Growing Kohlrabi

Brassica oleracea gongylodes : Brassicaceae / the mustard or cabbage family

Jan F M A M J J A S O N Dec
P P P         P P P P P

(Best months for growing Kohlrabi in New Zealand - cool/mountain regions)

  • P = Sow seed
  • 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. (Show °C/cm)
  • Space plants: 4 - 10 inches apart
  • Harvest in 7-10 weeks.
  • Compatible with (can grow beside): Beets, celery, cucumber, onions, marigold, nasturtium, rhubarb, aromatic herbs (sage, dill, chamomile)
  • Avoid growing close to: Climbing (pole) beans, tomato, peppers (chilli, capsicum), eggplant (aubergine), strawberry, mustard

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12 Jun 08, Rachel (Unknown climate)
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21 Jan 08, sarita (Unknown climate)
where can we get the seed for this as well as luffa n bottle gourd n pipengea or ribbed gourd wanting to try some in cranbourne. with khol rabi we also cook a vegetable. grate or chop finely. heat oil put some mustard seeds, tumeric powder, then once the mustard seeds pop add the chopped rabi stir occasionally sprinlke with chilli pwd (depending on tate) and salt. cover and let cook for 5 -- 10min with stirring occassionally. sprinl=kle with fresh corriander. serve with bread, rice or indian breads
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Hi Amanda. When i lived in temperate Sydney, the kohlrabi was a lot less bulbous as well. Perhaps it is the region you live. Kohlrabi, and most of the family, grow slower in the cooler regions. I'm no scientist, but I've noticed this. Maybe it grows too quickly?. The same would apply to onions I think. I tried growing onions in the south of India a couple of years ago. The heat just turned them into spring onions, almost no bulb at all. Just a theory. Maybe you could try in the shady? It might work.

- adam

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