Negro Romano
Variety
Negro Romano
Approved Data
created by Ecki at 09.03.2021
Features
Color
green
Cultivation Break
3 Years
Season Overview
Propagating
Planting
Harvest
Harvest
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1ST YEAR
2ND YEAR
Description
Old variety with palmate open leaf rosette. Up to 1m/1.1 yd high. Striking blue-green, blistered leaves that are gradually harvested. Excellent as a salad, cooked vegetable or roasted. Tolerates some frost.
Non hybrid
Frostproof
Growing tips
Tolerates some frost.
Details
Light requirement
Sunny
Water requirement
Moist
Soil
Medium (loamy)
Nutrient requirement
High
Plant distance
50 cm
Row spacing
50 cm
Seeding depth
1 cm
Companion Plants
Artichoke
Aubergine / Eggplant
Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Bean (Runner bean)
Beetroot
Black salsify
Borage
Caraway / Meridian fennel / Persian cumin
Carrots
Celery (Celeriac / Celery root)
Celery (Celery)
Chamomile
Chard
Common marigold
Coriander / Cilantro
Cucumber / Gherkin
Dill
Leeks
Lettuce (Endive / Escarole / Erisée)
Lettuce (Lamb's lettuce)
Lettuce (Lettuce)
Lettuce (Radicchio / Italian chicory)
Miner's lettuce / Indian lettuce / Winter purslane
Mint
Oregano
Parsley
Parsnip
Pea
Physalis
Potato
Radish
Radishes
Rhubarb
Sage
Soybean
Spinach (Summer)
Thyme
Antagonistic Plants
Arugula / Rocket
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Cabbage)
Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)
Cauliflower
Chives
Collard greens (Kale)
Fennel
Florence fennel / Finocchio
Garlic
Horseradish
Jerusalem artichoke / Topinambur
Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage
Lovage
Marjoram
Mizuna / Japanese mustard greens
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Okra
Onion
Onion (Spring onion)
Pak Choi
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Strawberry
Turnip
Diseases
Root Rot
Club root of cabbage
Early blight of potato
Pests
Flea beetles
Cabbage white
Cabbage fly
White fly
