The light green bulbs have crisp, delicious flesh. For best performance, sow in summer for autumn harvesting. This can be a gentle giant, Superschmelz remains tender and sweet even when growing to a magnificent size (25cm is possible). Don’t forget that you can harvest from 9-10 weeks and do not need to grow this quite so large unless you want to in which case give it room to grow, about 30cm between plants. Price for 20 seeds.
SOW: between May and August, in situ or modules to transplant when no more than 5cm tall. In August sow under cover for an early winter crop
GROW: space at 20-30cm apart, they are can be ready to harvest from 9-10 weeks or leave them longer to grow to a super size for autumn harvesting.
EAT: for the best flavour eat them fresh. Young Kohl Rabi can be scrubbed and boiled whole: serve with butter, a white sauce or mash them. We use the larger Kohl Rabi diced in stews. To freeze: blanche for 2 minutes, plunge into cold water, drain & dry. Cook from frozen in boiling water for about 6 minutes. Serve in pieces or mashed with butter (try adding pepper or nutmeg).
