) or next spring, and grow some cabbage plants of your own!





Good luck!
Reply:the best thing to do is wait and see what happens.it's a good experiment for you and the kids to do together.
Reply:It sure will, just keep doing what you been doing and it should grow into a good edible head of cabbage. But, if the flower pot is small then you will want to transplant it to one large enough to handle the growth, it really should be put in the ground, put if the pot is big enough it should keep growing. Good luck.