Re: When to Harcest Rutabagas?
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- Subject: Re: When to Harcest Rutabagas?
- From: g*@juno.com
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 07:05:55 -0400
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Hello,
Try planting a crop of rutabagas in the middle of july for a fall
harvest.
Like most brassicas rutabagas taste a lot better and do a lot better when
grown as a fall crop.
I plant kohlrabi, kale, rutabagas, broccoli, cauliflower, turnips and
cabbages in july for a fall harvest here in CT zone 6.
You may get away with planting in august because you are more a zone 7
than a zone 6.
Smitty
On Mon, 22 May 2000 20:10:57 -0400 (EDT) Evelyn Ford <eafrn@mail.com>
writes:
> Hello All,
>
> I planted some Rutabagas in mid March and I'm wondering if anyone
> has
> experience with growing/harvesting Rutabagas. On the packet of seeds
> it says
> "90 days to maturity," and to harvest them when the roots reach 2"
> in
> diameter. I still have 2 -3 wks to go before the 90 days harvest
> time but I
> can see the roots coming up from the ground...do you measure the
> diameter of
> that? This is the first year I've been successful with Rutabagas and
> I can
> hardly wait to taste them! I remember, as a young girl, having them
> every
> Thanksgiving dinner and thru the winter.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Evelyn
> zone 6 - Southern MO...starting to get hotter every day!
>
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