The Main Plant entry for Turnips (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa)

This database entry exists to show plant data and photos that apply generically to all Turnips.

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Fall
Uses: Vegetable
Dynamic Accumulator: P (Phosphorus)
Ca (Calcium)
S (Sulfur)
Mn (Manganese)
Zn (Zinc)
Cu (Copper)
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Days to germinate: 10 to 21
Pollinators: Self
Bees

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Common names
  • Turnip
Matching plants under this entry
  • Brassica rapa subsp. rapa
  • Brassica campestris var. rapa
  • Brassica rapa var. quadrivalvis
Also sold as:
  • Brassica rapa ruvo
  • Brassica ruvo

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Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2019-04-05
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-10-13

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
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