
How to grow rutabaga
Brassica napus
When to plant rutabaga
- Fall planting
- 9 weeks before your first fall frost to 8 weeks before your first fall frost
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Growing conditions
- Lifecycle
- Biennial
- Days to maturity
- 60 to 80 (from sowing)
- Spacing
- 4 to 6 in apart, rows 18 in
- Planting depth
- 0.25 in
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- 1 in per week
Common problems
Rutabaga by hardiness zone
Planting dates for a typical location in each zone:
Sources
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