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À propos Joan's rutabaga

The Joan rutabaga is a root vegetable with sweet orange flesh that can be stored in a cold room until June.

Growing tips for Joan's rutabaga

Family
Brassicaceae (Brassica napus var. napobrassica)
Number of seeds
± 200
Growing cycle
Annual
Suggested sowing
Outside
Suggested time*
early June
Ideal germination temperature
From 7 to 30℃
Germination time
3 to 7 days
Sowing depth
Three times the size of the seed.
Seed storage
In a dry place away from light.
Seed shelf life
5 years minimum
Exposure
Sun
Days to maturity*
100 days
Distance between plants
15-20 cm
Distance between rows
30 cm
*The suggested time concerns zone 4b. For zone 5 you can start 2 weeks earlier and in zone 3 delay by 2 weeks. The number of days indicated is calculated from planting in the garden. Click here to get your hardiness zone or create your gardening calendar with our Quebec partner, lamainverte.ca.

Articles de jardinage en lien avec Joan's rutabaga

Nos semences de rutabaga joan sont certifiées biologiques.

Nous utilisons des méthodes naturelles et respectueuses de l'environnement pour cultiver nos plantes, sans aucun usage de pesticides, d'herbicides ou d'engrais chimiques. En choisissant nos semences bio d'rutabaga joan, vous soutenez une approche responsable au profit de la nature.

Pour en savoir plus :

Beware of the cabbage fly

Insect netting required

Cabbage root fly eggs are a problem; rutabagas will harbor maggots if left unattended. Protect the plants by covering them with agrotextile throughout the season.

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Advice from the seed producer and author

Yves Gagnon

Growing conditions for rutabaga

Rutabaga is a cool-climate plant that grows in full sun; however, it can tolerate partial shade. Resistant to temperatures as low as -10°C, it can remain in the garden late into autumn; it overwinters without difficulty in temperate regions. Rutabaga adapts to all types of soil: it prefers fresh, loose, and well-drained soils. It is one of the few root vegetables that appreciates clay soils. Rutabaga is not very demanding. It is grown without compost when the previous crop has received a significant contribution. Poor soils are amended with 500 kg of mature compost per 100 m2. The soil must be well supplied with boron. In case of deficiency, 100 g of borax is added per 100 m2. Regular moisture helps achieve optimal taste quality. The ideal pH for growing rutabaga is between 5.5 and 6.8.

Rutabaga Crop Rotation

Being undemanding, rutabaga is grown at the end of the rotation, often after leafy vegetables. Brassica crops should be spaced 4 years apart, and up to 8 if clubroot is present.

Rutabaga Companionship

Rutabaga can be combined with a number of frugal plants including carrots, beets, kohlrabi, parsnips and onions.

— These valuable tips were written by Yves Gagnon, in the book The ecological cultivation of vegetable plants , Colloidal Editions.

You can add the book Ecological Vegetable Cultivation by Yves Gagnon to your order for further advice on growing rutabagas.