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Kohlrabi 'Purple Vienna'

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Kohlrabi 'Purple Vienna' has bright purple skin and white flesh. The flesh is tender with a mild, cabbage-turnip flavour. Pick when small, golf-ball-sized, as they become fibrous with age. Use cooked or grated raw in salads. Sow early spring or late summer to winter. This is a very hardy vegetable and easy to grow.

Product: Kohlrabi 'Purple Vienna'

Product type: SEED (150)

Botanical name: Brassica oleracea Gongylodes Group

An heirloom vegetable introduced before 1860, kohlrabi is a root vegetable with a bright purple skin and white flesh. The flesh is tender with a mild, cabbage-turnip flavour. It is a very hardy vegetable and easy to grow. It is nutritious, being a good source of vitamin C and potassium. Use cooked or grated raw in salads.

Plant type: Cool season annual, frost hardy

Plant height: 35 cm

Sow when: Germinate best at 8 - 30°C soil temp.

Temperate: Early spring and early autumn

Subtropical: March - July

Tropical: April - August

Germination: 4 - 10 days

Depth: 5 - 10 mm deep

Position: Full sun

Sow where: Direct into garden bed

Soil type: Fertile well-drained soil pH 6.5 - 7

Rows: 30 - 45 cm apart

Details: Keep moist, to encourage growth & mulch well

Harvest: 55 days; pick when small, golf-ball-sized, as they become fibrous with age

150 seeds per packet

Brassica oleracea Gongylodes Group

Cool season annual, frost hardy