Is Cabbage and Kohlrabi the Same Vegetable? A Detailed Explanation of the Differences
Cabbage is a vegetable often eaten in daily life and is one of the important vegetables in China, so is cabbage kohlrabi?
1. The growing habits of cabbage
Cabbage prefers mild, humid conditions and ample sunlight. It is relatively cold-tolerant and also has the ability to adapt to high temperatures. The suitable growing temperature is 15-20°C. If the fleshy stem enlargement period encounters high temperatures above 30°C, the flesh is prone to becoming fibrous. It is not very strict about soil selection, but it is suitable for planting in humus-rich clay loam or sandy loam. Cabbage seedlings must pass through vernalization at 0-10°C, and then bolt, flower, and set fruit under long-day conditions and suitable temperatures.
2. Is cabbage kohlrabi?
Cabbage is kohlrabi. The scientific name of cabbage is Brassica oleracea, an annual or biennial herbaceous plant in the Brassicaceae family and Brassica genus, also called kohlrabi, lotus white, and so on. However, in some regions, potherb mustard, other shepherd's purse, and similar plants are also called kohlrabi.
3. What are the main varieties of cabbage?
1. Wild cabbage
A biennial or perennial herb. The lower leaves are large, deeply lyrate-pinnatifid, with colored veins and petioles; the terminal lobe is large, with a rounded apex and a lopsided-cordate base. The raceme reaches 30 cm or longer in fruit; flowers pale yellow; sepals oblong, erect; petals obovate.
2. Brussels sprouts soup vegetable
The stem is stout and erect, 0.5-1 m tall, with large soft leaf buds in all leaf axils of the stem, 2-3 cm in diameter; occasionally cultivated in major cities in China. The leaf buds are eaten as a vegetable.
3. Cauliflower
A biennial herb, 60-90 cm tall, covered with a powdery bloom. The stem is erect, stout, and branched. The basal and lower leaves are oblong to elliptic; petioles 2-3 cm long; the middle and upper stem leaves are smaller and sessile. The raceme is terminal and axillary; flowers pale yellow, later turning white. Seeds broadly elliptic, brown. Flowering period April, fruiting period May.