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Purple Top White Turnip (50 seeds)

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SKU: Purple Top White Turnip Category: Cool Season Seeds
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Description

Offered to FGI program participants only. Limited Supplies. Offered while supplies last. Small orders may be mailed to the address provided. The program coordinator will contact you about delivery or pick-up.

Days to Maturity: 55 DAYS

Purple Top has a mild, fine-grained white flesh.

  • Mild
  • Storage
  • 3-6″ roots
  • Heirloom

Seeding Depth

Planting instructions are from direct seeding. Planting depth: 3/4″

Plant Spacing

Seed spacing: for turnip 8 sds/ft, for rutabaga 6 sds/ft; Plant spacing: for turnip 2-4″ , for rutabaga  6″

Row Spacing

Row spacing:  for turnip 12-18, for rutabaga 18-24”.

When to Sow

Turnips can be grown all season long but perform best in cool fall conditions. Rutabagas are sown in the summer for fall harvests. Seeds will germinate from 45-85 degrees.

Harvest

Flavor is sweetest when harvested just before the ground freezes or at least after two hard frosts. Turnip tops can be eaten as greens.

Storage

Unwashed roots can store for several weeks at 32°F at a high relative humidity as close to 95% as possible. With good air circulation, topped roots can be stored four to five months.

Info gleaned fron www.highmowingseeds.com

Additional information

FGI Seed Library

Offered to FGI program participants only. Limited Supplies. Offered while supplies last. Small orders may be mailed to the address provided. The program coordinator will contact you about delivery or pick-up.

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