Growing Kohlrabi
(Brassica sp.)
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(Best months for planting Kohlrabi in USA - Zone 5a regions)
P = Plant direct in garden where they are to grow.
- Easy to grow. Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 46°F and 86°F.
- Space plants: 4 - 8 inches apart
- Harvest in 7-10 weeks.
- Compatible with: Beets, celery, cucumber, onions, marigold, nasturtium, rhubarb, aromatic herbs (sage, dill, chamomile)
- Avoid growing with: Climbing (pole) beans, tomato, peppers (chilli, capsicum), eggplant (aubergine), strawberry, mustard
- Mature kohlrabi
The swollen stem looks like a turnip with reddish/purple cabbage leaves, usually purple or greenish white skin.
Protect from cabbage white butterflies
Culinary hints - cooking and eating Kohlrabi
Use when young.
Scrub well, cut off leaf stalks, roots and woody parts
Young ones do not need peeling.
Can be grated raw for salads
Or cut in pieces and steam .
Use in casseroles.
Planting reminders
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