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Episode 54: Fall Brassicas

July 21, 2017 hilary dahl
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The Brassica family includes crops like broccoli, cauliflower, kale, and kohlrabi, among others. These crops are cold-hardy, which makes them ideal for Fall gardens and in many cases, overwintering. The term ‘Fall Brassicas’ refers to crops that are planted anywhere between mid/late summer and early fall and are then harvested throughout the Fall.

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In this episode, we discuss:

  • Brassica crop lifespans

  • Planting requirements for Fall

  • Cold hardiness considerations

  • Harvesting methods

Important Take-aways:

  • There are 3 categories of Fall Brassicas: half-season crops that are transplanted, short-season crops that are transplanted, and short-season crops that are direct seeded.

  • With all Fall brassicas, the goal is to get your plants in the ground with enough time for them to mature before shorter days and cooler weather set in.

  • Half-season Fall brassicas include broccoli, kale, cabbage, and collards. These crops are generally planted mid-July through mid-August for a Fall harvest.

  • Short season crops can take only 4-6 weeks to reach maturity, so you can plant these crops much later into the summer and in some cases in the Fall. Short season brassicas that should be transplanted include Kohlrabi, Tatsoi, and bok choi types.

  • Other short season brassicas can be direct-seeded into the garden, including turnips, mustard greens, and mizuna. These crops can be planted later in the season than the half-season brassicas, and take even less foresight because they are happy when direct-seeded right into your garden beds.

  • Many Fall brassicas will hold in the garden for weeks or months. Because the weather is cooler and the sun is waning, there is less pressure to harvest before plants bolt.

  • Some crops, like broccoli, kale, and Tatsoi, can overwinter in the garden. If you live in an area that has winter regular temperatures below 30 degrees F, you can fashion simple hoops over your beds and cover them with remay to help protect the crops from harder frosts. (Both of our books Food Grown Right, In Your Backyard and High-Yield Vegetable Gardening include instructions and photos on how to do this!)

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Hilary Dahl
Hilary Dahl

Hilary Dahl is a co-owner of Seattle Urban Farm Company and host of the Encyclopedia Botanica podcast. Since 2010 Hilary Dahl has been helping beginning and experienced growers create beautiful and productive gardens. She has the unique experience of working in on a wide range of projects, from small backyard garden plots to multi-acre vegetable farms. She also works in her own garden every day after work. Hilary is also the creator of our podcast, the Encyclopedia Botanica, which she started as a way to share effective and efficient garden management techniques, and as a way to spread her love of growing food and flowers!

Colin McCrate
Colin McCrate

Colin McCrate has been growing food organically for over 25 years. He worked on a variety of small farms in the Midwest before moving to the west coast in 2003 to teach garden-based environmental education. He founded the Seattle Urban Farm Company in 2007 with the goal of applying years of horticultural and agricultural expertise to help aspiring growers get projects off the ground or more accurately; in the ground.

Since starting Seattle Urban Farm Co in 2007, he has helped guide hundreds of urban farmers through the design, construction and management of their own edible landscape. Colin is the author of three books; Food Grown Right, In Your Backyard(Mountaineers Books, 2012) and Grow More Food (Storey Publishing, 2022); and is a garden writer for the Seattle Times.

In Annual Vegetables, Podcast Tags Encyclopedia Botanica, Podcast, brassicas, Broccoli, kale, cabbage
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