How to grow Rutabaga growing and care:
Well drain soil, airy soil, clean from stone or hard object
What is the best way to start growing?
Seedling / Seed
Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No
Difficulties or problems when growing:
Need clean ground from stone
Planting season:
Spring
Pests and diseases:
Pieris (butterfly), slugs
Pruning season:
All season
How to prune:
No need to prune
Size of the plant?
Leaves 20-40 cm (8-16 inches), taproot 4-10 cm (2-4 inches), flower stem 70-100 cm (28-40 inches)
Growth speed in optimal condition:
Medium growing
Water requirement:
Average amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun
Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No
Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes
Blooming information
Bloom season:
Summer
General information about the flower
Small yellow flowers grow on inflorescence
Thinning the bloom:
Unless you want to save the seeds recommend thinning
Pollination is done by:
Bee and butterfly
Edible leaves
Leaves harvesting season
Spring / Summer
How to harvest the leaves?
Trim the leaves in the base of the leave next to the root, for salad young leaves for cooked mature leaves
Information about leaves:
Green leaves 20-30 cm,
Uses of Rutabaga leaves:
Cooked, stir fry, salad
Edible Roots
Information about Rutabaga’s taproot:
Shape is top, taproot colors: in the top purple in the lower part yellow-white
When to pull up Rutabaga’s taproot:
About 50-60 days to harvest, when sow in the autumn it’s in the winter, when sow in the spring it’s in the summer
Uses of Rutabaga leaves:
Cooked, salad
Scientific name:
Brassica napobrassica
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Edible Parts | - Edible leaves
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Culinary uses | - Cooked
- Eaten raw
- Leafy vegetables
- Pickles
- Salad
- Vegetables
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Climate | - Mediterranean Climate
- Subtropics Climate
- Temperate Climate
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Hardiness zone | - Hardiness zone 10
- Hardiness zone 2
- Hardiness zone 3
- Hardiness zone 4
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- Hardiness zone 7
- Hardiness zone 9
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