permaculture

[Robyn Williamson <robinet@aapt.net.au>]

Hi Neshura

Typhon sounds very much like a vegetable we call kohlrabi.  I found 
confusion in botanical names for what appears to be the same plant:

Brassica oleracea var gongylodes, and
Brassica oleracea var caulorapa, also
Brassica oleracea gongylodes caulorapa

There's a photo of 2 hybrids of it growing on what looks like 
hard-baked clay in Arizona, plus plenty of cultural information at:

http://cipm.ncsu.edu/cropprofiles/docs/Azkohlrabi.html

However, you will need your permaculture filter ON when you read the 
information on this site as it contains inappropriate tillage practices 
and recommends a vast array of lethal chemical cocktails for 
controlling pests and diseases to which kohlrabi is susceptible (when 
thousands of acres are grown as a monoculture that may be visible from 
outer space let alone to any local pests hanging out for a feed).  The 
information is otherwise useful, especially the section strangely 
called "Abiotic Diseases" which describes various signs of damage 
caused by local environmental conditions.

You may find a local seed source if you instead google "kohlrabi", I 
found lots of good recipes too.

Cheers, Robyn

On Sunday, November 5, 2006, at 04:00 am, 
permaculture-request@lists.ibiblio.org/Neshura wrote:

> I'm not familiar with this and didn't find much when I googled it,
> except "Typhon, a Chinese cabbage-turnip hybrid, performs best under a
> multiharvest system." Would love to hear more, especially if you have
> seed sourcing information.
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