Kohlrabi 'Purple Vienna'
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Kohlrabi 'Purple Vienna' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
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.
Kohlrabi 'Purple Vienna'
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