Market Farming

["Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>]

Ours are larger, not cracked.  Photo at http://rhomestead.com/wordpress/   Scroll down to September 17.  Or at http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151213156191287&set=a.262653881286.186606.261550161286&type=1&theater

 

Beth Spaugh

Rehoboth Homestead, Peru NY

http://rhomestead.com      http://www.facebook.com/rhomestead

 

"How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used." - Wendell Berry

"Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Frances Moore Lappe

It's not that nice guys finish last. They have a whole different notion where the finish line is. - unkonown

 

 

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From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Andy Fellenz
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> 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.