Turnip
Growing vegetables
Growing turnips in your garden : everything you need to know about
The turnip is a member of the sun-loving vegetable family! It is a very old root vegetable that we love to harvest in our organic gardens. Nevertheless it is the target of many pests and diseases. Focus on its culture!<br>...
19 February 2022
Turnip
- Type : Vegetables
- Subtype : Root vegetables
- Botanical Family : Brassicaceae (cruciferous)
Characteristics
- Lifecycle : Annual
- Exposure : Full Sun
- Frost Hardiness : Frost Resistant
- Cultivation Difficulty : Easy
- Adult Height : 30 cm
Sowing & Planting
- Greenhouse Growing : Not Required
- Sowing Depth : 0.5 cm
- Plant Spacing : 10 cm
- Row Spacing : 20 cm
Maintenance
- Maintenance : Low
- Water Requirements : Moderate
Seeds
- Soil Type : Humus-rich
- Soil pH Preference : Neutral
- Pest Sensitivity : Moderate
- Disease Sensitivity : Moderate
- Weed Sensitivity : Moderate
- Pollination : Insect-pollinated
- Propagation : Sowing