Market Farming

["Robert G. Hadad" <rgh26 AT cornell.edu>]

Hi,
   I talked with Bejo Seeds about Kossak and the cracking issue. Here is the 
response from Dennis Ferilito..."We have seen many heat related growth issues 
this year. Kossak that was planted pre heat but was maturing as the heat 
intensified tended to elongate. What was planted in the heat grew very 
rapidly as long as there was water present. As a result they split. Where 
they lacked moisture they grew more steadily and had less splitting. We 
mostly see splits when they go through rapid growth near the later stage of 
maturity. Excess fertilizer compounds the problem."
   It appears that some varieties might be more prone to this than others but 
we also saw this with some cabbage varieties as well.

Robert

Robert Hadad
Cornell Vegetable Program
Fresh Market Specialist
4487 Lake Ave.
Lockport, NY 14094
rgh26 AT cornell.edu
585-739-4065
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From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org 
[market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] on behalf of Andy Fellenz 
[artisanfarms AT gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 1:03 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Kohlrabi Cracking

I think you're right.  Kossack is marketed as a large variety and most of the 
cracked ones are between baseball and softball size.  Although some small 
ones are cracked also.  The plants were set out in August and have had fairly 
uniform moisture - either rain or irrigation since being transplanted.

Andy

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 10:45 AM, 
<sunnfarm AT netscape.com<mailto:sunnfarm AT netscape.com>> wrote:
Some varieties are not well adapted that is why a seeming great variety will 
disappear from the catalogs. I used to grow a lot of kohlrabi for market and 
would see splitting when I pushed them to a larger size. This may be your 
problem. Bob.
Sunny Meadow Farm
Bridgeton, NJ.