🌱 Sowing & planting
Turnip or kohlrabi ( Brassica rapa ) is a fast-growing cabbage crop from the cruciferous family. It is one of the fastest brassicas, ideal for early or late cultivation in the vegetable garden.
- Sowing depth: approximately 1.25 cm.
- Sowing method: preferably directly into the open ground.
- Germination temperature: from approximately 4 °C.
- Germination time: 🕒 5–7 days.
- Sowing distance: approx. 40 cm between plants and 50 cm between rows.
- Growth cycle: approximately 60 days from sowing to harvest.
- Planting out: usually not necessary; direct sowing gives the best results.
📅 Growing times throughout the year
- Sow in situ: mid-March to mid-August.
- Harvest: from early June to December. Early or late sowing helps to to have less trouble with the cabbage root fly during the hottest summer months.
Start cultivation (sowing)
Harvesting
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Open-field cultivation
