Rapini / Broccoli rabe

Brassica rapa subsp. pabularia

Plant family

Crucifers (Brassicaceae)

Cultivation Break

4 Years

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

J

F

M

A

M

J

A

S

O

N

D

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Moist

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

Low

Dark germinator

Germination temperature

15 - 17 °C (Degrees Celsius)

Plant distance

15 cm

Row spacing

20 cm

Seeding depth

1.5 cm

Instructions

Description

The leaves and stems of the turnip (mostly those of the edible turnip), which are used as a vegetable, are called stalk mush, turnip stalk, stem mush, stalk ripsen, Köhlstille, Runkelstielchen, Knisterfinken. Thus, stalked turnip belongs to the cruciferous family (Brassicaceae) and is not a separate species but a subspecies of turnip. The taste is sourish to cress-like.

Origin:

Rheinland, Niederlande

Growing tips

2 Growing possible in August-September. Stalk mush is sown very densely, so that the leaves develop preferentially and not the roots. Only short shelf life. Harvested when the leaves are 10-25 cm, if you leave the heart, the leaves grow again. Fast germinator, good gap filler. The variety Namenia can be sown 30x30 cm apart, as it was bred not to form turnips. Generally less sensitive to pests due to the short cultivation period.

Companion Plants

Antagonistic Plants

Diseases

Root Rot

Downy mildew

Club root of cabbage

Powdery mildews

Pests

Aphids

Land snails

Cabbage white

Cabbage fly

Flea beetles

White fly