How to Grow and Care for ZZ Plants Zamioculcas zamiifolia
24.02.2024 - 16:31 / gardenerspath.com / Heather Buckner
Eating Kohlrabi Greens: Tips for Harvesting and Cooking the Leaves
Kohlrabi is a vegetable that really deserves more attention.
In addition to its deliciously crisp bulbs, the plant produces large edible leaves that can be picked and prepared in a fashion similar to what you might like to do with kale or collards.
The flavorful greens are tasty sauteed, steamed, or even eaten raw in salads.
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Read on for our tips on harvesting and cooking kohlrabi leaves.
Kohlrabi is generally grown for its large fleshy bulbs, which grow above ground out of a central stalk. They are pleasantly crunchy, with a flavor somewhere between that of broccoli and cabbage.
If you want to learn more about storing and preparing kohlrabi bulbs, our sister site, Foodal has a useful guide.
But the bulbs aren’t the only yummy part of this subtly beautiful plant. The greens, which resemble collards in texture and flavor, can be harvested and prepared in similar ways.
Quick and Easy HarvestingA quick-growing plant, you can begin harvesting the young foliage whenever the leaves reach a desirable size and you notice the bulbs just beginning to develop.
Depending on the growing conditions, this should be somewhere around six week from planting.
The leaves are especially flavorful in cool weather, so harvesting in spring or fall is ideal. It is also preferable to pick them when they are young, as the foliage toughens up a bit with age.
To harvest, cut healthy outer leaves as you need them, being sure not to remove more than a third of the plant at a time.
If you plan to harvest the bulbs later on – which you definitely should! – it is important to
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