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50 Heirloom Rutabaga Seeds!
American Purple Top Variety
*Heirloom Plants

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PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS:
Sow directly in garden as early as soil can be worked. Cool weather vegetable. Plant 2 seeds every 2 inches. Thin to one plant every 2 inches when seedlings are 2 1/2- 3 inches tall. Sow again in late summer for fall crop.

Greens are tastly if picked when small and tender. Pull roots when they are 4-6 inches across. Light frost improves flavor, but if roots are left in the ground over winter, mulch heavily.

*If you wait too long into the crop’s cycle to harvest, the root will be rough and woody. Pull when they're the size of a baseball.

Being a biennial plant, rutabagas don't set seeds until the second year. Several plants can be left unharvested, allowing them to go to seed the next year. An alternative method is to dig the roots and store them through the winter, replanting them in the spring to harvest the seeds after blooming.

*Companion Plants: Peas are best to add nitrogen. Don't plant Allysium around root vegetables like potatoes, turnips or rutabagas.

*Don't plant rutabagas around other root vegables. Particular pests to carrots or potatoes will go for your prized rutabagas. Pole beans don't do well with them either. Too much nitrogen.

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Questions & Comments

looks like they be fun to grow never had them before so will see what happends

Jan 17th, 2011 at 6:47:48 PM PST by

Rutabaga are easy to grow. Be sure to have a good soil and keep the seeds moist during germination. I grew up on mashed rutabaga or roasted rutabaga. When they're roasted..they're so sweet almost like yams.

Jan 18th, 2011 at 10:47:20 PM PST by

Super nice! :)

Jan 22nd, 2011 at 9:33:00 PM PST by

Oh, if you're new to rutabaga, you're going to like them. You can mash them, roast them etc. I like them roasted with a bit of seasonong salt and pepper. Yum!

Jan 22nd, 2011 at 10:55:27 PM PST by

i never grew them either... but if you say its easy i believe it is.... have eaten them just never grew them

Jan 23rd, 2011 at 1:23:30 PM PST by

Rutabaga is easy to grow. You'll know when they're ready when the begin to pop their bulbs out of the ground. I love rutabaga roasted. They were a staple besides turnips growing up. We ate more turnips and rutabaga than potatoe in Ireland contrary to what people believe about Ireland.

Jan 23rd, 2011 at 10:50:13 PM PST by

Do they taste anything like a turnip?

Jan 23rd, 2011 at 9:39:02 PM PST by

When roasted they taste like a cross between potatoe and yam. When boiled or preasure cooked, they do taste like a cross between a turnip and a potatoe yet sweeter. When I cook my turnips, I usually add a bit of sugar to counter balance the taste.. with rutabagas, you don't have to do that. They have a higher sugar ratio than a turnp. All you need to do is peel like a potato, toss in olive or vegetable oil, salt & pepper or your favourite seasoning salt and roast in the oven or broiler. I would recommend a high temperature of about 400F or 425F for 30 - 35 minutes. The higher temp really carmelizes the rutabaga. They do have more of a yam flavour.

Jan 23rd, 2011 at 10:43:49 PM PST by

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