Growing Rutabagas
Botanical name: Brassica napobrassicaGrowing Rutabagas Organic Gardening Fact Sheet Seed | | | 
| | Planting time: | SP,Fa | | Seeds per ounce: | 10000 | | Ounces per square foot: | .09 per 100sqft | | Minimum legal germination rate: | 75% | | Germination type: | Short Germinating seeds | | Notes
The Rutabaga is thought to have originated in the Middle Ages. The Rutabaga prefers is a cool, long growing season. Besides harvesting the roots the foliage may be harvested for greens as well. The Rutabaga is a cross between the Cabbage and the Turnip. Even though the Rutabaga is similar the Turnip, there are differences. Rutabagas leaves are smooth, waxy, bluish-green. The Rutabaga root of most varieties is yellow, where as most Turnips are white and have rough, hairy leaves. | | Planting | | | | In garden spacing (inches): | 6 | | | | In flat spacing (inches): | 1 | | | Planting depth (inches): | 1/4 | | Maxiumum number of plants per square foot: | 6 | | Nutrient relationship:: | Heavy Feeder | | | | Harvest | | | Days to maturity: | 91 | | Harvesting period (days): | 28 | | Minimum yields in pounds /square foot: | 2 | | | | | | | | Cultural | | Diseases: | Downy Mildew, White Rust, Sclerotinia Stalk Rot (White Mold), Leaf Spots, Virus Mosaic. | | Insect pests:(Insect Pest Finder) | Cabbage Looper, Diamondback Moth, Flea Beetle, Green Peach Aphid, Pea Aphid, Slugs and Snails | | | | Varieties | | American Purple Top, Doon Major, Gilfeather, Joan, Marian, Mary, Thomson Laurentian, York | Organic Gardening Seed and Plant Sources
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