Turnip

Brassica rapa var. rapa Brassica rapa subspecies rapa

Also known as white turnip (EN)

How to sow turnip: Direct seed outdoors, thin to 10cm when seedlings are 3cm tall

Sun requirement for turnip: Plant in Full Sun

Turnips are smooth, round root vegetables 5-20 cm in diameter. They are often white below the soil line and bright purple or green above. Turnips usually have white flesh and a slightly sweet and bitter taste, similar to cabbage. The edible foliage tastes similar to mustard greens. Turnips are a cool-weather crop and do best as spring or fall plantings.

18: plantings
0: harvests
2: seed packets

Growing turnips

Annual

living and reproducing in a single year or less

Height

30cm

Spread

30cm

Row Spacing

10cm

How members grow turnips

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Turnip plantings

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What people are saying about turnips

Turnip sprouts

by maco,

Have you ever sprouted turnip from seed? These seeds are the same size as mustard seeds. I planted them Friday night. I had to take the lid off my tabletop greenhouse today (Monday morning) so they wouldn't hit it! They're 2 inches tall already.

And, shockingl…

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State of the Spring Garden

by black_hound,

Finally some seasonably warm weather.

The peas are shooting up rather quickly. The lettuce has sprouted. Beets are up. Turnip are getting their second set of leaves so I will be thinning them out this week. Radish going strong. And I believe I…

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Seeds!

by maco,

All the seeds I ordered this year have shown up. I've got seeds for 7 kinds of dye plants, though I won't be planting all of those. Some of them get too big for the space I'm allocated.

I got Burpee's heirloom seeds for summer squash, purple-top white globe turnips, chioggia [b…

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Growing Status

by black_hound,

I have been concerned about my pea planting because we had some unseasonably cold weather after I planted them. But I see a few sprouts from the Cascadia and Mammoth Melting snap peas. The Green Arrow shelling peas have no sprouts so I replanted them today.

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