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Growing Swedes, also Rutabagas (Brassica napus var.napobrassica)

Easy to grow. Sow direct. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed.
Best planted at soil temperatures between 7°C and 30°C.

Grow where beans or peas have been grown the year before.

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Culinary hints - cooking and eating Swedes

Use when about the size of a tennis ball.
The leaves can be cooked like cabbage when young.

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