I just finished off my first-year harvest of kohlrabi using pepperhead's recipe. Yummy. Too bad it will be my one and only meal of it.

It grew fantastic, but the big fuzzy red garden pest has been eating about 4 of them a day, so I didn't get much of a harvest. (I have the same problem with turnips, broccoli and cabbage!)

Kohlrabi will definitely be on my "must grow" list for next year, but next year it is going out front so dog can't get at it.

Thanks again everyone -- and if anyone has suggestions for other non-standard veggies for next year, I'm all ears.

I am glad that you bumped this up, cause I reread the whole post, and I am going to try and dehydrate some as recommended. mk

We planted kohlrabi transplants a little late in the season. Hubby usually does seed, but I suggested that we try starting the seeds inside and then he could plant them exactly the correct distance apart. As farmer's market season progressed, we realized that we had more kohlrabi than we could eat, so we took three to farmer's market. One customer was so happy to find it, she bought all three (at one dollar each). (Hubby really didn't want to share) Guess we'll plant extra next year....just in case we do the market thing again.

We enjoy kohlrabi sliced really thin and dipped in red pepper humus. Healthier than chips, I hope.

Does anyone have experience with fall/winter kohlrabi? I'd like to start some now if they're cold hardy. I have a cold frame and hoop house available and can keep them there if necessary, but my winter greens are in a cloche with heavy row cover and plastic when necessary if that would be ok. Any advice would be welcome!

I've only grown them in the spring, but I think a fall sowing would probably need protection because the bulbs have such a high water content. I'd think freezing temps probably would deteriorate the quality quite a bit.

Oooh! Thanks for revitalizing this post. I grew kohlrabi this year but had no idea what to do with it. I'm hoping I didn't wait too long to harvest it... I'll get it out of the ground today when I get home. I have several that are all about baseball size or slightly bigger.

Also grew pak choi (another variety or cross of bok choi I believe) and rutabaga, but both bolted before I knew what to do with them (and the rutabaga never developed much root-a ), so just got added to the compost. Might try again next year.

I found kohlrabi was the most irresistable veggie for animals. All mine were eaten out with just like a half 'rind' left like when you eat half a melon. So I covered them with FRC and they were still eaten- must have been rodents then.
I ate some for the first time Friday in stir fry; they take a lot longer to cook than broccoli.
The purple would have sold well at market and grown well if not for the critters.

pepper, you'll be putting the recipe in the recipe forum?

Oregon - Pepper's recipe is right here on the first page of this thread.

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Originally posted by WileyR:
Does anyone have experience with fall/winter kohlrabi? I'd like to start some now if they're cold hardy. I have a cold frame and hoop house available and can keep them there if necessary, but my winter greens are in a cloche with heavy row cover and plastic when necessary if that would be ok. Any advice would be welcome!

I just covered my greens and kohlrabi with plastic. I'll let you know how they turn out. I already got some kohlrabi this week, but I started more later, about 3 weeks later than the first, to see if it would do well in the supercold weather under cover. I'll let you know.

Update on my new variety - Superschmelz: it did not do very well in the spring, as it took a lot longer to get smaller than kolibri, yet it was supposed to be a large variety! However, one good thing about it was that even after all that time in the ground, it was not at all tough, and smooth as could be. Kolibri, when I let it get very large, gets a sort of honeycomb look, and is a little tougher, though still good - just needs cooked a little longer when in large peices.

Dave