MikeM
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Post by MikeM on Jan 12, 2009 10:48:21 GMT -5
Now here's a thing I've never seen... Just picked a Kohlrabi (Early Purple Vienna, bought off Baker Creek in 08) with a weird shape. At each leaf axil it has made a baby Kohlrabi. (No camera handy, and its in the pot for supper already. Sorry!) So there's the main bulb, as normal, but warted all over with baby bulbs, each determined to become a Kohlrabi All Its Own. It's sorta like Broccoli, but making the babies with the stem instead of the leaf-heads.
Is this common? I don't have a lot of experience with Kohlrabi...
Anyway, I cut all the side bulbs off and stuck them in water; I'll make arrangements to propagate them all as cuttings tomorrow, and attempt to hand-pollinate them next Spring.
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Post by Jim on Jan 12, 2009 10:54:01 GMT -5
Sounds preaty darned cool. Never grew kohlrabi before though.
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Post by ottawagardener on Jan 12, 2009 14:06:02 GMT -5
Wacky! I've never seen anything like that before.
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Post by hiven on Jan 12, 2009 15:25:39 GMT -5
Sounds like a special kohlrabi there! I never grow it my self as I can buy them easily here. Do try to root it, it might come up with great surprise  . |
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Post by canadamike on Jan 12, 2009 17:29:14 GMT -5
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Post by lavandulagirl on Jan 12, 2009 23:35:59 GMT -5
Pssht - pay no attention to Michel, Mike... if he was hungry, he'd have eaten it too. And after all, you did save those side shoots. Good for you! But dude - I'm going to have to send you a tether for that camera, so we won't miss a picture ever again!
Hope the frankenkohl was tasty!
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MikeM
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frost-free 365.25 + clayish soil + altitude 210m + latitude 34S + rain 848mm/yr
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Post by MikeM on Jan 13, 2009 1:13:02 GMT -5
Taste was OK -- pretty much normal, but it was quite a lot tougher than a normal Kohlrabi of the same size. The baby Kohls, though were very tender -- probably just due to their smaller size. Anyhow, I'm going to root and plant all those babies, so all is not yet lost.  |
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Post by bunkie on Jan 13, 2009 11:40:32 GMT -5
we've grown kohlrabi every year, the white and the purple, and have never seen anything like that. sounds good! glad you're pursuing it!
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Post by canadamike on Jan 13, 2009 19:33:24 GMT -5
Ouf,I had not read the last part well.Man, you should have fun with those |
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MikeM
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Post by MikeM on Jan 14, 2009 10:15:27 GMT -5
You can also blame our ignorance of what's normal for Kohlrabi... for all we knew this sort of thing is dirt common!
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Post by ottawagardener on Feb 3, 2009 12:46:35 GMT -5
How's it going?
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