This plant originated in northern Europe, it is a medium or small tuber grows above ground and belongs to the Brassica family.
The easiest cultivation of this plant is to Autumn, because it is the time when we do not have many differences of hours between day and night, and thus have better results with the yield of this crop. Remember that this is a very sensitive culture, carrying if you want to make a primaveraou cultivation in summer the ideal is that you do it in a protected environment and keep the temperature around 15-20 ° C.
This plant has small and shallow root system, so it's important that you maintain adequate nutrition and moisture. Furthermore, the growth is hampered in very acidic soils.
This week and last week we harvested a few boxes of this plants with hands here in BioRomeo. Geralemente after harvest are placed in small boxes 10 accommodating the drives vegetables. Sampling shall preferably be done when the lamp or hypocotyl has a diameter between 7 and 10 cm.
Depending on the species, the tubers can be pale green or violet-blue color on the outside, internally both varieties are white-green.
This vegetable is healthy and low in calories, only 24cal in 100g. It contains lots of iron, vitamins B and C and carotene.
