Description
Matures in 80-100 days, space 12-18″ inches apart, it grows 1′ foot tall and wide.
Harvest when roots are 3-5″ inches in diameter early, small roots offer succulent tender flavor, frost sweetens maturing roots. The younger leaves are also edible, never removing more than a few per root.
Grow in fertile, well drained,
ideally lime rich soil in full sun.
Prone to leaf miners,
caterpillars, aphids, harlequin bugs, root maggots, nematode, cabbage white
butterfly, flea beetle, black leg, white rust, black leaf spot (Xanthomonas),
downy mildew, powdery mildew, damping off, white mold, clubroot, root knot
nematodes, Magnesium, boron, and potassium deficiency.
