Kohlrabi Cabbage - biennial plantOne of the varieties of the usual white cabbage belongs to the genus Cabbage of the Cabbage family.
This type of cabbage is a very valuable product for human consumption. It consists of vegetable proteins and carbohydrates, fats of any form are completely absent.
In a vegetable many vitaminsFor example, B1, B2, PP and a very large amount of vitamin C, which is necessary for the human body to increase immunity. Kohlrabi contains glucose, fructose, sulfur compounds, iron, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium and calcium, which are required for healthy nutrition and favorable development of the body of children.
Kohlrabi is called "Cabbage turnip" for the similarity of her appearance with a turnip. Its stem is the size of a large apple. It happens white, pale green, blue, purple.
Kohlrabi you can eat in fresh or boiled. Any dishes from it are equally tasty. But most of the vitamins and minerals that endow the vegetable die as a result of heat treatment. Therefore, each housewife tries to keep the cabbage fresh as long as possible.
Variety selection and cleaning
How to store kohlrabi cabbage for the winter and when it needs to be removed? For the most long-term storage of this vegetable use stebleplody late varieties.
Best suited for this dark (purple, blue) varieties.
Good leaning they differ: Giant, Violetta, Cossac F1, Blue Delicacy. White varieties are practically unsuitable for long storage.
Kohlrabi cabbage is harvested when the stalkers have reached the size 7-8 cm in diameter. Growing over, they become hard, and their taste is very inferior to well-ripe stem plants.
This should be done, as in the cases with the usual white cabbage, on a sunny day before the onset of good frostswhen the temperature outside + 3-5 degrees.
If planned long storage cabbage, then blindfolded need to pull out of the soil along with the root. If long storage is not foreseen, and it takes no more than a month to store it, then the root with the stalk can be cut off.
The leaves of the stebleplod must be removed, leaving small scapes up to 1.5-2 centimeters long. Cropped leaves can be eaten in the same way as its stem. Within 2-3 days they can be stored in the refrigerator in packages.
You can find out on how and at what time the Brussels sprouts and color cabbage are harvested on our website.
In the cellar
How to keep kohlrabi for the winter fresh? Most reliable way long-term storage of kohlrabi cabbage - storage in the cellar. After the leaves from the stelplods are cut, the cabbages with the roots are laid in several boxes, baskets, specially made compartments or on gratings.
No way their can not wash, you only need to slightly clean the ground so that they remain dry. From above kochanchiki sprinkled with wet sand or covered with polyethylene, but not very tight, so as not to start rotting of stemmers.
Another option for storing cabbage in the cellar is to distribute wet sand over the floor and stick the heads of cabbage in it down the stump, as if "Plant".
This is also a fairly effective way, but they need to be “planted” at some distance from each other so that they didn't touch each other.
You can hang stebleplody up root on the wire. However, they also should not be in contact with each other. Temperature The air in the basement should be about 0 degrees. Relative humidity air - 95-100%.
If the cellar dry, it is advisable to put in it a container with water in order to maintain the necessary humidity. The temperature in winter can be controlled by heating the basement.
In the cellar, while maintaining the temperature and maintaining a certain humidity, early varieties of cabbage can be stored for about 2 months. Late varieties lay fresh about 5 months. This way you can provide yourself with fresh cabbage for the whole winter.
Frost
A great way to store kohlrabi cabbage at home is freezing. In this case, stebleplody need to wash. Then it is necessary to cut them in half, into several parts or grate on a large grater. Spreading out packages, you need to put it in the freezer.
Kohlrabi can be stored frozen for as long as 9 months. You can cook from this kind of cabbage just like fresh, almost any dish.
To learn how to freeze white cabbage, color, as well as Brussels sprouts and broccoli, you can learn from our articles.
Refrigerator use
How to store kohlrabi cabbage in winter? In the case where kohlrabi need to be kept for a very short time, 2-3 weeksYou can use a fridge for this. Wrap your head in paper or better yet wet cloth, wet cloth bags can be applied.
Then put in a plastic bag. Tight do not tie the packageso that the greenhouse effect is not created inside and the stebleplodes do not deteriorate.
So, kohlrabi cabbage can be preserved until the next harvest in various ways:
- In the cellar.
- In a refrigerator.
- Frozen.
Generally, kohlrabi cabbage kept pretty good. Even at room temperature, all nutrients are stored in it for about 2-3 days.
One way to keep kohlrabi cabbage for the winter is to make a salad. How to do this, you will learn from the video:
Cooks call cabbage "The queen of vegetables", because it is possible to prepare a variety of delicious and nutritious dishes. But do not forget that the longer kohlrabi stalkers are stored, the tougher they become. Such cabbage is less tasty and valuable in its composition.
Observing all the recommendations for storing fruit stemmers, you will be able to please yourself and your loved ones all the time during the whole winter with wonderful vitamin lunches.
