Rape English Giant
English Giant
Widely adapted
Medium and vigorous
A cool season crop
Rape English Giant is a biennial vegetable grown as an annual, featuring a stout taproot, sometimes partly swollen, with a branched stem. The leaves are arranged spirally and form a rosette during the vegetative stage. Leaves are harvested once they reach a marketable size. Rape English Giant thrives in a temperate climate and grows best under cool conditions. It responds well to organic manure, including compost, well-decomposed cattle, chicken, or pig manure, which enhances its growth and quality.
Characteristics
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KIND
Rape (Brassica napus L.)
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DAYS TO FIRST HARVEST
30 days from transplanting
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END USE
Fresh markets and dried vegetable
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SOWING TIME
Year-round but does best under cool temperatures -
HARVESTING PERIOD
3 months -
UNIFORMITY
Very good -
BOLTING TOLERANCE
Good under good water and fertilizer management
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PLANT SPACING
30 - 40cm x 40 – 60 cm
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SEED RATE/ HA
200 - 300g -
SHELF LIFE
Good
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PLANT POPULATION/ HA
35 000 - 40 000 plants
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POTENTIAL YIELD/ HA
25–50 t/ha (fresh weight)
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FERTILISATION GUIDE
Basal fertilizer: 600 -800kg Compound C or Vegetable Blend. 200kg of AN per ha split applied at 2 & 4 weeks after transplanting. (This is general recommendation hence soil test should be done for correct fertilizer rates and fertilizer types)
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