Growing Guide
Season: Cool to mild growing weather.
Sowing: Sow in a nursery or directly in fine soil; thin or transplant to allow the swollen stem room to develop above ground.
Soil and feeding: Use a well-drained growing medium with mature compost. Feed according to crop needs, soil fertility and the fertiliser label, rather than a fixed schedule for every vegetable.
Care and Harvest Guide
Keep soil evenly moist and weed gently. This vegetable has an enlarged stem, not a swollen underground root.
Cut the tender swollen stem before it becomes large and woody.
Follow packet depth and spacing for the actual seed line. Keep the seedbed moist, not saturated, and protect young seedlings from heavy rain.