Swede Rutabaga American Purple Top
Swede Rutabaga American Purple Top. A reliable and extremely productive variety producing high yields of large yellow roots with deep purple crowns of very sweet flavour. The roots are nearly globe shaped, 4 to 6 inches in diameter with 20 inch tall tops and the flesh is firm and fine grained. Store extremely well.
Cultivation Advice Swede Rutabaga American Purple Top
- Swedes take a long time to mature and don’t like hot, dry weather.
- Planted in the spring and harvested in the summer, they’ll be bitter.
- Planted early to mid summer and harvested in the autumn, they’ll be sweet.
- Direct sow seeds three to four months before the first autumn frost.
- Sow seeds 1/2 an inch (12 mm) deep, two inches (5 cm) apart,
- with 18 inches (46 cm) between rows. Thin to 6-9 inches (15-23 cm).
- Swedes will grow in average soil.
- Too much organic matter or nitrogen can cause malformed roots.
