Raising Teltower turnips with seeds
The Teltower turnip is a very special vegetable. Its sweetish-spicy aroma makes it unmistakable. You can also grow this beetroot in your garden - but your harvest could completely do it lacks a special aroma, because it takes more than seeds to achieve the right taste result achieve.
How you can recognize Teltower turnips
- Teltower turnips are quite inconspicuous plants. The Brandenburg specialty is counted among the cabbage family and belongs to the group of turnips.
- They are extremely small: 1.5 to 2.5 cm in diameter and 6 to 8 cm long. So no state can be made with size. Their appearance is also rather unsightly - they are beige-gray in color and are covered with longitudinal and transverse grooves. They also have many fine lateral roots.
- What does this unsightly vegetables because now so attractive that even Goethe had it sent to Weimar, which was no easy undertaking in those times? The turnips have a highly aromatic, sweetish-spicy taste - like a mixture of swede and a spicy radish note. They leave a slightly floury feeling in the mouth.
What the seed needs to become that special turnip
- You can get seeds with this designation in any garden center without any problems: However, the content of the Seed bag doubtful - that starts with the illustration - mostly it is May turnips that light up on the bag.
- You can get the real Teltower turnip seeds from Support association for the Teltower Rübchen e. V., who has made it his business to preserve this special vegetable, by post for little money.
- In order for the turnip to develop the desired special aromas, the seeds need a very special soil. It should be sandy or loamy-sandy and poor in nutrients. In this way the root remains small and develops its typical taste.
- The vegetables have a very high content of beet sugar and solids. There is also a high glucosinolate content. The high concentration of these substances in the beet is the reason for their extraordinary aroma.
- The turnips should not be sown until August. The vegetables can then be harvested between October and March. The Teltower turnips also grow in freezing temperatures.
- They develop their very own aroma only after they have been peeled. Incidentally, Teltower turnips are particularly delicious when they are caramelized in the pan with butter and sugar after cooking.
Pull the cucumber yourself
A cucumber from your own garden - it tastes really good. Sowing is easy ...
You can only say "Try it makes you smack". If you have a similarly meager soil as the Teltower, you might be lucky enough to grow this special vegetable. Otherwise, just enjoy the larger beetroot specimens.
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