Kohl Rabi

[gothmaga]

Havent tried to grow, but funny enough found a packet of seeds in my tin earlier so will give it a go :-)

[BroadRipple]

oh no, another strange vegetable to get obsessed by...salilah, I know, I know, am fighting the urge...
a few questions for you fans:
favourite variety?
other recipe ideas? (I know they're lovely raw but haven't tried cooking them)
and are they realistic if you don't have much space/ containers? (please say yes)

[binley100]

We've had Kohlrabi and spinach gratin for tea and really enjoyed it, the recipes here if anyone else wants to try it. :-

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on cooking with Kohlrabi | Life and style | The Guardian

I've made that before it's yummy

[zazen999]

oh no, another strange vegetable to get obsessed by...salilah, I know, I know, am fighting the urge...
a few questions for you fans:
favourite variety?
other recipe ideas? (I know they're lovely raw but haven't tried cooking them)
and are they realistic if you don't have much space/ containers? (please say yes)

Blue Azure is my fav variety. Gorgeous colour and great taste. Like all my seasonal veg, I incorporate them into all sorts of my usual dishes as and when. They are realistic with small spaces as they grow in growbags, troughs, pots; as well as they can be stuck in small corners singly and just left to it. I interplant with swede and cabbages, as they grow so fast that they are harvested by the time the swedes need the space, and then the swede is harvested by the time the cabbages need the space.

[BroadRipple]

Thanks Zazen very helpful. That's the variety I fancied so feel encouraged...

[salilah]

aargh - now I've done another seed order!
thanks for suggestion!
S

For info, got them today - and very nice too! The site is Flower and Vegetable Seeds, and has some interesting veg.
Nicely packaged - each set of seeds is attached to an instruction sheet A5 doublesided with details of the plant, how to grow, how to harvest, how you can use it, names etc, and a nice picture! Prices are good too - the Kohlrabi "Azure Star" organic was the most expensive at £1.75 for 50 seeds.
Definitely recommended (no connection)
(and yes, I did buy yet another tomato seed <sigh>)

[Shadylane]

Ooh I've used them on ebay. They're fab. I had a look for azure wotsit on ebay and somewhere else but they were sold out so I got purple delicacy instead.

[hawthorns]

is it to late to sow them now

[zazen999]

is it to late to sow them now

That's the point of the thread...

[Maccabee]

Cheers for the reminder. I freed a patch up today - goodbye pathetic non-growing French Beans - and knew just what to sow. The slugs have had most of my earlier sowings

[vegnut]

My sputniks leaves are always peppered with holes, damned flea beetles. If they get past that stage, i find that the purple sputniks go woody quicker than the green ones. Par boil then roast with the spuds. dribbles he does....

[iGrowVeg]

I can vouch that Kohl Rabi do grow fast, mine have been in a month and already have big leaves. I'm growing a colour mix of Superscmelz, Purple Delicacy, Noriko. Although they still look like monsters of veg to me though!

[jackyspratty]

They are also really good for school gardens too...they grow fast, and look like alien vegetables too which is always a winner!
I made a stew with them and kidney beans last year and froze lots. Great stuff as the Kholraabi remains crisp and delic!! Love it too )))

[Gemmalaveen]

I went to my small plot today for the first time in more than a month and I was greeted by a huge kohl rabi... probably the size of a softball! I am guessing it is going to be very tough but I will try and stew it or add it to a soup for the winter months. I harvested a few more the size of a golf ball and am very chuffed... the last time I saw them they were mere seedlings.

[LittleShamrock]

I ordered seeds too! Purple ones, just because I really like purple anything... who doesn't like a purple vegetable?!

I've sown them in modules and six have come up. The seed packet didn't come with instructions, how far apart do they need to be transplanted in containers?