Re: When to Harvest Rutabagas?

Thank you, Smitty, for replying to my question. Yesterday I pulled 3 of the
largest rutabagas to cook for dinner...I just couldn't wait! They were just
"OK," did not have that familiar "bite" (for lack of a better word) to it.
Also, the color (to me) was not the familiar yellow color that I'm used to
seeing in a rutabaga...they looked more like white, purple-topped turnips. I
got the seeds from a mail order catalog and it says "RUTABAGA, Purple Top"
on the seed packet. Where do you get your seeds and are yours the real
yellow color? Perhaps I pulled them too soon?

I'm going to take your advice and definitely plant a fall crop. A lite frost
does not harm them, right? I'll probably plant them the begining of Aug. as
sometimes we do get a lite frost around the end of Oct.

Thanks again,

Evelyn
zone 6 - Southern MO - yesterday got up to 92deg.F!!

------Original Message------
From: gardensmith@juno.com
To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
Sent: May 23, 2000 11:05:55 AM GMT
Subject: Re: When to Harcest Rutabagas?


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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