The non-hybrid varieties are OK, don't get me wrong about that. You just have to watch them and don't expect them to get big.
For a market grower the hybrids are so much easier. And if the weather makes them grow fast you don't have to worry that if they get a bit big they will be woody. Even when a bit oversized, only the very bottom will be woody. You can still sell them because you are getting so much even cutting off a bit of the bottom.
Kohlrabi even do OK direct seeded IF you have decent weather at that time. But the last few years we've done transplants because the weeds always seem to germinate faster and then you have a weed problem.
Carol
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