I grew Kohlrabi many years ago when I was living up in the mountains. Wasn't difficult to grow and interesting enough to watch grow. Even better to gobble them up. :) They can get quite large but you'll probably want to start harvesting when they are about 2 1/2" in diameter and then go from there to see what you like best. Young and small they are more tender and sweet. They will get more fibrous and begin getting some heat to them as they get bigger. Over about 3 inches in my experience. I didn't mind the heat myself as long as they were tender enough. I tended to crunch them up raw most often but then I was a fan of eating cabbage cores too. Habit my mom got me into as a kid. I don't eat plant food anymore but I thought they were well worth the effort to grow. Still enjoy growing things but mainly for my chickens. That's another whole ball of wax. Trying to keep those nuts out of it long enough to get a harvest. They kinda live for the moment ya know. hahaha
Im growing Kohlrabi for the first time this year, both green and purple, i planted them too close together and they have very skinny stems. But the leaves are very tasty so im growing them more like Kale.
White stem chard like fordhook giant is generally more cold hardy than colored. RED gardens has a video about this, it survived outdoors through the winter in Ireland
It's going to be fun to see what the fall/winter garden produces. 🥕🥒🥒🥔🥔🍅🍅
Thank you for the tips- I’m zone 8 but I’m going to seed them in my raised beds…. So we ‘ll see- 🤣
I grew Kohlrabi many years ago when I was living up in the mountains. Wasn't difficult to grow and interesting enough to watch grow. Even better to gobble them up. :) They can get quite large but you'll probably want to start harvesting when they are about 2 1/2" in diameter and then go from there to see what you like best. Young and small they are more tender and sweet. They will get more fibrous and begin getting some heat to them as they get bigger. Over about 3 inches in my experience. I didn't mind the heat myself as long as they were tender enough. I tended to crunch them up raw most often but then I was a fan of eating cabbage cores too. Habit my mom got me into as a kid.
I don't eat plant food anymore but I thought they were well worth the effort to grow. Still enjoy growing things but mainly for my chickens. That's another whole ball of wax. Trying to keep those nuts out of it long enough to get a harvest. They kinda live for the moment ya know. hahaha
Yup I’ll definitely plant them just when the cold whether goes away and I’ll miss ur harvesting and planting vids!😢
We will still be posting the things we harvest, just no more planting videos for the year. Thanks for joining us! ♥
Great video! Imma start planting 🤠
Look forward to watching more of your videos
Great vid ❤❤❤
Im growing Kohlrabi for the first time this year, both green and purple, i planted them too close together and they have very skinny stems. But the leaves are very tasty so im growing them more like Kale.
White stem chard like fordhook giant is generally more cold hardy than colored. RED gardens has a video about this, it survived outdoors through the winter in Ireland
Sustainable market farming also has a post about this as well
When will you start your 2025 spring garden
Probably late January or early February. ♥