Kohlrabi – Early White Vienna
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This White Heirloom variety is an easy to grow and versatile vegetable often overlooked for the home garden. Its bulb-like growth develops aboveground, has a distinctive nut-like flavour and tender flesh, which can be cooked, stir-fried or used in salads and dips.
- Seed Count: 800
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Kohlrabi Early White Vienna
This White Heirloom variety is an easy to grow and versatile vegetable often overlooked for the home garden. Its bulb-like growth develops aboveground, has a distinctive nut-like flavour and tender flesh, which can be cooked, stir-fried or used in salads and dips. This variety has a white skin and flesh and is excellent fresh or stir-fried. This is the best variety for early sowings for early summer / autumn crops. Ready in around 60 days, best harvested at 3-4 Inches in diameter.
Cultivation advice Kohlrabi Early White Vienna
Days to Germination : 6-9
Germination Temp: 70-85F
Seed Depth: ¼ In
Seed Spacing:1 In
Row Spacing: 18 In
- Kohlrabi does best in cool weather with abundant moisture to prevent the edible portion from becoming tough and woody.
- Plant your seeds indoors 4 to 6 weeks before setting outside. Spring planting should occur as soon as soil can be worked and after last frost, and autumn planting done in June, July, or August. Plants grow 9 – 12″ tall.
- Thin to 10 inch between plants when large enough to handle.
- Requires fertile soil in a well-drained location in the garden. Apply mulch and grass clippings, or straw around base of plant.
- Water well during dry and hot spells.
- Harvest when bulbs are 3″ in diameter.
