Due to its relatively short development time, kohlrabi can be incorporated into crop rotation or used in mixed cultivation.
Kohlrabi can be used with all types of vegetables (except cabbage) serve as a precursor, which are only planted after mid-May or. be sown, knows z. B. French beans, leek, tomatoes, Sellerie u.a. On beds, which will be vacated by the end of July, it can be used as a subsequent crop.
You will rarely plant kohlrabi as a monoculture, but if possible put them together with other types of vegetables on a bed. For example, it is very common. B. the mixed culture of early kohlrabi with lettuce. Some types of vegetables only fill up the space allotted to them late, so that in the meantime it can be used very well with kohlrabi. This applies e.g. B. for cucumbers, tomatoes and runner beans. It is usual, the kohlrabi already 14 Plant days to 3 weeks before ordering the main crop, by the seed or. Pre-mark planting sites for the species in question and plant the kohlrabi in the gaps. The kohlrabi benefits from this mixed cultivation, that it still develops satisfactorily even in light shade.
Early kohlrabi is very suitable for cultivation under glass and foil, whereby the mixed cultivation mentioned for the field is applicable in a corresponding manner.