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kohlrabi 'Kolibri' | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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kohlrabi 'Kolibri'

Brassica oleracea (Gongylodes Group) 'Kolibri'

★ RHS AGM

Genus: Brassica
Family: Brassicaceae

About this plant

A hardy annual grown as a vegetable. An attractive, compact, purple skin variety with pure white, succulent flesh and upright, green leaves. Best harvested and eaten when young as the stem becomes bitter when mature. Easy to grow and quick to mature in under 8 weeks from sowing

Growing Information

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

LoamClaySandy

NeutralAlkaline

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Moisture

Well Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in fertile, light, non-acid, well-drained soil in full sun. Sow direct at a depth of 1cm and distance of 30cm between rows, thin to 15cm apart when the first true leaves appear. See Vegetable Cultivation

Pruning

No pruning required

Propagation

Propagate by seed

Pests

May be susceptible to birds, cabbage caterpillars, cabbage root fly, cabbage whitefly, cutworms, flea beetle, slugs and snails

Diseases

May be susceptible to black rot, clubroot, downy mildew, grey mould, leaf spot

Garden Uses

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumn

Size & Characteristics

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Habit

Clump Forming

Time to Full Height

One To Two Years