kohl rabi - split at top - what's going on?

[Mike J]

Was checking again today the excellent (I thought) progress my kohl rabi were making, when I noticed that the top of several had a vee-shaped split. Anyone got any idea what this is about - lack of water maybe? is this a disaster?

[Mike J]

[Mrs Ava]

I think it is due to watering.  But not a disaster as I recall mine did much the same last year and they almost heal as they split.  Still perfectly edible!  (Mine are still only babies!)

[Mike J]

Thanks, Emma, you're right, they have healed as they split, I'm glad they will still be edible as it's one of the crops I grew without ever having eaten them before. In the same patch, also previously 'untasted' are pak choi (delicious I now discover, when used like celery and dipped), salsify and fennel. The pak choi has retarded the growth of a small row of kohl rabi so I have fortuitously got the effect of successional sowing.....